In corporate programmes, a small group of supervisors (or just one) is usually appointed. If, however, you find you need to select your own supervisor, the following advice may be helpful: Be clear what kind of supervision you are looking for (e.g. individual or group? With an emphasis on a particular psychological approach?) and look (more…)
Summary Aims of supervision Types of supervision Supervision and externally resourced executive coaches Managing supervision Using a supervisor Aims of supervision In the workplace, the term “supervision” is usually applied to line management, where the supervisor takes overall responsibility for the work of direct reports. In coaching and mentoring, supervision is much more about supporting (more…)
Coaching Supervision is a process for helping coaches reflect on their practice so that they grow in competence and ensure client safety. It draws on the world of counselling, where supervisors provide three important roles: Normative – the supervisor accepts (or more accurately shares with the supervisee) responsibility for ensuring that the supervisee’s work is (more…)
For a line manager to return to a team, having been on a short coaching course, and expect them to embrace the idea of being coached is highly optimistic. The typical reaction of a team is passive resistance, because: Hardly surprising that many, if not most, programmes to turn line managers into coaches have a...
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One of the most common issues for team coaches is that the team is unused to having open conversations. At the start of any team coaching intervention, therefore, it’s important to help them contract with each other – and with you. Useful questions to consider include: Creating the contract with you is best done individually...
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When teams develop into subgroups with different agendas or priorities, honest communication is one of the first casualties. An important part of both the team leader’s role and the team coach’s role is to prevent this kind of disunity – which we call “fracking” – from occurring. Warning Signs in Team Coaching Sessions Intervention Strategies...
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Coaching People Who Work Together: Navigating Confidentiality Coaching is a confidential conversation. So, coaching people who work together poses a number of challenges. In particular: Managing the Challenges: The Importance of Contracting Managing this situation begins with contracting. (If you find yourself already there, go back and re-contract!) Both coachees need to accept and have...
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Abstract: Team coaching is rapidly gaining traction as a powerful tool for helping leadership teams improve performance. However, it has wider application for all kinds of team, at all levels in an organisation. This article aims to clarify the role and scope of team coaching and make some predictions on how team coaching may evolve (more…)
As a relatively new phenomenon, team coaching is still finding its feet. In this blog, I outline some of the emergent trends, which are likely to shape team coaching in the coming decade. There are surely others, which I haven’t noticed, but those that I have include: These are exciting times for team coaching —...
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Common scenarios faced by team coaches Scenario Comments The team leader has a hidden agenda. Hidden agendas are often more transparent than the leader thinks. The primary issues here tend to relate to trust. Useful questions – How can the team coach ensure s/he has an honest conversation with the team leader about his or...
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