Executive Coaching Program
Every nonprofit leader benefits from 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 Leadership Network Orange County is proud to offer you executive coaching. 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 coaching you will have access to:
- Experienced coaches with deep knowledge and insights about the dynamics of nonprofit 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 all members, 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 our coaching team:
Rebecca Ahlberg (Retired) – My Safe Harbor
Margaret Bayston – Laura’s House
David Benavides – KidWorks
Ria Berger – Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County
Lauren Brand – Mind OC
Shana Buxser – CHOC Children’s Foundation
Lisa Castetter – Teen Leadership Foundation
Sharon Ellis – Habitat for Humanity Orange County
Holly Hagler – Meals on Wheels Orange County
Ronnetta Johnson – Waymakers
Rusty Kennedy (Retired) – Orange County Human Relations Council
Scott Larson – HomeAid America
Colleen Mensel – El Viento Foundation
Lynda Perring (Retired) – Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County
Dawn Price – Friendship Shelter
Dawn Reese – The Wooden Floor
Lucy Santana – Girls Incorporated of Orange County
Robin Sinclair – Fieldstone Leadership Network
Shawna Smith – Taller San Jose
Margie Wakeham (Retired) – Families Forward
Judi Westberg Warren – Mercy Ships
Lisa Wolter (Retired) – Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Lisa Wood – Casa Teresa
The Coaching Network will be a valuable experience for you, as it has been for over 300 executives who have been coached by the Fieldstone Leadership Network. Below are some testimonials:
- 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 could’ve 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 an opportunity to obtain 360 degree feedback as a benchmark for my personal goal-setting.
Be a Part of This Transformational Experience
This program is offered to Executive Directors or Senior Managers in the nonprofit sector. The cost of the program is $750 per person.
If you would like to participate in the program or have any questions, please contact Robin Stropko or click here to request additional information.
