Organizational Change Success Stories

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Building a Positive, Creative Learning Environment: Barrington Elementary

Client Organization: Barrington Elementary is an 11 year-old public school in growing suburban St. Louis, Missouri. It has a diverse student population with 49% Black, 46% White and 5% Asian and Hispanic students. Special Education students are mainstreamed into regular education classrooms. For example, playing basketball in PE, the children in wheel chairs score with …

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Cultivating Positive Team Spirit: Tendercare Wayne Seniors

Focus of the Appreciative Inquiry: To discover the positive core of the Wayne Seniors group which enables the staff to focus upon projects, process improvements, and rewards that are aligned to increase census while cultivating a team spirit. Client Organization: Tendercare, Inc. is Michigan’s largest provider of long-term care services with 35 health centers located …

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Improving Working Relationships & Knowledge Management: OEM Global Automotive Manufacturing

In 1997 an Appreciative Inquiry was launched with a global automotive manufacturer to discover how border plants in the United States and Mexico could best work together. This inquiry engaged people at all levels of the plant. As soon as the interviews started there was an immediate positive cultural change and improved workings relationships. In …

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Integrating Mental Health Teams in the United Kingdom

Combining Local Creativity with National Mandates Focus of the Appreciative Inquiry: To create and implement integrated mental health services in the southern region of the UK. Client organization: Hampshire County Council Social Services Department which is responsible for the full range of social services in the region. Client Objective: The specific purpose of the project …

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Small Business Transforms its Culture: Secure-Comm

Client Organization: Secure-Comm was established in 1975, as an electronic security and burglar alarm company. The small family-owned company has grown to employ a full-time professional staff in telecommunications; security and microprocessor based low voltage systems. The company services over thirty-five hundred commercial, governmental, and residential customers providing and supporting turnkey electronic systems for many …

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