Coaches need supervision. Increasingly, corporate clients make evidence of regular supervision part of their quality assurance processes.

What does a supervisor do?

A supervisor is a more experienced coach who

• Works with you to benchmark your practice against ‘best in field’
• Can work through ethical dilemmas with you
• Supports you through difficulties - for instance with clients where you feel you are at the edge of your competence
• Can coach you on your own life and career issues.

Supervision may be especially useful for

• New coaches still in the process of building their skills
• Therapists beginning to establish a coaching practice
• Sole practitioners without colleagues with whom to discuss the trickier issues that coaching can raise

A year-long contract for supervision includes five one hour face-to-face or telephone sessions with access by email or phone between sessions.