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56. Solution Focused Performance Management – using difference, not removing it
Most performance management systems strive to remove difference. How much better to keep it, amplify it and use it to build positive change.
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55. The strange case of London’s mayoral voting system
This odd change to first-past-the-post gives less opportunity for voters to express difference and nuance – negating a key part of Solution Focused…
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54. How are you using the four positions of a host?
This part of the Host Leadership model is super-flexible and super-relevant for hosts, facilitators, scrum-masters and Agile folk as well as managers at…
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March 2024

53. Harrison Owen – “Do one less thing”
How not acting can be a powerful intervention in managing, training and coaching.
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52. The host is both the first and the last... a real-life example of leading in a crisis
Captain Chesley Sullenberger shows excellent host leadership in the 'Miracle On The Hudson'.
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51. Raise energy and reduce 'meeting fatigue' by making meetings optional - or even Opt-In!
Giving people choice and responsibility help them stay energised, cope with overload (and underload) and make the best use of their time.
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50. How to stay out of ‘toxic positivity’
Balancing acknowledgment and progress is a key element of Solution Focus working, managing and leading.
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February 2024

49. ‘Stretching the world’ can, and does, change everything
Ripple effects and interconnections in complex systems mean that apparently small differences can result in much bigger and wider scale reorientations.
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48. 'Stretching the world' - a friendly explanation of Solution Focused practice
My ideas on how SF works have been getting some useful attention recently.
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47. The persistence of small things
How a Roman invitation still connects after two thousand years.
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46. The difference between hope and faith
A key practical matter for managers, practitioners and leaders.
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January 2024

45. Clinician (or manager) pessimism: why it’s so pernicious and what to do about it
Thinking that people aren’t capable has surprisingly wide-ranging effects for all concerned.
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