Coaching leaders of Communities of Practice

I loved the call on Thursday, really provoked some good thinking. I almost want to write down some of the hypotheses we are testing and begin to spell them out e.g.

o dangers of funded communities in general vs. characteristics of sponsors vs. strategies for working with sponsors.
o red flags around leadership transitions in organizations with communities — need to really work on this one, can awareness and pro-activity help?
o Coaching vs. mentoring vs. peer to peer conversations, how do we use these terms and when are they most likely to be appropriate e.g. (e.g. working full time in the vs. running one community).
o not good to “start” with meta cop as a strategy but yet it’s a powerful tool – need to unpack that.
o What role does practice have in all of the above, are there techniques, skills, tips, tendencies that protect against the dangers noted above?

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Naava Frank, Founder
Knowledge Communities
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