Appreciative Inquiry CoachingWorkshop

8-12 September 2014

For the very first time in the Netherlandsthe Instituut voor Interventiekunde proud-ly presents the Appreciative Inquiry Coach-ing workshop, certified by the LincolnWorkshop Series.

Appreciative Inquiry (A.I.) Coaching is a power-ful vehicle for energizing positive change in anindividual or team by enabling them to discover,expand, and sustain their root causes of suc-cess; create a compelling dream of their desiredfuture; and design specific plans to realize theirdream for the future. A.I. Coaching also engagesother whose support is important to the successof the coaching. A.I. Coaching takes special careto align the client's social support network tocontribute to their learning, share their dreamand support their deeply held values and aspira-tions, to reconnect to their strengths and capa-bilities and to create meaningful change. Thisoften connects heart, mind, body and spiritwhile building strong and resilient relationshipswith relevant others.

AI coaching can be used in any situation wherethe aim is to support the ability of an individualor team to realize their fullest potential.

About the workshopThis limited enrolment workshop is designed forcoaches, managers and human resource profes-sionals, from corporate, governmental andcharitable, not-for-profit organizations - anyonewho wants to know how to use A.I. in coachingto help individuals or teams thrive personallyand professionally. A.I. Coaching enables clientsto integrate A.I. principles with their existingmodels of coaching to achieve enhanced results.Developed over ten years by Barbara Sloan, thisworkshop uses an experience-based model thatprepares coaches to work with A.I. in theircoaching with clients. This workshop also pre-pares leaders and managers to use A.I. in sup-porting the individual development of their staffmembers.

Course participant:

“A.I. Coaching - What a gift! A.I. Coaching taught me many applications and techniques as welland gave me great experiences and insights. Above all, it moved me beyond seeing A.I. as a tech-nique or a tool so that now, A.I. concepts are integrated in my thinking, interactions and work.After this workshop A.I. is far more imbedded in absolutely everything I do professionally and per-sonally”

Participants arrive at the workshop havingidentified topics or goals they personally wantto achieve and on which they want to receivecoaching. During extensive practice sessions,participants coach one another using the prin-ciples and phases of A.I. and receive feedbackto hone their skills. Participants will also con-sult with each other and receive consultationfrom the facilitator on their plans to use A.I.Coaching with one of their clients or staffmembers in 'back home' applications.

PrerequisiteThis workshop is designed for coaches who arefamiliar with A.I. principles and practices; ex-perienced A.I. practitioners who want to ex-pand their work to include coaching; and man-agers who want to learn how to use A.I. asthey coach their staff members. Therefor, oneof the following is a firm prerequisite for partic-ipation in A.I. Coaching. Any exeptions will bemade at discretion of the facilitators.

Prerequisite - one of the following: A.I. Foundations Course offered by the

Lincoln Workshop Series, NTL Instituteor Jane Watkins.

Anne Radford's five-day A.I. trainingseries in London.

Wick van der Vaart's training in A.I.Foundations.

What you will learn in A.I.CoachingThis in-depth workshop will cover both thetheory and practice of Appreciative Inquiry asit pertains to coaching. Special attention will begiven to the power of positive questions; thesimultaneity of inquiry and change; the func-tion of narrative and metaphor, imagery, andbody awareness in personal learning andgrowth; how to deal with spiralling vocabular-ies of human deficit, how to create alignmentof mind, body and spirit; and how to buildstrong interpersonal relationships to supportthe client's ability to achieve their genuineaspirations. In addition to becoming familiarwith tools for applying A.I. in coaching, work-shop participants will:

Explore the relevance of A.I. principlesin coaching.

Identify how participants' coaching maypresently be influenced by these prin-ciples and how they can enhance theircoaching skill.

Practice using these principles in eachphase of A.I. Coaching

Give and receive support in apprecia-tive topic identification for coaching,question construction, interviewing anddialogue skills, grounded visioning,translating the vision into innovativeprocesses, practices, roles and struc-tures and implementing for sustainabil-ity.

Learn to enable the client to buildstrong relationships with key othersand involve them appropriately in cer-tain phases of the coaching.

Work though case examples of actualprojects that are brought by partici-pants.

