About Tenny Poole

Tenny Poole

Tenny Poole

Principal,
Corporation for Positive Change

Principal & Founder,
West Coast Center for Positive Change

Founder,
Positive Talent Strategies

Tenny Poole is a principal of the Corporation for Positive Change and founder and principal of the West Coast Center for Positive Change. The West Coast Center for Positive Change (WCCP) is the premier positive change consultancy in California. WCCP consulting practice focuses on helping organizations achieve successful change leading to increased results. She provides strategic level Human Resources leadership for small to mid-sized organizations. She coaches business leaders and executives. The WCCP is affiliated with the Corporation for Positive Change (CPC) which was started by Diana Whitney and David Cooperrider as the first consulting and training company in the field of Appreciative Inquiry. There are nine global positive change centers in the CPC network and the West Coast Center for Positive Change is one of these centers. Tenny is a master facilitator and trainer in the field of Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Leadership, and Appreciative Coaching.

Prior to opening the WCCP, Tenny held a number of leadership positions in Human Resources including 10 years as Vice President of Human Resources for Experian Americas Credit business. At Experian she was responsible for identifying and providing strategic solutions to critical organizational challenges. She has deep expertise in employee relations, selection and retention, compensation, performance management, talent management and change management using Appreciative Inquiry. Prior to that she was the Manager of Strategic Planning for PacifiCare’s sales organization. Before PacifiCare, Tenny held a number of positions in her 18 years in Human Resources at Beckman Instruments (now Beckman Coulter) where she ultimately held the top employee relations position.

Tenny earned recognition as the 2000 Human Resources Executive of the Year by the Orange County Affiliate of the National Human Resources Association in March 2001 for her work in developing her Human Resources team, accelerating culture change and implementing new strategies in Credit Services. She has participated as a speaker at the National Human Resources Association, American Society for Performance Improvement, Academy of Management Consulting Division, International Society for Performance Improvement, the International Academy of Management, Consulting Division, and Orange County Compensation and Benefits Association. Tenny is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a BS in Biology and Education.

Appreciative Inquiry is the study of what gives life to human systems when they function at their best. This approach to personal change and organization change is based on the assumption that questions and dialogue about strengths, successes, values, hopes, and dreams are themselves transformational.

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

2016-02-03T05:21:41+00:00

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

Appreciative Inquiry is the study of what gives life to human systems when they function at their best. This approach to personal change and organization change is based on the assumption that questions and dialogue about strengths, successes, values, hopes, and dreams are themselves transformational.

Appreciative Inquiry works because it liberates power. It unleashes both individual and organizational power. It brings out the best of people, encourages them to see and support the best of others, and generates unprecedented cooperation and innovation.

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

2016-02-03T05:22:07+00:00

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

Appreciative Inquiry works because it liberates power. It unleashes both individual and organizational power. It brings out the best of people, encourages them to see and support the best of others, and generates unprecedented cooperation and innovation.

Appreciative Inquiry turns command-and-control cultures into communities of discovery and cooperation.

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

 

2016-02-03T05:22:32+00:00

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

 

Appreciative Inquiry turns command-and-control cultures into communities of discovery and cooperation.

Appreciative Inquiry posits that organizations move in the direction of what they consistently ask questions about, and that the more affirmative the questions are, the more hopeful and positive the organizational responses will be.

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

2016-02-03T05:23:01+00:00

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

Appreciative Inquiry posits that organizations move in the direction of what they consistently ask questions about, and that the more affirmative the questions are, the more hopeful and positive the organizational responses will be.

The ultimate paradox of Appreciative Inquiry is that it does not aim to change anything. It aims to uncover and bring forth existing strengths, hopes, and dreams—to identify and amplify the positive core of the organization. In this process, people and organizations are transformed. With Appreciative Inquiry, the focus of attention is on positive potential—the best of what has been, what is, and what might be. It is a process of positive change.

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

2016-02-03T05:23:25+00:00

Diana Whitney, PhD and Amanda Trosten-Bloom

The ultimate paradox of Appreciative Inquiry is that it does not aim to change anything. It aims to uncover and bring forth existing strengths, hopes, and dreams—to identify and amplify the positive core of the organization. In this process, people and organizations are transformed. With Appreciative Inquiry, the focus of attention is on positive potential—the best of what has been, what is, and what might be. It is a process of positive change.

Appreciative Leadership is the relational capacity to mobilize creative potential and turn it into positive power—to set in motion positive ripples of confidence, energy, enthusiasm, and performance—to make a positive difference in the world.

Diana Whitney, PhD, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader

2016-02-03T05:23:48+00:00

Diana Whitney, PhD, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader

Appreciative Leadership is the relational capacity to mobilize creative potential and turn it into positive power—to set in motion positive ripples of confidence, energy, enthusiasm, and performance—to make a positive difference in the world.

Appreciative leaders hold each and every person in positive regard. They look through appreciative eyes to see the best of people. They seek to treat all individuals positively, with respect and dignity, no matter their age, gender, race, religion, or culture—even education or experience. They believe that everyone has positive potential—a positive core of strengths and a passionate calling to be fulfilled—and they seek to bring that forward and nurture it.

Diana Whitney, PhD, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader

2016-02-03T05:24:13+00:00

Diana Whitney, PhD, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader

Appreciative leaders hold each and every person in positive regard. They look through appreciative eyes to see the best of people. They seek to treat all individuals positively, with respect and dignity, no matter their age, gender, race, religion, or culture—even education or experience. They believe that everyone has positive potential—a positive core of strengths and a passionate calling to be fulfilled—and they seek to bring that forward and nurture it.

 

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