4th October 2023

A reading list for team coaching, group facilitation and supervision

The last time I posted this reading list, we were in the midst of the Covid crisis. I think it’s fair to say that a lot has changed for so many of us since then. While Covid gave many people more time for reading, it also gave time to write, […]
8th April 2021

Keeping fit for purpose

I led a workshop in March as part of the EMCC Global Dialogue series for team coaches, trainers and supervisors. We explored the issue of keeping fit for purpose, and the role of group supervision. How do we keep fit for purpose is a good question to ask at any […]
2nd September 2020

Mapping the complex territory of team coaching and supervision

There’s been a growing awareness for some time in the world of coaching and supervision that what happens in team coaching is complex, fluid, and often uncertain. I’ve been researching this area since David Clutterbuck and I conducted a scoping research study in 2017, and following that, I developed a […]
8th July 2020

Research into 1:1 executive reflection

I was really pleased to be the research supervisor for Elaine Patterson and Jackie Arnold, who have just released the results of their action research inquiry into ‘the Relevance and Value of 1:1 Executive Reflection to Leaders in a Global, Virtual and Diverse World’. The research came out of work […]
26th September 2019

Mapping the dynamics of team coaching

In the past few years, it has become evident to team coaches and those who supervise them that the practice of team coaching often presents challenges that are significantly more demanding and complex than anything which emerges in one-to-one coaching. David Clutterbuck and I carried out an online research survey in 2017, […]
15th June 2019

Working with the parallel process in group supervision

In supervision sessions we are working with those issues that the coach chooses to bring into the room. The coach invites us to explore what might be happening to their client, to themselves, and between the two of them. Sometimes we stay solely with that which our client reports. At […]
30th June 2017

A survey into team coaching supervision

Late in 2016, David Clutterbuck and I set up a survey into team coaching and the supervision of team coaching. We presented the results of the survey at the EMCC Annual Research Conference in June 2017. This survey was stimulated by a project to produce the first handbook of team […]
30th March 2017

Individual coaches and multiple stakeholders

How does a coach manage the demands and expectations of multiple stakeholders while at the same time holding the needs of their coachee? When there are multiple stakeholders, what is realistic in terms of the individual’s goals? Indeed, how do we address the question: ‘Who is the client?’ In my […]
30th December 2016

Is team coaching really ‘new’?

As a coaching supervisor, I am increasingly finding that clients are bringing not only their one to one coaching practice to our sessions, but also their team interventions. The coaches refer to these projects as ‘team coaching’ but from closer scrutiny, there seem to be significant similarities with what have […]