Petra Müller-Demary The Solution Focus What’s the difference? The Solution Focus What’s the difference?

What is the difference? Change is happening all the time… The simple way to change is to find useful change and amplify it

New Perspective Problem Focus The past What’s wrong? Blame Deficits Complication FRUSTRATION Solution Focus The future What’s working? Progress Resources Simplicity HOPE & ENERGY CREATIVITY

Solution Detective Look for the difference That makes THE difference!

Solution Detective If something works! Do more of it!

A short experience of SF: Problem Perspective vs. Solution Detective What’s wrong? Why? Why are things going bad? How long have they been going wrong? When are they at their most extreme? Who’s to blame? What are the causes? What are the root causes? Which of your personal deficits are contributing? What stopped you up to now to do better?

A short experience of SF: Problem Perspective vs. Solution Detective What do you want to achieve? Describe it in detail Suppose everything went perfectly - what would be happening? What else would be happening then? Who else would notice that things were better? What would they notice? What's already going well now? What's the best you ever did (at this thing)? What did you do then? What small step you could take to build on that success? What else?

Problem Perspective vs. Solution Detective What’s the difference ? How can it be useful for you? What might be a easy way to try it out?

Solution Focused Approach Fast Effective Energizing Engaging Flexible Low cost

When is it useful?  Coaching  Team Cooperation  Meeting  Project Evaluation  Strategy Workshops  Organizational Development  Self Coaching

Solution Focused Detective Coaching Group for Managers – one evening per month – 6.September 2009 SOL Conference - May 2010 in Bucharest