Strategy is everybody’s job - SOAR is the acronym of a new strategic planning process that is based on discovering and multiplying what the organization does well. SOAR takes the Appreciative Inquiry philosophy and applies it to provide a strategic thinking and dialogue process.
The authors have been instrumental in developing this process and will share the concept and case studies to give you the confidence to try SOAR.
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SOAR book includes a pull-out card that is a handy reminder of the "5-I Approach" and sample questions that are referred to in the book. You'll find it helpful in conducting your next SOAR.
The Thin Book SOAR Reference Cards is a 20-pack of the pull-out card. The cards are 8" x 5" and are UV coated and the size. If your budget doesn't allow for a purchase of the SOAR book for everyone, give everyone this card instead. They are available in packs of 20 for only $15. It is another way we are trying to provide you with just-in-time products to help make your organization mighty!
Read what recent readers are saying about The Thin Book of® Soar -Click here.
"I was fortunate enough to attend Jackie Stavros' session on SOAR in Sydney last July and have continued to think and hopefully apply some of the foundations of appreciative inquiry within the SOAR approach in my day to day work. As a former community development worker, now sitting in a corporate strategy position, the whole approach resonates really well with me.....
....You have helped me to understand how to build the internal thinking around SOAR as an approach and in particular AI in everything we do. Integrated planning is a significant change process for our organisation where we need to bring together the engineers, the accountants, the CD worker, and the community to identify what we want our city to be into the future, and collectively how we can actually do that financially, workforce wise and in terms of assets and infrastructure....." Kerry Hunt, Corprate Strategy Manager, Wollongong City Council
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"Masterful in its simplicity, this book captures the essence of strengths-based planning in a way that any business could readily adopt. Stavros and Hinrichs have delivered a whole system approach to strategic planning that harnesses the positive energy embedded in every organization. SOAR provides a flexible framework for strategic planning that has universal application to any business dilemma." Tim Lukenda, President and CEO, Extendicare Health Services, Inc.
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Paperback: 48 pages
ISBN: 978-0982206805
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