Goodstone Group Membership Application

Instructions

1.Please type in your information below. Use as much space as you need.

2.Please provide the following as email attachments:

  • a resume
  • a biography that you use with coaching clients
  • this document

3.Please label each document file with your name, e.g. JSmith_resume, JSmith_biography,JSmith_application

4.Please email to

Personal Information

Name
Address
Phone number
Email Address

Coaching Background

Number of years coaching / Number of years as a minor part of your work
Number of years as a moderate part of your work
Number of years as the major focus of your work
In a few sentences, please provide a summary of the type of coaching practice you have, i.e. what sort of coaching services you offer
Key focus areas of your work in individual or team behavior/ development (e.g. team coaching, leadership training, assessment process design, competency modeling)
Coaching certifications completed/ in progress
Other certifications (e.g. psychographic testing, assessment tools)

Coaching Practice

Please detail your coaching practice, using as much space as needed. Please do not include company or client names

Describe your primary motivations to pursue coaching
Describe your behavioral coaching method
Describe one of your most successful behavioral coaching engagements
Describe one of your least successful behavioral coaching engagements
Describe a prospective coaching client that you decided not to engage with, and why
Please provide 3 recent coaching examples in the following format:
-Managing Partner at ‘Big 6’ accounting firm to improve communication with peers and executive committee
Describe the 1-3 types of client profiles that you especially enjoy working with (e.g. alpha males/females, scientist as leader, hi-pos)
For any of the above profiles, have you conducted/ published research?
In what industries do you have expertise, whether as a coach, or as a professional?
What is your current client base for coaching (e.g., level of leader, function, industry, size of company)?
In the past three years, what is an example of education have you invested in to further your coaching skills?
What areas are you targeting for your own professional growth over the next 12-18 months?
What is your learning edge(s) as a coach and what work are you doing to grow beyond it?
Describe any travel restrictions regarding your work.

Client information – please do not provide client or leader names.

This information pertains to work done in Behavioral Coaching

In the last 24 months, how many leaders have you coached in behavioral coaching at the following level, and what duration of engagement: / Number of leaders / Is the company a Fortune500 company? / duration of engagements, e.g. ”3-months, year” / Is coaching engagement still ongoing?
C-Level
EVP
SVP
VP
Director
Manager
Other

Work Experience

We are interested in understanding your experience prior to coaching. Please provide the following level of detail on each role/for each employer. If this information is included in the resume/CV you are sharing with us, please indicate that. Otherwise, please complete the following, using as much space as you need:

Organization / Title(s) / Years / 1-2 Sentences describing role/responsibilities
Do you have P&L experience?
*We are often asked by clients to present coaches who have P&L experience. If it is not obvious from your resume, please indicate your experience here.

Business Information

Coaching networks or firms with which you are affiliated and a short description of the affiliation.
Are you affiliated with any other type of firm? If so please indicate:
  • firm name,
  • you are an owner or partner
  • how many people are in firm

Firm’s focus
Firm website

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