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What is Conversations Worth Having?
A simple, proven framework for turning any conversation into an opportunity for connection and success. Two simple practices turn any conversation into one worth having. One practical habit to support success.
If you're feeling stuck and frustrated by misunderstanding and conflict it may be the nature of your conversations.
Most conversations—especially difficult ones—get stuck in negativity, scarcity, and fear. People focus on what’s wrong, what can’t be done, or who’s to blame. That’s why communication feels like a struggle.
Conversations Worth Having is about turning even the toughest conversations into opportunities for connection, trust, and progress!
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These comprehensive offerings combine applied learning and practice that can be implemented quickly.
CWH Foundations Course
Get started on Conversations Worth Having by learning the basics of a CWH conversation in just 30 minutes! Discover a simple, proven strategy to turn any conversation into an opportunity for connection and success.
Deep Dive into CWH Practice
Engage in intensive, experiential practical application of the CWH Framework in this Conversation Bootcamp.
Customized Training
Customized CWH training for leaders and teams. Participants learn the framework and apply the practices on real-time team and organization issues.Â
Strategic Conversations Bootcamp
Strengthen your value as a leader by learning how to use SOAR and the AI Model to foster whole system strategic thinking, planning, and leading.
CWH Trainer Certification
The foundational theory, practice, and research for the CWH framework, this course will provide you with everything you need to implement and teach Conversations Worth Having.
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Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement
Conversations can be critical and destructive, or they can be generative and productive. This book shows how to guarantee your conversations will help people, organizations, and communities flourish.
Conversations are at the core of how we interact. We all know that conversations influence us, but we rarely stop to think about how much impact they have on our well-being and our ability to thrive. This book shows how Appreciative Inquiry (AI) - one of the most widely used approaches for fostering positive change for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities - can help everyone communicate better and flourish in all areas of their lives. This book spells out 2 practices and 5 principles to create great conversations. Each chapter is built around real-life stories of people using these practices and principles to strengthen relationships and generate possibilities for a future that works for everyone.
"Every organization’s and every life’s destiny are a series of defining moments—conversations that shape us, change us, and have a huge impact on our development and strategic choices.”
David Cooperrider
Co-creator and creative thought leader of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University and Honorary Chair.
"Through the effective use of storytelling, you learn how to apply Appreciative Inquiry to engage in conversations designed to generate new ideas, create energy, and result in positive outcomes!”
Lori Marsee Kuehn
Senior Manager Global Employee Engagement, Strategy Enablement and Research, General Motors Company.
"A conversation is the smallest visible unit of change, our starting point for every important change effot. This book is a gift to the world, business, schools, and families."”
Jon Berghoff
Founder of XChange