Welcome to the second edition of this monthly blog, built around the framework from Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide: mentor coaching keeps us sharp; supervision keeps us safe and sane. Each month I share reflections from my mentor coaching and supervision work, organised around those three themes. If you missed the first edition and want
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Staying Sharp, Safe and Sane: A New Monthly Blog for Coaches
Something new is starting here, and I want to explain what it is before diving in. For a while now, I have been thinking about the best way to share what comes up in my mentor coaching and supervision work. A lot of it ends up on LinkedIn, but things get missed there, and the
Group Coaching Supervision – A Case Study
The ICF describes Coaching Supervision as; “the interaction that occurs when a coach periodically brings his or her coaching work experiences to a coaching supervisor in order to engage in reflective dialogue and collaborative learning for the development and benefit of the coach and his or her clients.” I’ve been working with a group of
International Coaching Week 2018
Last year in International Coaching Week, I co-created this wonderful animated story about Helen’s journey towards supervision. This year, I am talking at the International Coach Federation UK conference about when to use coach mentoring and when to use supervision. International Coaching Week provides a great opportunity to experience coaching and raise its profile and
Virtual Group Coaching Supervision
Are you looking for a (new) coaching supervisor? Do you mostly work virtually, and therefore need supervision that models good parallel processes for the work you undertake? Perhaps you are time crunched and would prefer not to travel to a face-to-face session. Do you want to share your developmental journey with like-minded coaches? From September,
Supervision: Seeing Beyond the Blindspots
In this International Coaching Week, Michelle Lucas, Danielle Brooks and I would like to provoke a discussion about coaching supervision; in particular why some coaches don’t feel the need for it. We’ve written a 3 minute storybook about Helen. Helen is a good coach. Read her story (simply click on the picture below) to find out what
Supervision for internal coaches
It’s vital that coaches stay sharp and stay safe through supervision, for their own and their clients’ wellbeing. When I reflect on my time as an internal coach, and the kinds of things I took to supervision, they focused mostly on boundary management. Supervision questions For example, how did I start and maintain an adult to adult relationship with
Why coaching supervision? Use your full palette of colours
Why coaching supervision? I recently recorded a 5 minute video for coaches who are not yet convinced that supervision will bring them value. If this is you, take a look. I’d welcome your thoughts. You can also read more in this article for Coaching at Work: Stay Sharp, Stay Safe Get in touch if this
Post-supervision Reflections on my coaching
I shared an article with you last week – Stay Sharp, Stay Safe. So in the interests of staying sharp, I took a recording of my coaching to supervision a couple of weeks ago. So enlightening, listening to my coaching through someone else’s ear! You might remember the coaching session in question, as I posted
Stay Sharp, Stay Safe
If you are a coach, wondering why you should invest in supervision, take a read of this article I wrote for Coaching at Work. It summarises the benefit that coaches say they receive in supervision, and how they won’t coach without it. Stay Sharp, Stay Safe
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
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
