What if Questions were the Answer?: Exploring the Principles and Practices of Appreciative Inquiry for our work as Coaches
(ICF Central FL hosting)
CCEU: 1 Core Competencies and 0.5 Resource Development Credit
Presenter: Dr. Lindsey Godwin
Description:
One of our most powerful tools we have as coaches are the questions we ask. In this interactive webinar, Management Professor and Appreciative Inquiry specialist, Dr. Lindsey Godwin, will invite us to re-examine the power of questions in our professional practice. Unpacking the principles and science behind Appreciative Inquiry, Dr. Godwin will explore how questions shape our reality, our ideas about possibilities for the future, how we see our clients, our colleagues, and our very selves. If what we ask determines what we find, learning to ask appreciative questions can help us create the futures we most want for ourselves and others.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
Define Appreciative Inquiry
Describe the principles of Appreciative Inquiry as they relate to coaching practices
Understand the impact our questions have in shaping our work as coaches
Explore the science behind Appreciative Inquiry and strength-based approaches to
coaching
Identify the elements that make questions more impactful in our work as coaches
Explore reframing questions to create more generative outcomes with clients
Presenter Bio:
A professor, practitioner, and possibilitizer, Dr. Lindsey Godwin has a passion for helping individuals and organizations leverage their potential through strength-based change. She has a master’s degree in conflict resolution from the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution George Mason University, and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, where she studied with the founding thought leaders in Appreciative Inquiry. She currently holds the Robert P. Stiller Endowed Chair of Management in the Stiller School of Business at Champlain College (Vermont, USA), where she serves as the Academic Director of the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry (AI). A sought-after international speaker, consultant, and facilitator, Lindsey has worked with organizations across the globe and her work has been published in a variety of journals and books and presented at conferences around the world. You can learn more about Lindsey’s work at www.lindseygodwin.com
Since this webinar is being offered by ICF Global, registration requires a two-step process.
The first step is to register with our chapter . Once you successfully register and make the payment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register with ICF-Global. Payment is only required during the first step. The second step authorizes ICF-Global to send you the Zoom link for the webinar.