Develop the ability to apply A.I. Coach-ing with clients.

Learn how to introduce this strikinglydifferent approach in ways that makesense to coaching clients.

About the facilitators

Barbara SloanBarbara is President of Sloan Dialogs, LLC, aninternationally recognized consultancy special-izing in change, strategic planning, executivecoaching and team building. She facilitates highquality dialogue among people and groups tospark creativity, establish understanding, andforge alliances -- to realize the capacity for fullcollaboration. She designs and facilitates meet-ings that bring together stakeholders with verydifferent needs who, after working together fortwo to five days, reach an unprecedented levelof agreement and establish a newly collabora-tive way or working together.Barbara also specializes in providing custom-ized coaching for executives aimed at helpingorganizations improve results by maximizingthe performance of key individuals. Her clientstap into their deep aspirations and strengths,expand their awareness of the impact of theirleadership on others, and increase their effec-tiveness through open and genuine dialog withtheir colleagues, staff and other stakeholders –creating strong relationships, alignment andcommitment to shared dreams.The philosophy and approach that guide herwork is called Appreciative Inquiry (AI). Theenergy and enthusiasm generated through thisprocess fuels real and practical change in indi-viduals, teams and whole organizations.She is a pioneer in the use of AI for whole sys-tem change efforts and in coaching. She of-fered pre-conference sessions on AI Coachingat the International Conferences

on Appreciative Inquiry in 2001 and 2005 andhas developed the first training course in AICoaching which is offered through NTL Institutein the US and the Lincoln Workshop Series inthe UK.Barbara has over 30 years of experience andher clients include profit, non-profit, public andprivate sector organizations. This work hastaken place in the US, Canada, the Caribbean,Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, LatinAmerica, and the Middle EastHer previous positions include Director of theNTL Institute for Organizational Change (NTL)and Policy Analyst, Senior Consultant in man-agement development and Manger of CareerDevelopment at the World Bank.Barbara Sloan is a Founding Member of Appre-ciative Consulting, Inc.,a professional member of the NTL Institute forthe Applied BehavioralSciences and The Organization DevelopmentNetwork.

Wick van der VaartIn 2008, Wick van der Vaart walked in thewrong room, which turned out to be one themost valuable "accidents" in his life. In thatyear, he went to Bethel, Maine, to do a NTL(National Training Laboratory) Course on Or-ganization Development. Due to lack of partici-pants, the course got cancelled, and Wickwalked into a colloquy on Appreciative Inquiry.Wick was impressed by the stories of the otherparticipants, got to like most of them, and de-cided to do the certificate track on A.I. Sincethen Wick combines good old fashioned classi-cal interventionism with the appreciative ap-proach.Wick is also one of the teachers on AppreciativeInquiry of NTL nowadays. He teaches groupdynamics, organization development, and Ap-preciative Inquiry, and works as a coach, train-er, and/or consultant in many organizations.Wick is the founder of Instituut voorInterventiekunde and loves to work with self-willed "students" who are eager to make theirown future in their own way.

Workshop logistic details

LocationThe workshop will be held at the Instituut voorInterventiekunde, WG-plein 255, 1054 SE Am-sterdam

Start and Stop timesThe workshops lasts four and a half days, fromMonday 8 through Friday 12 September and theschedule is as follows:

Monday: welcome and registration8:30 - 9:00 am

session Monday - Thursday9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Dress is casual and comfortable.

Any questions?For questions about the content and design ofthe workshop, please contact Wick van derVaart at +31 (0)6 15011771

Registration and fee

The course fee includes a workbook, lunch eve-ry day and all coffee/tea breaks, and excludesaccomodation (if applicable) and 21% BTW forDutch participants.

For registration before 1st July, the 'early bird'fee will be€ 1495 for corporations€ 1295 for individual practitioners

For registration after 1st July the fee will be€ 1695 for corporations€ 1495 for individual practitioners

The fee for ex-students of the 12-days A.I.courses of the Instituut voor Interventiekundeis € 995.

There will be a maximum of 21 participants inthis workshop. Places will be allocated based onreceipt of your full registration.

You can register by emailing to:instituut@instituutvoorinterventiekunde.nlPlease specify your A.I. background.