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Building ResilienceWith
Appreciative Inquiry
A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness
Joan McArthur-Blair& Jeanie Cockell
One minute taster…
Tell a 30 second story of you at your resilient best as a health leader
Our time together
Examine the Appreciative Resilience Model
Reflect on resilience as a practice in times of hope, despair, and forgiveness
Take away ideas to apply
What is Appreciative Inquiry?
Appreciative Inquiry is a way of bringing about positive change in human systems
and
a way of being in and seeing the world.
Appreciate means to:
value increase in value to be fully aware
in order to foster the best of what already exists in a system in order to get more of it
Inquire means to:
ask questionsengage in dialogue (tell and listen to stories)be curious
about the best of what already exists in a system.
There are many processes used in Appreciative Inquiry
Basic Principles of Appreciative Inquiry
1. Constructionist - words create worlds
2. Simultaneity - inquiry creates change
3. Poetic - we can choose what we study
4. Anticipatory - image inspires action
5. Positive - positive questions lead to positive change
Being AI
Being AI is about embodying the practice of appreciative inquiry in the everyday of work and life and being appreciatively intelligent
Appreciative Leadership
The relational capacity to mobilize creative potential and turn it into positive power
Tosten-Bloom & Whitney (2010)
HopeHope is a powerful and
generative force in the world.
Hope, against all odds, makes the world a better place.
Hope allows the impossible to become possible.
hope
How is the practice of hope and a hopeful view a part of your resilient self as a health leader?
DespairDespair highlights
most profoundly who we are.
Despair is when the fierce wind of public leadership has brought us to our knees.
despair What are your
strengths in times of despair as a health leader?
How does a focus on your strengths uplift your resilience?
Forgiveness Forgiveness is an act of
beginning anew
Forgiveness offers up a place where dialogue can begin and, perchance, change can take place
Forgiveness is a conscious act undertaken with powerful will and determination
forgiveness
What role does forgiveness play in your return to hope and a hopeful view?
Personal Call….
What one thing have you taken from today that can foster resilience for yourself and others?
