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Our Vision for the Future of

Appreciative Leadership

It only seems fair that we would share our story with you. Five years
have passed. Another group of extraordinary women and men have
just completed our Appreciative Leadership Development Program.
In so doing, they join the ranks of thousands of people around the
world who are practicing, experimenting with, and extending our ini-
tial understandings of Appreciative Leadership.
We are traveling around the world giving keynote speeches and
teaching about Appreciative Leadership. Wherever we go, we hear

story after story of people whose lives have been changed for the bet-
ter as a result of Appreciative Leadership. Corporations on every con-
tinent have adopted the five strategies as a framework for building

thriving organizations. Communities hold public offi cials, small busi-
nesses, and service providers accountable for the highest standards of
Appreciative Leadership. And schools have designed relational cur-
ricula using Appreciative Leadership practices as their foundation. As

a result, people, profits, and the planet are fl ourishing.
This is our vision. May it be so.