This document represents Ann Fields’ move from practitioner to information disseminator. Ann has used and refined this model through her years of clinical practice. She has trained various groups in the theory and practice of motivational interviewing. In this endeavor she presents in a concrete and explicit way, the structure she uses in her groups. This document is designed to be a manual for corporations, businesses and agencies, with all of the details provided, including the paperwork and logistical tips she has learned through trial and error. It will be most successfully utilized in the context of being trained with the model and receiving this manual as part of the training. We are not naïve enough to think that will always happen. So it is very complete. People with some training and appreciation for motivational interviewing will readily apply it. But Ann has painstakingly provided the conceptual models for every action taken. People with little background in MI will learn and experience MI if they take the direction provided here.

It has been my pleasure to help Ann put this on paper in a form designed to help train others. For my experience in this project, I saw the articulateness and thoughtfulness that went into each element. Every action was calculated in service to the enhancement of staff motivation. Ann has done her homework. Leadership teams will benefit and staff will benefit from her contributions to help facilitate organizational changes in a positive and respectful way. Finally, this manual, with its use of motivational interviewing, gets leadership teams back to the basics. This model requires that leaders once again, listen to their staff and use what they hear to motivate change.