Book Study Group
The Book Study Group is a warm, open and inviting community that reads books together on topics germane to coaching and participates in lively discussion via monthly teleconferences with moderator James Flaherty and the authors of the books. We send you the books; all you have to do is read and dial in for the calls! The group reconstitutes itself each quarter and is composed of new participants and several returning members, some of whom have been in this Study Group together for many years.
Prerequisite: Completion of Coaching to Excellence or its equivalent.
Recertification: Certified Integral Coaches can complete their annual continuing education requirement by participating in two quarters of the Book Study Group.
Logistics
Length: Three months
Hours: Three two-hour calls, 5–7 pm PT, usually the last Tuesday of each month
Cost: $375. Includes cost and shipment of the 3 books.
Past authors include Peter Koestenbaum, Roger Walsh, Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey, Deborah Tannen, Thomas Keating, Marshall Rosenberg, A.H. Almaas, Malcolm Gladwell, Bill Torbert, Richard Heckler, Meg Wheatley, Adam Kahane, Juanita Brown, Otto Scharmer, Peter Block, David Allen, Dacher Keltner, Paul Ekman, Robert Thurman, and many more.
Roger Housden, author of Ten Poems to Say Goodbye
In this collection, Roger Housden continues to highlight the magic of poetry, this time as it relates to personal loss. But while the selected poems in this volume may focus upon loss and grief, they also reflect solace, respite, and joy. A goodbye is an opportunity for kindness, for forgiveness, for intimacy, and ultimately for love and a deepening acceptance of life as it is rather than what it was. They are always transitions that, when embraced, can be the door to a new life both for ourselves and for others. In this inspiring and consoling volume, Housden encourages readers to embrace poetry as a way of enabling us to better see and appreciate the beauty of the world around and within us. 
Craig O'Flaherty, co-author of Diversity in Coaching
Understanding how diversity impacts coaching is a crucial element to coaching effectively in today’s diverse society, giving coaches the edge when responding to the needs of their coachees. This book looks at how coaches can respond to issues of gender, cultural, national, racial, and generational difference. Each chapter is written by a coach who specializes in coaching in specific countries or to specific groups. They provide guidance on understanding diversity and how coaches can adapt coaching styles and techniques to meet individual needs, local demands and cultural preferences. Our featured author, Craig O'Flaherty, is a New Ventures West faculty member, teaching the Professional Coaching Course in Cape Town, South Africa.
Joan King, author of A Life on Purpose
This is not a how-to business book - instead, it is a book about doing what you were born to do: finding and engaging your greatness through your work. Individuals can discover their own greatness as they developmentally shift their thoughts and beliefs about work, careers, and business. Living from our cellular wisdom in our larger lives, we become aware of the depth of authenticity informing our actions and interactions in and with the world outside of our "selves." We come to realize the intimate connection between our cells and the integrated force that keeps them alive. It is here, in this point of connection, where who we are speaks to us.
Michael Gelb, author of Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age
Virtually everyone fears mental deterioration as they age. But in the past thirty years, neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is actually designed to improve throughout life. How can you encourage this improvement? Brain Power shares practical, state-of-the-evidence answers in this inspiring, fun-to-read plan for action. The authors have interviewed physicians, gerontologists, and neuroscientists; studied the habits of men and women who epitomize healthy aging; and applied what they describe in their own lives. The resulting guidance -- along with the accompanying downloadable Brain Sync audio program -- can help you activate unused brain areas, tone mental muscles, and enliven every faculty.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
Theodore J. Usatynski, author of Instinctual Intelligence: The Primal Wisdom of the Nervous System and the Evolution of Human Nature
Instinctual Intelligence offers uniquely modern approaches to align the passion and power of our instinctual heritage with the more enlightened possibilities of human life. Understand how our basic instinctual systems - self-protection, social connection, resource gathering, playfulness and sexuality, and survival responses - function in everyday life. Learn how the full expression of instinctual intelligence becomes restricted by the time we reach adulthood.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
Ronita Johnson, author of Coming to Forgiveness: A Daughter's Story of Race, Rage and Religion
In 1953, six-year old Ronita realizes she is living with a zealot as a father in bigoted Minden, Louisiana. Her father imposes an assignment on her to live up to his unbending standards of perfection -- one she cannot meet no matter how hard she tries. Desperate to placate her father and be the "good" daughter, she begins a journey of deception, hiding behind behaviors that mask her true self. Set in a tumultuous time in American history, Coming To Forgiveness follows a daughter's love for her father as she grows up with religious fanaticism, hypocrisy, betrayal, and deceit. As a result, she searches for worthiness and acceptance in all the wrong places, until she stumbles on a most remarkable hidden treasure.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
* Calls take place in Pacific Time. Click here to convert to your local time zone.
