Coaching paid for by the company, in three stages

HR brings you an executive for a new role, a first management job or a career transition; their request comes in through a Form. From then on, the coachee books their own appointments.
  1. The discovery call

    HR often shortlists two or three coaches, and the executive meets each one before choosing, in what is often called a chemistry call. They book thirty minutes by video call in your "Discovery" section; together you check that the work can happen, then they give HR their answer.
  2. The three-way meeting

    One hour for three people, the coachee, their manager and you, to set two or three goals that can be observed at work. The coachee books it for both of them in the "Three-way meeting" section, entering their manager's name in the form.
  3. The sessions

    Ten 90-minute sessions, for instance, two to three weeks apart and booked as the coaching goes along. At the end, a second three-way meeting, booked the same way, reviews the goals set at the start.

The discovery call, booked by the future coachee

Thirty minutes by video to choose a coach, before the company commits

The "Discovery" section is cut into thirty-minute slots; the executive picks a free one. The form asks for their company, job title, the reason for the request (new role, team to take over, transition) and the name of the HR contact who referred them; those fields stay optional, since the same form serves the three-way meeting and the sessions. The confirmation reaches them by email, as it does your practice, and the event lands in your Google Calendar with their answers: you read the background before opening the call, whose link comes from you.

Sessions at executive hours

7:30 a.m., the lunch break, 6:30 p.m.: nothing in the middle of the day

A plant director or a CFO won't step out of an executive committee meeting at 3 p.m. for a session. So open three time ranges a day, 7:30 to 9 a.m., noon to 2 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m., and keep the rest of the day closed, saved for workshops and HR. A six-week booking horizon is enough: the coachee books the next session at the end of the current one, not the whole quarter at once. The app shows your times as they are, with no conversion: if a coachee works abroad, add "Eastern Time" to the section's name.

Two coaches, a calendar each

Anne coaches senior executives, Mark handles career transitions, and their sessions run different lengths

Each coach has their own sections, linked to their Google Calendar. With Anne, a session lasts 90 minutes; with Mark, an hour, since slot length is set section by section. A coach's discovery, three-way and session sections all share that coach's calendar: a three-way meeting that gets booked closes the session slots it overlaps. When Mark runs a two-day seminar, he blocks those days in his Google Calendar, and the app stops offering them.

From one session to the next: the coachee's area

The between-session assignment

One thing to practice until the next session: observe a meeting they chair, spot the decisions they could have delegated.

Selected reading

An article on speaking up in the executive committee, flagged to the coachees' group by a notification.

Videos a few minutes long

Giving feedback, preparing for a difficult conversation: short videos in CMS Videos, to watch again right before the talk.

A roadmap for the first months in a role

For a new role: the people to meet, the questions to ask the team, the decisions that can wait.

A space per company program

When a company entrusts you with several managers, a group in its name holds that program's resources, hidden from your other coachees.

How much does an executive coaching app cost?

Premium is the first plan with native iPhone and Android apps. To book sessions and open the coachees' area, add three options: Appointment booking, Authentication for coachees and their User groups. With the Pro plan, all three are already there; the Standard plan, limited to the web version, offers none of them.
Premium · iPhone and Android apps plus web version$55 /month, billed annually
Session booking: a Premium option$15 /month
Pro · all three options included$105 /month, billed annually
Outside your GoodBarber subscription: the Apple and Google developer accounts, billed by the stores themselves.

Executive coaching app: what coaches ask

How does the coachee book the three-way meeting with their manager?

After checking their manager's calendar, they book an hour in the "Three-way meeting" section, entering the manager's name and title. The confirmation email only goes to the coachee and to your practice: the coachee lets their manager know, or you send the video link to both of them. If the date no longer works, the coachee cancels and picks another.

Can I open only early mornings, lunchtime and evenings?

Yes: each day takes several time ranges, and anything outside them is never offered. Saturday morning can open for executives who prefer it, while Friday evening stays closed. Turning off same-day booking stops a 7:30 a.m. session from being taken at 6:45 that morning; your seminar weeks go in as exceptional closures.

Does the app count the sessions set in the coaching agreement?

No, it has no counter: if the agreement with the company provides for ten sessions, nothing stops an eleventh from being booked. Keep the count on your side, in your Google Calendar or from the confirmation emails. A booking beyond the contract is yours to cancel, and the coachee gets an email about it.

Does the company see what's said in sessions?

No. Nothing from the sessions themselves goes through the app: the booking form only asks for practical details, and the coachees' area only holds resources shared by everyone in it. Neither the manager nor HR can see the bookings or that area. What's said in a session stays between the coachee and you.

How do I bill the company?

Outside the app. No payment goes through booking, neither when the slot is taken nor after the session: you invoice the company as the agreement specifies, per session, per stage or in one go, with your usual tool. Your Google Calendar lists the sessions booked.

Can a coaching session run over video?

Yes. The app sets the time; the meeting link comes from your usual tool. Many executives join from their office: a form field can ask whether they'll be traveling that day, and an article suggests a closed meeting room rather than the open-plan floor.

How is this different from a life coaching app?

Here the company orders and pays for coaching with professional goals, agreed by three people including the manager, whereas in life coaching people come on their own, fund their own sessions and decide alone what they want to work on.