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The Solutions Focus: The SIMPLE Way To Positive Change
Author(s): Mark McKergow (Author), Paul Z. Jackson (Author)
- Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- Publication Date: 7 Feb. 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 258 pages
- ISBN-10: 1857882709
- ISBN-13: 9781857882704
Book Description
“The Solutions Focus” is a powerful, pragmatic yet subtle approach to change – in people, teams and organizations. The basic principle is simple – find what works and do more of it. Stop doing what doesn’t work and do something else. The book derives from the work of pioneering US therapist Milton Erickson, the NLP school and the new science of complexity. There is very little theory, in fact solution-focus can be summed up as “the theory of no theory”. Instead it’s a way of working that allows solutions and techniques to be invented each time, according to what is actually happening in the organization. A solution-focused approach sidesteps the problem and heads straight for the solution showing you how to visualize your preferred future and move directly to its realisation. Based on the “simple” model the authors present a set of practical techniques, that show you how to identify what is working in your organization and amplify it to make useful changes; to focus on what is possible rather than what is intractable and how to be solution-focused, not solution forced.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This book is both culture changing and life changing. The thinking that Mark and Paul present is in their own words ‘SIMPLE’. And it is what they claim it to be but it is also profound. If we can learn to adopt this solutions-focused way of approaching everyday situations we will transform our work and our lives. The book is packed with thought- provoking case studies. I love it.” — Sue Knight, author of NLP At Work
“This innovative book could be the skeleton key that unlocks the solutions to many of your organisational,team or managerial problems. —
Training Journal“This is the sort of book that managers and administrators will keep close at hand, regularly consulting it in dealing with the many challenges that face them. I recommend it to anyone interested in fostering positive organizational change.” —
Gale Miller, Professor, Marquette University and consulting partner Solutions Behavioral Health GroupAbout the Author
Mark McKergow has a PhD is physics and is now a consultant specialising in accelerated learning, management development and business strategy.
Paul Z. Jackson is an independent training consultant with a wide variety of clients in both the public and private sectors. He has variously been a print journalist, senior producer at the BBC and university lecturer. He is also the author of
Impro Learning.
