The Coaching Network
Almost everyone knows the benefits of a good coaching relationship - growth, guidance, friendship, and success for both parties as each sharpens and strengthens his or her skill in the process of working with each other. The bonds of coach and coachee can be as close as those in any rewarding professional relationship because they are built on trust, mutual goals, and a shared commitment to making the relationship work. These kinds of bonds are particularly valuable in the nonprofit arena, where senior executives are often torn between the competing demands of clients, donors, board, and staff, without having a peer for feedback.
The Value of Good Counsel
The Fieldstone Foundation is proud to offer you The Coaching Network. This program pairs executive directors, one of whom has been trained as a consultative coach, in a twelve-month, confidential, one-on-one peer coaching relationship. Through a series of monthly meetings and ongoing conversations over the course of a year, coaches help to empower coachees to accomplish specific leadership goals and resolve organizational problems. Through the Coaching Network you will have access to:
- Experienced coaches with deep knowledge and insights about the dynamics of non profit leadership, and the skills to foster reflective wisdom and discernment.
- Organizational self-assessment tools and a 360 degree professional assessment and feedback from the Center for Creative Leadership .
- An intimate and confidential environment to support and enhance your personal and professional growth.
- A new network of coaches with a common purpose to support and enhance your leadership within your organization and in the sector.
In this kind of win-win relationship, coaches give their time and energy for the good of the larger nonprofit community as they also strengthen their own organizations. Coachees learn from confidential interaction with their coach as well as learn how to function as a coach within their own organizations.
Our Coaching Team
All Leadership Network coaches are carefully selected from the sector. They are graduates of the Fieldstone Executive Learning Groups, and have received rigorous training in consultative coaching. Each coach is part of a greater coaching network which continually builds on the collective wisdom of each member, and receives ongoing support through our quarterly coaches meetings. All coaches are practitioners in the social sector. They are currently leading or have led successful nonprofit organizations. We are proud to introduce you our coaching team:
| Sue Carter - Volunteer San Diego |
| Matthew DArrigo - A Reason to Survive, Inc |
| Sharon Ellis - Habitat for Humanity Orange County |
| Jan Giacinti - Kids Included Together San Diego |
| Scott Larson - HomeAid Orange County |
| Sharon Lawrence - Voices for Children San Diego |
| John Malashock - Malashock Dance & Company San Diego |
| Barbara Mannino - Vista Community Clinic San Diego |
| Leane Marchese - ElderHelp of San Diego |
| Clete Menke Orange County |
| Lynda Perring - Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County |
| Sue Schaffner - Hostelling International USA San Diego Council Orange County |
| Don Schoendorfer - Free Wheelchair Mission |
| Shannon Thompson - Shatki Rising San Diego |
| Diana Villegas - Barrio Logan College Institute San Diego |
| Margie Wakeham - Families Forward Orange County |
| Jim Jackson Serenity House |
| Shirley Cole - North County Life Line San Diego (Retired) |
What Participants Say
The Coaching Network can be a valuable experience for you, as it has been for over 200 executives that have been coached by the Fieldstone Leadership Network. Here is some of their feedback:
- It was so helpful to have the opportunity to discuss real-life issues with someone who has so much more experience.
- The experience was everything I couldve hoped for and more. My coach is a wise, compassionate, and experienced leader who challenged me to examine my motivations and goals in ways I had never done before.
- I had a wonderful coaching experience! It pushed me to the next level professionally and it was an encouragement to meet with someone with nonprofit experience.
- Great experience! Everything I had hoped for a mentor, confidant, cheerleader, honest coach. My coach helped me through my most crucial decisions during the last year.
- It was wonderful to have peer-to-peer discussions, especially having evaluated myself and my expectations in the beginning as a benchmark.
Be a Part of This Transformational Experience
This program is currently offered to Executive Directors and Senior Managers. The cost of the program is $350 per person. It is available in Orange
County and San Diego in Southern California.
If you would like to participate in the program or have any questions, please contact Robin Stropko or click here to request additional information.
