Thanks to Michael Cavanagh for an engaging and provocative presentation on supervision for the 21st century. This also applies to leadership development for the 21st century. Here’s what I learned…I’d love to hear from others who were there – what else did you take away? I learned (or re-learned)…. …there are two ways that we
For coaches
What I learned from the International Coaching Supervision conference: Ethics
This one day conference was jam-packed with great content…but so jam-packed that I didn’t have a chance to process what I learned there and then. So this is my reflective practice, and I would love to hear from others about what you learned – particularly from sessions that I didn’t attend. Here’s the first session…more
What are you learning from your coaching supervision, or supervision of your supervision?
Do you have coaching supervision? Or if you are a coach supervisor, supervision of your supervision? It’s becoming far more prevalent here in the UK…but some of my coaching contacts in the US look at me blankly when I talk about coaching supervision. As if we stop learning as soon as we get that certificate
International Coaching Week
Next week is International Coaching Week. In honour of that, I’d like to re-share some of the posts I’ve written about coaching, and ask you to forward them on to anyone who you think might benefit. Let’s raise awareness about what coaching is/is not, and how it works. Clare’s coaching manifesto My coaching story Performance
The added value of three way contracting in coaching
I used to think it was enough to have a contract directly with my coachee. But I have come to see the error of my ways! That 1-1 contract is fine if the coachee is paying for the coaching. But if their company is paying for it, you automatically have an additional client, and multiple
Reflections on coach supervision
I recently started a new period of study, learning how to be a coach supervisor. having received coaching supervision in the past, I recognise how important it is to keep us all sharp. It’s so easy to lose our edge, and supervision can prevent that, so that we give EVERY client the best coaching we


