1.What is Coach Mentoring/Supervision?
Coach Mentoring/Supervision is a formal and protected time for facilitating in depth reflection for coaches to discuss their work with someone who is experienced in coaching. Mentoring/Supervision offers a confidential framework within a collaborative working relationship in which the practice, tasks, process and challenges of the coaching work can be explored. The primary aim of mentoring and supervision is to enable the coach to gain in ethical competency, confidence and creativity so as to ensure best possible service to the coaching client (individuals, organisations, professional associations). It is important that mentoring/supervision is not perceived as, or in actuality is, a ‘policing’ role, but rather as a trusting and, wherever possible, co-colleague professional relationship.
2. Why Coach Mentoring/Supervision is essential for the practising coach
Competent practice with regular monitoring and reviewing of one’s work is essential to maintain and sustain good practice. Therefore mentoring/supervision is an opportunity to recognise the ‘human element’ and subsequent demands of the coaching work on the coach, to ensure we monitor and uphold non exploitative relationships with clients and to recognise our limits and work within them. It is a place to expand our emotional intelligence, gain support, relate practice to theory, develop new learning, and evolve coaching practice (continuing professional development).Overall, coach mentoring/supervision is essential both to develop the coach's professional skills and to maintain excellent standards of coaching in the industry.
3. The Benefits of Coach Mentoring/Supervision
The primary concern of the coach mentor/supervisor is to ensure that the coach is addressing the needs of the client as well as monitoring the relationship between the coach and client to maximise its effectiveness. In addition, coach mentoring/supervision is a way of ensuring that ethical standards are adhered to throughout the coaching process. The key benefits are summarised as follows:
Accountability and Protection
• ensuring the best interests of the client are being upheld
• for the organisation purchasing services
• for the coach Development
• opportunity to monitor client work and develop existing/new skills in a supportive environment
• responding constructively to feedback helps to advance practice • opportunity for coach’s personal development Ethical Standards
• to ensure that the coaching work is applied ethically and effectively
• recognise ethical diversity by considering values, principles and personal qualities
Source: Coach Mentoring and Supervision
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