Short Videos
Have a couple of minutes? Learn a little something about Positive Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry.
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Introductions to our udemy courses
Sarah has a whole range of courses on Udemy for managers and leaders on how to approach common workplace challenges in a ‘positive psychology way’. See below some of the introductions to these courses - you can find the full range of courses here
interview about 'Co-Creating Planning Teams for dialogic od’
In this short interview Gervase asks Sarah about how she got started working in Dialogic OD and Appreciative Inquiry back in 1993 and how the book draws on her vast experience to guide readers through the trials and tribulations of getting organisations to do interventions differently.
How to use positran’s strengths cards
See how the Positran Strengths Cards can help you identify your own and other’s strengths for use in a variety of situations, from coaching to recruitment.
How to use our Appreciative inquiry Cards
See how the Appreciative Inquiry Cards have everything you need to run an Appreciative Inquiry intervention, and some ideas for what form that intervention could take.
What is Organisational Psychology?
A video produced by the Singapore School of Positive Psychology to promote the Postgraduate Diploma in Positive Organisational Psychology and Leadership there which Sarah previously lectured at. A brilliantly succinct definition of the subject!
How to use our Positive Organisational Development Cards
See all the amazing ways the Positive Organisational Development Cards can be used to enhance your sessions with teams and individuals.
How to use our Coaching Cubes in your coaching practice
See all the amazing ways the Coaching Cubes can be used to enhance your coaching sessions.
using our Appreciative inquiry cards on deckhive
Dechhive is a fantastic way of making your online training as experiential as your live training. You can find Deckhive here (this is an affiliate link).
using our Positive Organisational Develeopment cards on deckhive
Dechhive is a fantastic way of making your online training as experiential as your live training. You can find Deckhive here (this is an affiliate link).
Resilience - Interview by Ilona Boniwell (long form)
Ilona, my friend and colleague from Positran in France, conducted this interview with me via Zoom on the theme of resilience - highly relevant in the current Covid-19 situation!
How conversation creates your organisation
An interview with Kogan Page (publisher of my co-authored book Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management)
5 tips for having great meetings
An interview with Kogan Page (publisher of my co-authored book Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management)
Appreciative Inquiry in a nutshell
An interview with Kogan Page (publisher of my co-authored book Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management)
My Journey to Appreciative Inquiry
An interview with Joep C de Jong
Carrot or stick?
The age old question in the modern organisation.
Coaching
A brief introduction to the purpose of coaching and how to do it, produced by Skill Boosters
Planning with uncertainty
How can you plan when the future is uncertain? The skill all businesses need in a world that changes every year.
Why you should ask appreciative questions
Appreciative Inquiry hinges on the power of the question - a well placed question makes people think in a way that telling them something just doesn't. Here's why.
What is organisational culture?
What does organisational culture really mean, how is it manifested, how does it affect behaviour which in turn reinforces the prevailing culture?
How to work with skeptics
Just some thoughts on how to deal with skeptics of appreciative interventions from my experience of working with organisations.
What is an appreciative approach to change
Real change is difficult, lasting change is difficult, both require employees to be engaged with the change of their organisation. How do you get all these things? By working with the human factor, not against it. See how an appreciative approach can help you do this.
how we talk about problems in appreciative inquiry
I find many clients are initially doubtful about the effectiveness of talking about success rather than the problem or issue which is on their mind. It sometimes takes them a while to realise that coming at a problem from the 'imagine how much better things could be' angle is more effective than 'this is a terrible situation to be in' approach. To see how a problem is solvable you need to look at how the organisation has solved other problems, not least to have the belief that it can be solved.
change is not a big bang, it's many small moments
People are often disappointed when organisational change doesn't happen immediately - 'we had the meeting, we paid the consultant, why isn't everything different?'. The truth is, change happens gradually and needs nurturing.
A day in the world cafe
World cafe is a powerful tool to harness the collective knowledge of a workforce. By recreating the experience of a casual cafe lunch it allows employees to freely express their feelings and ideas about how their organisations can work better, building up to concrete ideas for change and improvement in their organisation.