Description
It is a new and up to date edition of this acclaimed first business book on the powerful, simple yet subtle approach to positive change in people, teams and organisations. Used all over the world by a variety of people, professions and organisations, the first edition has now sold nearly 10,000 copies and been translated into 7 languages.
Including new chapters reflecting the increasing importance of coaching and the solutions focus movement in the business environment, this wide-ranging book is filled with the entire most important ideas, case examples and practical tips for managers, facilitators and consultants. Proven in many fields and with a distinguished intellectual heritage, “The Solutions Focus” provides a simple and direct route to progress in your organisation. It makes a speciality of: solutions – not problems; in between: the action is in the interaction; make use of what is there; possibilities – past, present and future; and language. Every case is different. The trouble with traditional approaches to people problems is that they assume a straightforward relationship between cause and effect, between a problem and its solution. A solutions-focused approach sidesteps the search for the causes of a problem and heads straight for the solution, showing you how to envisage your preferred future and quickly takes steps forward.
The authors present a set of practical techniques, including specific forms of questioning that lead to immediate action and results. They show how to identify what is working in your organisation and amplify it to make useful changes; to concentrate on what is imaginable somewhat than what is intractable and how to be solution focused, not solution forced.