Certificate In Appreciative Inquiry Online Course

Module One - Geting Started

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Know the meaning of appreciative inquiry
• Think in positive terms and avoid thinking negatively
• Encourage others to think positively
• Recognise positives attributes in people
• Create positive imagery
• Manage and guide employees in a positive environment

Module Two - Introducing Appreciative Inquiry

• What is Appreciative Inquiry?
• Generating a Better Future
• Engaging People in Positive Thought
• Change the Person, Change the Organisation

Module Three - Changing the Way You Think

• Shifting from "What's Wrong?" to "What's Right?"
• It's not eliminating mistakes - It's holding up success
• Positive language will affect people's thinking
• Limit or remove negative phrasing

Module Four - Four D Model

• Discovery
• Dream
• Design
• Delivery

Module Five - Four I Model

• Initiate
• Inquire
• Imagine
• Innovate

Module Six - Appreciative Inquiry Interview Style

• Framing positive questions
• Solicit positive stories
• Finding what works
• Recognize the reoccurring themes

Module Seven - Anticipatory Reality

• Imagining a successful future will affect the present
• Controlling negative anticipation
• Current decisions will be influenced positively
• Base it on Data and Real examples

Module Eight - The Power of Positive Imagery

• Shaping performance with positive imagery
• Being better prepared for adversity
• People are more flexible and creative
• Think of the perfect situation

Module Nine - Influencing Change Through Appreciative Inquiry

• Using strengths to solve challenges
• Confidence will promote positive change
• Inquiry is a seed change
• People will gravitate towards what is expected of them

Module Ten - Coaching and Managing with Appreciative Inquiry

• Build around what works
• Focus on increases
• Recognise the best in people
• Limit or remove negative comments

Module Eleven - Creating a Positive Core

• Strengths
• Best Practices
• Peak Experiences
• Successes

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Words from the Wise

• DENNIS AND WENDY MANNERING - Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?
• ANTHONY J. DÁNGELO - Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
• FRANCESCA REIGLER - Happiness is attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
• WILLIAM JAMES - The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.