Next Level Blog

JANUARY 19, 2021

Developed years ago by David Cooperrider, appreciative inquiry is an approach to coaching and leadership that encourages the team to identify and build on what’s going right rather than focusing exclusively on what’s going wrong. One way to put positive perspective into action is to practice what leadership coaches call appreciative inquiry.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

David Cooperrider What is the best that you see in each of your colleagues? I wish more leaders asked themselves these questions and followed David Cooperrider’s advice. I’m a big fan of David Cooperrider’s work, and it infuses the work I do too. What is the best in the groups you are trying to lead?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

“We live in the world our questions create,” says David Cooperrider, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and a pioneer of “Appreciative Inquiry,” which holds that questions focusing on strengths and using positive language are far more useful to organizations than questions with a negative focus.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

“We live in the world our questions create,” says David Cooperrider, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and a pioneer of “Appreciative Inquiry,” which holds that questions focusing on strengths and using positive language are far more useful to organizations than questions with a negative focus.

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Cooperrider Consultative Short-term Proposal 15