Executive-Coaching on Fosgail

Introducing Fosgail Community

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:58:00 -0400

Join us in creating a place where curiosity meets collaboration to foster reflection, workplace well-being, and innovative solutions.

Why We Started Fosgail Community

At Fosgail, we’re bringing together librarians and changemakers dedicated to cultivating a well-informed society to nurture curiosity and thoughtful reflection in a safe, supportive space so that we can foster well-being, spark strategic responses, and open up new possibilities for innovation.

Hosted by the Mighty Networks platform, Fosgail Community started in July 2024 as a place for the cohorts of the Leadership Development for Theological Librarians program to convene. At the same time, we soft-launched our Always Open, Forever Free plan as an entry point for friends and fans of Fosgail to connect with one another and stay in touch.

Fast Facts about Fosgail

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:33:00 -0400

Things to Know about Our Organization

Founded in January 2023.

We are a women-owned business.

We are a benefit LLC registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State. Our stated purpose creates a public benefit, specifically promoting the advancement of knowledge.

Our mission is to collaborate with clients in ways that create safe space for reflection and curiosity, encourage strategic response, spark innovation, and open possibilities.

Our core values include future-focused, open, sustainable practice, global community, authenticity, advocacy, inclusion, innovation, and love of libraries.

Coaching vs Mentoring

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:46:00 -0400

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Coaching, Mentoring, and Counseling: Understanding the Difference

An executive coach has many of the same qualities as a mentor or a counselor, but your relationship with your coach is distinctly different.

Mentors are those sage advisors we encounter across the many dimensions of our professional and personal lives. Some we find on our own and some we are paired with through mentoring programs or other formal channels. They have a lot of experience and we turn to them for advice. We trust that they can guide us in the right direction when we have questions or are struggling to make decisions.