Coaching leaders of Communities of Practice

It was great to see the interesting synthesis the John, Lauren and Theadora have developed from the interview process… what a wonderful conversation to be stimulating!  Well done!  (do you guys know the Impact Alliance http://www.impactalliance.org ?  It is  growing meta-community supported by PACT in Washington, and the focus is on capacity development specifically for those dedicated to International Development – and seems like this conversation is central to capacity development in general.  Just a thought!  Jeff Kwaterski leads the effort to grow and evolve the Impact Alliance – he’s amazing and has a real vision for taking things forward in a meaningful and valable way! YEAH!Okay, that was an aside – here is the reason I am posting: Yesterday I mentioned a book called Inspire! What Great Leaders Do by Lance Secretan (a Canadian!) (and then Matt mentioned another one that sounded interesting too and we also talked a little about De Bono’s work – but here is the link to Lance’s book… which is cool!  Lance has worked in this field for years and his site is neat as well www.secretan.com

http://www.amazon.com/Inspire-What-Great-Leaders-Do/dp/0471648825/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7475160-0589541?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179423417&sr=8-1

I think the work of Secretan, Greenleaf www.greenleaf.org , Pegasus Communications www.pegasuscom.com, Berkana www.berkana.org are all related to the work of building collective capacity to explore and create new futures TOGETHER! I wonder if you asked coaches where they get their juice – what you would find?  What reading, learning, exploring do great coaches do to keep passionate and engaged?  I can’t remember if you asked this…something like “in the past two years – share a few experiences that have opened up new possibilities for you?”