For the past four years, Oxford Brookes University has hosted and annual conference on Coaching Supervision. The 4th International Conference on Coaching Supervision was held in June this year in conjunction with Ashridge Business School. Bringing together some of the most respected names in the field of coaching supervision whose writing is influencing the development … Continue reading Coaching Supervision – New Insights
Month: October 2014
Coaching as a profession
The increased interest in coaching supervision has captured an increasing level of interest from coaching industry associations such as the International Coaching Federation (ICF), European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC), Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC), Coaches and Mentors of South Africa (COMENSA) and the Association for Coaching (AC). The drive behind this is a … Continue reading Coaching as a profession
The Influence of Theory on Coaching Supervision: Part 2 – A Cognitive-Behavioural approach
Alongside the psychodynamic theories, cognitive-behavioural concepts and theories have found their way into the literature on coaching supervision. Kauffman & Schwartz argue that a cognitive-behaviour is one that can be “identified, observed and measured” (Kaufman & Schwartz, 2004:150). From its early development in the 1960s, a cognitive behavioural approach to supervision had at its heart the … Continue reading The Influence of Theory on Coaching Supervision: Part 2 – A Cognitive-Behavioural approach
The Influence of Theory in Coaching Supervision: Part 1 – Psychodynamic Supervision
Coaching Supervision like other professions has been shaped by many different theoretical perspectives. While there are many differing views, there is, as yet no common definition of coaching, and even less clarity about what coaching supervision entails. In this five part blog, a number of the main theories will be explored along with their relevance … Continue reading The Influence of Theory in Coaching Supervision: Part 1 – Psychodynamic Supervision
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