“Think Tank” de Coaching independiente

Recientemente se ha creado un “Think Tank” independiente sobre coaching.

Coaching Commons, se posiciona de esta manera como el primer Think Tank (no comercial) motivado por un sincero diálogo entre coaches de diferentes partes del mundo y con diferentes backgrounds.

El coaching hace tiempo que estaba reclamando una iniciativa de este tipo. El crecimiento vertiginoso del mercado del coaching hace que los coaches necesiten un espacio impersonal, independiente y no comercial donde poder exponer sus ideas y abrir el diálogo permitiendo un mayor conocimiento de la realidad del coaching a nivel internacional (sus presupuestos, fundación, tendencias, etc).

Invito a todos los lectores interesados que visiten Coaching Commons y participen en esta iniciativa promocionada por Ruth Ann Harnisch, David Goldsmith, y Andrea J. Lee (entre otros).

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A continuación reproduzco el post donde se explica qué es Coaching Commons:

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The Coaching Commons is:

• A non-partisan ‘big tent’ under which coaches can freely create the future together in a non-commercial setting on the world-wide-web.

Why Build it? It will provide:

• future-oriented information and trends
• advanced dialog
• a social focus

Some of the benefits will be:

• a non-commercial place to rest a weary head
• pride in the tribe
• a bigger game to play
• intellectual stimulation and entertainment
• growth of the field
• access to and grounding in research
• looking beyond our differences

Other ways to describe or see The Commons:

• As a gathering place. Like on a university campus, the commons is encircled by buildings inside which lots of great work gets done. In the commons itself, some people walk their dogs, some pursue big ideas, some make friends and connections.

• As a philanthropic venture. Make no bones about it, The Coaching Commons is backed by leading visionaries in coaching philanthropy. This funding makes it possible for the Commons to exist, and for the projects that spring from it to do their work. (e.g. #1: Significant amounts of research on the efficacy of coaching done by The Foundation of Coaching. e.g. #2: The pro-bono coach matching service called The Gift of Coaching. e.g. #3: The Global Visionary Coaching Fellowship to financially support bold action by a coaching leader. etc.)

• As Coaching’s Think Tank with Project Management capabilities. Our industry has had think-tanks before, but not with project management connected to it. This means we get to explore things we as coaches WANT to see happen and *pursue* the best ideas to fruition. (Not just talk, though there’s nothing wrong with talk. Call it ‘talk with teeth.’)

• Neutral and Nonprofit. Which means that this is an apolitical organization - or at least as apolitical as a group of diverse people gathered together can be. It is, to use one of my favorite anologies, like a gorgeous silken slice of tofu, waiting to take on the flavor of those that convene here. Because it’s neutral, I believe it’s a place all conversations can happen.

And that’s where you come in. What do you think The Coaching Commons is? Is building it a good use of time, energy, effort? If you could see it be or do anything, what would that be?

Fuente: http://www.coachingcommons.org/featured/what-is-the-coaching-commons/