The Solutions Focus: The SIMPLE Way to Positive Change (People Skills for Professionals)

More than 15 years ago, I picked up a copy of Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury and was immediately excited by their ideas and the thought of applying these concepts in the field. I felt the same attraction and enthusiasm while reading The Solutions Focus last month. The logic and ethics of the approach are refreshing and, unfortunately all too rare in the corporate world where I do most of my work. It makes... Read Full Review

This innovative book could be the skeleton key that unlocks the solutions to many of your organisational, team or managerial problems.The authors effectively challenge the old paradigm of "cause and effect" as the best approach to problem solving, demonstrating instead a "theory of no theory" in which every case is treated on its merits. They draw on their extensive experience as consultants and trainers in large companies... Read Full Review

The Solutions Focus: The Simple Way To Positive Change, collaboratively written by business management consultants Paul Z. Jackson and Mark McKergow, is a powerful, "reader friendly" guide that focuses entirely on a pragmatic approach to modern business dilemmas. From making use of proper organization, to the importance of teamwork to a simple and useful focus technique to get to the heart of any problem in short order, The... Read Full Review

Several years ago I left a major consultancy firm to start my own little consultancy. I had not been happy for quite some time with the traditional ways of working within consultancy, which I had observed to be ineffective very often, and was determined to do things differently. The only problem was I did not precisely know how. I had reflected on which had been my best and most successful moments as a consultant and came... Read Full Review