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Solution-focused systemic structural constellations for therapy and organisational change. Constellation work is a highly effective way of externalising and working with problems in family and organisational life. Solution focused practice is the art of building solutions as simply as possible. The author combines the two and sets out a radical yet gentle form of practice. The pioneering work of the author and her partner Matthias Varga von Kibed is highly influential in Europe and appears here in English for the first time.

Applying the positive power of Solutions Focus to working with teams, Daniel Meier shows how to apply Solutions Focus methods with groups and teams, and how to become an effective team coach either as a manager or as an external consultant/coach.

The first Solutions Focus field book. This collection of articles from the AMED journal Organisations & People describes international experience of applying the positive power of Solutions Focus and Appreciative Inquiry to Coaching, Team Remotivation, Supervision, Performance Management, Strategic Planning, Feedback, Organisation Development, Staff Appraisal, Competence Management, and Community Development. Contributors include Louis Cauffman, Sheila McNamee, Paul Z Jackson, Peter Szabo, Gunter Lueger, Harry Norman and others from the UK, across Europe and the USA. This collection gives you new applications and ideas about staying pragmatically positive and incisively simple in many organisational contexts. Includes a new and expanded introduction by Mark McKergow comparing positive psychology, Appreciative Inquiry and Solutions Focus.

Fourteen organisations all over the world tell the stories of how Solutions Focus has helped them to change - and show you many ways to find what works in the workplace. This book is a massive fund of experience and know-how about keeping organisational change simple. The fourteen real life cases described here illustrate the Solutions Focus approach in action from widescale change to everyday effective management. The cases come from a very wide range of organisations, including Lufthansa, British Sky Broadcasting, Bayer Cropscience, the Cooperative Group, the Ontario Medical Association and Freescale Semiconductor. They worked on issues including restructuring, strategy development, sales improvement, continuous improvement, team development, outplacement, training and job satisfaction. International consultants and Solutions Focus pioneers Mark McKergow and Jenny Clarke guide you through the ins and outs of each case, and draw 80 lessons which you can use in building positive change at work and keeping things as simple as possible - but no simpler. "Filled with the wisdom of profound simplicity. I highly recommend this insightful and practical book."- Stephen MR Covey, author of "The Speed of Trust".

A collection of Solution Focused activities for workshops and team events. It helps readers to maximise the effectiveness of their workshops, team meetings and projects, use creative stimulating activities with confidence and precision, and create even more ideas and processes for their own situations.Facilitators and consultants from all over the world share their experience in this rich collection of Solution Focused activities for workshops and team events. Clear step-by-step instructions let you use them straight away - or adapt and combine them as you wish. This book helps you to maximise the effectiveness of your workshops, team meetings and projects, use creative stimulating activities with confidence and precision, and create even more ideas and processes for your own situations.

The time has come for a new yet ancient look at leadership. Great engagement is the key to truly successful leadership, and the secret to moving forward is knowing when to step back... It is no longer about being the hero, the one that has to make everything happen. There is another way: be the host. This book reveals why Host Leadership is set to become one of the most pioneering concepts in 21st century management. - Learn how to step into and out of the six NEW roles of engagement - Adopt the four positions for a Host Leader - Understand how to apply hosting strategies in your organization to achieve greater agility, flexibility and responsiveness - Become a leader with a highly tuned sense of relationship building and engagement. The traditional 'stand and deliver' approach to leadership falls down when it comes to engagement. Understanding how to really engage with people is the ultimate backbone of success. Intrinsically, we all know how to be hosts; now is the time to sharpen these skills and bring them to the table.

When Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg founded the Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC) in Milwaukee in 1978, they set out on a journey which led not only to the development of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) but also to a revolutionary influence across and beyond the whole psychotherapeutic field. Terms such as solution focus, resource orientation, scaling, miracle question and many more are taken for granted today, and the broader implications of their work on how we think about therapy are still emerging. Steve and Insoo worked all over the world, introducing people to their practices and inspiring many to get involved with SFBT and take their ideas into fields such as coaching, teaching, social work and organisational change. Their journeys created powerful and lasting connections, which are still producing new work and developments. This book lets you eavesdrop on many of the meetings and friendships which they developed over the years, and appreciate even more their work, ideas and contribution. The book contains memories and stories from former BFTC team members as well as numerous colleagues from Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Finland, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) promotes collaborative work and positive outcomes. It is an approach that can be used with individuals, families and groups in acute hospitals as well as with clients who are seen as outpatients or in the community. Written in an accessible style with over seventy case examples, this new edition of 'Focus on Solutions' shows how SFBT can help people who are suffering from voice or memory difficulties, a stammer, a stroke, HIV, traumatic brain injury or illness such as cancer or Parkinson's disease. Two new full session transcripts show clients beginning to shift from focusing on the problems in their lives towards a clear description of how they want their lives to be different. Recent outcomes are included on solution focused supervision within the NHS and examples of ways to help clients monitor progress and give feedback. 'Focus on Solutions' contains many useful ideas for experienced practitioners and those new to solution focused work, which is of growing importance in the health service as well as business and education. Therapists, doctors, nurses and psychologists will find this book an invaluable contribution to the field of reflective practice. 'Focus on Solutions' is a clear and inspiring application of the solution-focused approach in a medical and community setting . . . Bonus content includes how to be solution-focused in supervision, training new practitioners and measuring client outcomes. The varying and updated case examples brings the approach to life, demonstrates its practical nature and how it can be incorporated into existing speech and language therapy frameworks.

Leading as a host, not a hero, is about bringing people together to address complex collective problems.  This kaleidoscope of international experience shows people at all levels in many fields taking on the role of host leader to build engagement, performance and results.  The 33 contributors to the book bring a wealth of know-how and perceptive awareness from their work around the world – in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, Kenya, Canada, the USA and Australia.   The cases and experience presented here come from many fields: BusinessAgileEducationSocial careCoachingVirtual teamsVolunteer organisationsOrganisational changeConflict resolutionTrainingCommunity buildingLeadership development