What is Coach Supervision?
In supervision we co create an environment for you to safely and deeply reflect on your successes and challenges to improve your coaching practice. This improvement comes through increased ethical competence, greater understanding of what made situations difficult or complex and more clarity on how you’d like to approach situations in the future.
Some topics that people have discussed in coaching supervision are:
- Unproductive emotions with counterparts or participants (frustration, disappointment, etc.)
- Self talk around not doing or achieving enough,
- The coaching contract and how it is or is not being adhered too,
- The challenging parts of coaching and facilitation work,
- A desire to provide answers, solutions or actions for coaching counterparts,
- Repetitive patterns that are not serving you or those you work with.
The purpose of coaching supervision is “to facilitate the ongoing development of coaches by addressing the professional, personal, relational and contextual issues that can arise from coaching practice.
Australasian Community for Coaching Supervision
Who do I work with?
| New coaches | Emerging coaches | Experienced coaches |
| Leaders using a coaching approach | Internal coaches | External coaches |
| Trainers | Facilitators |
While I predominately work with coaches, often trainers or facilitators find themselves facing similar challenges and they can benefit from professional supervision for similar reasons.
What are the benefits
Supervision allows you time and space to pause and reflect on who you are and how it influences your practice. These conversations allow you to examine assumptions, patterns or opportunities and identify different approaches you could take. In the conversations we will explore what is happening for you, others, the relationships and the broader system you are all working in to examine what might be having an impact.
Supervision will help you to:
- Respond to complexity in your coaching practice,
- Uncover blind spots,
- Help you move quicker to action and out of the theory,
- Review the coaching agreement and any other psychological or physical contracts,
- Work more in line with your values,
- Identify and navigate ethical challenges.
Having time and a safe space to reflect on your coaching or facilitation work you will become more aware of relevant values, strengths and weaknesses and increase confidence to apply them across a range of conversations.
Why Brendon
I have completed the Diploma in Coaching Supervision with the Coaching Supervision Academy.
I decided to learn how to be a supervisor as a result of working with my supervisor and seeing the difference it made to my coaching practice. I am excited about coaching supervision and increasing the impact my actions can have on supporting people to pursue their potential.
I am a ICF PCC credentialled coach and I enjoy working with coaches to help them be the best they can be.
I am also a member of the Australasian Community for Coaching Supervision which was created by a small group of volunteers to:
- Provide access for coaches and others interested in coaching supervision, to relevant local information and resources
- Make it easy for coaches to find a coaching supervisor
- Create a community for coaching supervision practitioners, to enable our own professional and personal development
Do you need Supervision or Mentoring?
According to the International Coaching Federation
Mentoring provides professional assistance in achieving and demonstrating the levels of coaching competency and capability demanded by the desired credential level.
https://coachingfederation.org/credentials-and-standards/mentor-coaching
Mentoring is normally undertaken as part of preparation for credential application or renewal.
Mentor Coaching for an ICF Credential consists of coaching and feedback in a collaborative, appreciative and dialogued process based on an observed or recorded coaching session to increase the coach’s capability in coaching, in alignment with the ICF Core Competencies.
For more information on ICF credentialling please visit this link.
I am available to mentor coaches applying to ACC or PCC credentials, these sessions focus on application and demonstration of the ICF core competencies through you coaching me or providing recordings of your sessions, for more information on this please go to this page.
Coaching Supervision Recognition by ICF
ICF recognises Coaching Supervision as an important element of a coach’s professional development, learning and growth.
ICF Credential-holders may submit up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision (delivering or receiving) as core competency Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units toward their credential renewal. See ICF Coaching Supervision for more details.
Structure
I’m currently providing both one on one and small group coach supervision, you can pick the method that best suits your needs.
If you would like to know more about me, my approach or how we might work together then please:
If you then decide to partner with me as your coach supervisor or mentor you can buy one off sessions on an as needed basis. I recommend somewhere between 6-10 sessions a year depending on how much your coaching and how much you’d like to engage in supervision.
Cost
A one hour supervision conversation face to face in Canberra or virtually anywhere in the world through Zoom costs $200 +GST.
Group supervision costs $500+GST for the 5 sessions which are capped at 4 people per group.