ABSTRACT

In a recent seminar, David was asked how he constructs a consultation. This relevant question gave us the idea for all people to reflect on the ways they are putting the model into the practice of consultancy. Managers are embedded in their organizations. Demands are made from managers, leaders, and directors above them in the hierarchy, from colleagues at their own level, and from staff below. These demands are presented to the manager in the form of requests to do something specific or solve a specific problem, but they are always more complicated. The dialogues are the heart and the spark of life not only in the consultation, but also in the organization. The dialogues form the relations that will support and develop the whole organization. The relations reflect and are reflected by the dialogues that are going on and may be created in an organization.