A relationship which provides a formal learning process in which a coach engages with a more experienced coaching practitioner in order to articulate, reflect on, evaluate and receive support to monitor his or her practice
It provides checks and balances to ensure best practice, optimum performance and ongoing professional development
A process by which a coach, with the help of their supervisor, can attend to understanding better both their client and the wider system that they are a part of as well as the relationship between the client and coach
Why do it?
The opportunity to reflect on and review coaching techniques in a confidential relationship thereby ensuring best practice
Understanding your unique coaching style and how this can be used and adapted to benefit your client’s needs and optimise your own performance as a coach
To clarify and explore your values and purpose as a coach and how these inform your choices
Exposure to a wider range of coaching tools and techniques
To get support and exploration during challenging times in your practice as a coach
The supervisor provides a confidential relationship within which to consider ethical and boundary issues and other concerns
How it works
Regular meetings of 1-2 hours to engage in deep dialogue and reflection on your coaching practice
Use of Coaching Signatures TM to provide an evaluative and self-reflective psychological profile, which enables coaches to recognise and understand their most developed and natural coaching style.
Co-creation of an ongoing development plan for you to use to self manage your learning
Coaching Signatures
Coaching Signatures™ is a coach development tool, used mainly in coaching supervision
It identifies a coach’s unique Coaching Signature i.e. the way that they behave and manage the dynamics of the coaching relationships
It can be used to:
Analyse the coach’s current position in the coaching relationship
Identify the coaching style which best suits the needs of the coachee
Give rapid, deeper personal insight into the influence and consequences of their current coaching style, strategies and behaviour
Indicate what supervisory direction and psychological support the coach needs
Coaching Signatures enables the coach to recognise and understand their most developed and natural coaching style
In supervision, it can be used to help the coach tune into and use different coaching styles to different ends
