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Evan George extends the 'taxi-driver' analogy which many Solution Focused trainers use to explain the nature of the collaboration between client and worker in the approach.

Steve de Shazer in his early writings on SFBT not infrequently referred to Trance, often name-checking Milton Erikson as a key 'influencer'. So why has the concept receded into the background, almost invisible in modern thinking about the approach.

Words and the careful and purposeful use of language lie right at the heart of the Solution Focused approach and we fall into linguistic traps over and over as Evan George outlines.

Kerry Drummond from Perth in Australia shares her thinking about the impact on practitioners of the focus on resilience in clients.

Sorting out so-called 'under-performing' teams does not have to be complicated nor does it necessarily require expensive consultants. Evan George has sketched out three simple steps for team leaders to try out.