the power of strengths-based organizations

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A look at how a strengths-based approach to change in organisations can unleash the full potential of people, teams and companies.

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STRENGTHS-BASEDThe surprising power of

ORGANIZATIONS

By Bernard Tollec & Patrick Scheuerer

The Surprising Power of Strengths-Based Organizations by Patrick Scheuerer and Bernard Tollec is

licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

WHERE TO BEGIN?

As a leader, there is so much stuff to focus on.

WHAT IS DRAWING YOUR ATTENTI N?

DEFICITS OR STRENGTHSWe can choose to focus on

STRENGTHSWe choose to focus on

ABUNDANCEBy exploring the

present in every organization

OPPORTUNITIESUNEXPECTEDBy discovering the many

INTERACTIONS

tapping into the potential held in

EVERYDAY

to achieve results that exceed

EXPECT ONS!TA I

LEADERSBy working with

at all levels

CHAHelping them address their

ENGES

L L

CHANGESmake meaningful and lasting

&

LEARN &we have come to

APPRECIATE

THREE ESSENTIAL

Abundance Thinking

PRINCIPLES

Collective Co-Creation

Creating the Future

HUMAN SYSTEMS

About change in

ABUNDANCE THINKING

over

SCARCITY THINKING

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES & OPPORTUNITIES

Focusing on abundance opens up

GROWS IN OUR PERCEPTION

What we focus on

Therefore we choose to focus on :

WHAT IS WORKING

WHAT IS PRESENT

WHAT IS GENERATIVE

AMPLIFY THEM!& successes

and...we bu

ild on th

e stren

gths

COLLECTIVE CO-CREATION

over

PREDEFINED SOLUTIONS

We believe that

INVOLVINGall the relevant

STAKEHOLDERS

them from the beginningCONNECTING

their individual perspectivesCOMBINING

&

will create

SHARED UNDERSTANDING

will create

SHARED UNDERSTANDING

RICHER INTERACTIONS+

will create

SHARED UNDERSTANDING

RICHER INTERACTIONS

FAST, FOCUSED ACTIONS

+

+

INSTANTANEOUS

CHANGE!

Igniting

CREATING THE FUTURE

over

PREDICTING THE FUTURE

We believe that inquiring into the

BEST OF THE PAST

and building on it to

CREATE THE FUTURE

is a more

RELIABLE !

SUCCESSFULapproach

&

than

ANALYZING THE PAST

and trying to

PREDICT THE FUTURE

Today

FOCUSING ON?So what are you

DRAWING YOUR ATTENTION?

Now, what is

CONNECTINGTHE DOTS?

How are you

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