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Join a Learning Community
The Book Study Group is a warm, open and inviting community that reads books together on topics germane to coaching and participates in lively discussion via monthly teleconferences with moderator James Flaherty and the authors of the books. We send you the books; all you have to do is read and dial in for the calls! The group reconstitutes itself each quarter and is composed of new participants and several returning members, some of whom have been in this Study Group together for many years.
Prerequisite: Completion of Coaching to Excellence or its equivalent.
Recertification: Certified Integral Coaches can complete their annual continuing education requirement by participating in two quarters of the Book Study Group.
Logistics
Length: Three monthsHours: Three two-hour calls, 5–7 pm PT, usually the last Tuesday of each month
Cost: $375. Includes cost and shipment of the 3 books.
Past authors include Peter Koestenbaum, Roger Walsh, Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey, Deborah Tannen, Thomas Keating, Marshall Rosenberg, A.H. Almaas, Malcolm Gladwell, Bill Torbert, Richard Heckler, Meg Wheatley, Adam Kahane, Juanita Brown, Otto Scharmer, Peter Block, David Allen, Dacher Keltner, Paul Ekman, Robert Thurman, and many more.
Summer Quarter 2012 (now enrolling):
Roger Housden, author of Ten Poems to Say GoodbyeIn this collection, Roger Housden continues to highlight the magic of poetry, this time as it relates to personal loss. But while the selected poems in this volume may focus upon loss and grief, they also reflect solace, respite, and joy. A goodbye is an opportunity for kindness, for forgiveness, for intimacy, and ultimately for love and a deepening acceptance of life as it is rather than what it was. They are always transitions that, when embraced, can be the door to a new life both for ourselves and for others. In this inspiring and consoling volume, Housden encourages readers to embrace poetry as a way of enabling us to better see and appreciate the beauty of the world around and within us.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
Craig O'Flaherty, co-author of Diversity in CoachingUnderstanding how diversity impacts coaching is a crucial element to coaching effectively in today’s diverse society, giving coaches the edge when responding to the needs of their coachees. This book looks at how coaches can respond to issues of gender, cultural, national, racial, and generational difference. Each chapter is written by a coach who specializes in coaching in specific countries or to specific groups. They provide guidance on understanding diversity and how coaches can adapt coaching styles and techniques to meet individual needs, local demands and cultural preferences. Our featured author, Craig O'Flaherty, is a New Ventures West faculty member, teaching the Professional Coaching Course in Cape Town, South Africa.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
Joan King, author of A Life on PurposeThis is not a how-to business book - instead, it is a book about doing what you were born to do: finding and engaging your greatness through your work. Individuals can discover their own greatness as they developmentally shift their thoughts and beliefs about work, careers, and business. Living from our cellular wisdom in our larger lives, we become aware of the depth of authenticity informing our actions and interactions in and with the world outside of our "selves." We come to realize the intimate connection between our cells and the integrated force that keeps them alive. It is here, in this point of connection, where who we are speaks to us.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
* Calls take place in Pacific Time. Click here to convert to your local time zone.
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Spring Quarter 2012 (now in session):
Michael Gelb, author of Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You AgeVirtually everyone fears mental deterioration as they age. But in the past thirty years, neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is actually designed to improve throughout life. How can you encourage this improvement? Brain Power shares practical, state-of-the-evidence answers in this inspiring, fun-to-read plan for action. The authors have interviewed physicians, gerontologists, and neuroscientists; studied the habits of men and women who epitomize healthy aging; and applied what they describe in their own lives. The resulting guidance -- along with the accompanying downloadable Brain Sync audio program -- can help you activate unused brain areas, tone mental muscles, and enliven every faculty.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
Theodore J. Usatynski, author of Instinctual Intelligence: The Primal Wisdom of the Nervous System and the Evolution of Human NatureInstinctual Intelligence offers uniquely modern approaches to align the passion and power of our instinctual heritage with the more enlightened possibilities of human life. Understand how our basic instinctual systems - self-protection, social connection, resource gathering, playfulness and sexuality, and survival responses - function in everyday life. Learn how the full expression of instinctual intelligence becomes restricted by the time we reach adulthood.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
Ronita Johnson, author of Coming to Forgiveness: A Daughter's Story of Race, Rage and ReligionIn 1953, six-year old Ronita realizes she is living with a zealot as a father in bigoted Minden, Louisiana. Her father imposes an assignment on her to live up to his unbending standards of perfection -- one she cannot meet no matter how hard she tries. Desperate to placate her father and be the "good" daughter, she begins a journey of deception, hiding behind behaviors that mask her true self. Set in a tumultuous time in American history, Coming To Forgiveness follows a daughter's love for her father as she grows up with religious fanaticism, hypocrisy, betrayal, and deceit. As a result, she searches for worthiness and acceptance in all the wrong places, until she stumbles on a most remarkable hidden treasure.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 5-7 pm PT*
* Calls take place in Pacific Time. Click here to convert to your local time zone.
