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title: "2 Appreciative Quotes By David Cooperrider"
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> [All leadership is appreciative leadership. It's the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups we are trying to lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/all-leadership-is-appreciative-leadership-it-s-the-capacity-to-see/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/david-cooperrider-52692_appreciated_all-leadership-is-appreciative-leadershi_2247720.jpg)

> [It could be argued that all leadership is appreciative leadership. It’s the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups we are trying to lead. It’s the capacity to see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/it-could-be-argued-that-all-leadership-is-appreciative-leadership-it/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

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## More by David Cooperrider

> [We need to discover the root causes of success rather than the root causes of failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/we-need-to-discover-the-root-causes-of-success-rather-than-the-root/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

> [We have reached the end of problem solving as a mode of inquiry capable of inspiring, mobilizing, and sustaining human system change. The future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/we-have-reached-the-end-of-problem-solving-as-a-mode-of-inquiry/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

> [We live in the world our questions create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/we-live-in-the-world-our-questions-create/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

> [Almost without exception, everything society has considered a social advance has been prefigured first in some utopian writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/almost-without-exception-everything-society-has-considered-a-social/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

> [Business must be a force for good in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/business-must-be-a-force-for-good-in-the-world/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

> [All leadership is appreciative leadership. It's the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/all-leadership-is-appreciative-leadership-it-s-the-capacity-to-see/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

> [It could be argued that all leadership is appreciative leadership. It’s the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cooperrider/it-could-be-argued-that-all-leadership-is-appreciative-leadership-it/)

[David Cooperrider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cooperrider/)

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