Are you the type of person who wants to grow and help others reach more of their potential? Do you want to be the very best version of yourself as a leader, family member, professional, and coach? Have there been people of influence in your life who have helped you achieve more than you thought possible? Then The Art of Coaching for Servant Leadership is for you! The three authors, Ann McGee-Cooper, Ed.D, Deborah Welch, Ph.D, and Duane Trammell, M.Ed. have been recognized for their work in servant leadership, coaching, and teaching. They have creatively written a book in dialogue form, inviting many professionals into the conversation about how a servant leadership approach to coaching will activate people's gifts and strengths. They use stories to make connections, share lessons, and navigate through difficult experiences. One helpful take-away from the book is the "Coaching with a Servant's Heart" model. It describes what servant leadership coaching IS and IS NOT through interrelated areas of the inner work of a coach, the foundation of trust through relationships, and mutual learning through partners. In addition to author stories, there are twelve contributors who share their experiences from having participated in servant leadership coaching. They offer their own personal insights about how growing as a servant-leader can be a liberating experience resulting in engagement, energy, meaning at work, and enhanced capacities. The 140 page book offers deep insight for those wanting to take the "next step" with understanding the inner journey of servant leadership and bringing out the best in others.
Ann McGee-Cooper is a business futurist, owns her own consulting company, and has worked with organizations for four decades in innovation, the politics of change, and servant leadership. She holds degrees from the University of Texas, Southern Methodist University, and a doctorate from Columbia University. Ann has worked in an unusually wide variety of workplaces-including coal mines of West Virginia, corporate boardrooms of international engineering and construction companies, the Culture Committee of Southwest Airlines, a NASCAR race team, and governmental agencies. For international work in servant leadership, Ann was honored with two honorary doctorates. She also received the Good Neighbor Award from Southwest Airlines and was recognized for pace-setting work in mentoring and servant leadership. Deborah Welch coaches entrepreneurs and leaders in foundations, school districts, colleges, and corporations. Her studies of collaborative intelligence led her in 2008 to co-create, along with Ann McGee-Cooper & Associates, Inc. and Virginia Gilmore, the first Virtual Servant Leadership Learning Community. VSLLC(R) is a six-month program in which dedicated servant-leaders from around the world enhance their capacity to grow as servant-leaders. Deborah is also an award-winning faculty member at Capella University. She teaches The Psychology of Leadership and guides dissertation research in the area of self-awareness and leadership. Deborah is known for coaching that helps leaders achieve results and grow into their best selves. Duane Trammell is founding Partner, President and COO of Ann McGee-Cooper & Associates, Inc. and has been collaborating with Ann for thirty-three years. Duane enjoys writing, researching, and developing materials in servant leadership. He has co-authored Time Management for Unmanageable People, You Don't Have To Go Home from Work Exhausted!, Being the Change: Profiles from Our Servant Leadership Learning Community, and a second edition of Awakening Your Sleeping Genius: A Journaling Approach to Personal Growth and Servant Leadership. Trammell participated in Ann McGee-Cooper's early research on genius/giftedness and combined it with Robert Greenleaf's concepts on servant leadership to produce the journal.
