Welcome to the eleventh episode of Coaching Skills for Leaders. This week's topic: How to Create a Shared Vision. Also a special welcome back to my favorite guest: Dr. Bonni Stachowiak, President of Innovate Learning. What did you do with the tools from last week's episode? Who did you give constructive feedback to? To reach me with questions, comments, feedback: Visit CoachingforLeaders.com/feedback You can't create a shared vision without having your own vision first. It's inappropriate for us to be dependent on others or independent from them. Rather, we need to have relationships of interdependence. Bonni mentioned a clip from the movie Spartacus which captures the power of interdependence: Two key elements of a shared vision: The people involved have a shared picture of what the future looks like. Everyone is committed to achieving the work and working towards it together. We discussed four steps for leaders to take when creating a shared vision: A few books that we mentioned on this episode: The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner We also mentioned Linda Krall, our favorite strategic illustrator Stay connected with this show on iTunes or on Facebook I'd love your feedback on this show as well as any questions or topics you'd like me to address in future shows: Contact (877) LEARN-45 or send email to feedback@innovatelearning.com See you in a week for the next episode!