7th December 2016

Research into team coaching and supervision

David Clutterbuck and I are researching team coaching and the supervision of team coaching. We’ve opened a survey to kick-start research in this very recent field. Our aim is firstly to understand the dynamics of supervising team coaches and how this differs from supervising coaches in their one-to-one practice; secondly […]
2nd December 2016

Shedding light through relational supervision

I attended a terrific experiential workshop which Helena Hargaden facilitated at the Supervisors’ Conference in Bristol recently. In her very thought-provoking, newly published book, The Art of Relational Supervision: Clinical implications of the use of Self in Group Supervision, she explores how the group process in supervision can highlight the internal or ‘unconscious’ […]
18th November 2016

Judgmental ignorance or critical reflection?

Despite my concerns – indeed misgivings – about some aspects of the use of technology in our highly relational practice of coaching and supervision, I surprised myself when I recently booked to attend a workshop at OBCAMS in Oxford which was scheduled for late on a Friday afternoon. Not only would […]
1st November 2016

A refreshing approach to facilitation

The book, From Contempt to Curiosity by Caitlin Walker, is a refreshing and fascinating approach to facilitation which uses systemic modelling and working with clean language and metaphor to enable learning and development. Some of the themes Caitlin explores include how judgment and prejudice can impact on how we engage and […]