How this tool helps
This tool is useful in lots of situations such as: review meetings, supervision meetings between managers and staff, team meetings and individual work with families. The questions are a powerful way to reflect on a particular area of someone’s life when they face a specific situation or challenge. It’s also a great way to start meetings because it:
- Ensures that everyone feels that their opinion has been listened to
- Gets people talking and sharing their knowledge and experiences and makes collective learning visible to everyone
- Prevents a ‘dominant voice’ from drowning out what less assertive people have to say
- Highlights issues that might otherwise have been overlooked
- Provides essential information for future actions and planning
- Ensures that people have the opportunity to reflect instead of going straight to action planning
