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.

Vital for anyone interested in the next generation of change technology in organisations. Buy it now.' Tim Andrews, author of 'Where's Your Spotlight?' 'An exceptional collection of international articles on positive approaches to individual and organisational development... These proven, stimulating ideas can be put to immediate practical use by the reader.' Terry Gibson, Managing Editor, Organisations & People 'A marvellous ensemble of practical articles continuing the worldwide movement towards an appreciative approach to change.' Neil Samuels, Senior Consultant, BP Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment by Martin Seligman, review by Coert Visser A tangible tool for coaching and management from Solutionsurfers, Switzerland, review by Kirsten Dierolf The SIMPLE Way to Positive Change by Paul Z Jackson and Mark McKergow, review by Coert Visser Managing people in a complex world by Jane Greene and Antony M Grant, review by Terry Gibson