Coach Supervision
February 20, 2023 2023-05-02 10:51Coach Supervision
What is Coach Supervision?
Supervision is the interaction that occurs when a mentor or coach brings their coaching or mentoring work experiences to a supervisor in order to be supported and to engage in reflective dialogue and collaborative learning for the development and benefit of the mentor or coach, their clients and their organizations.
Definition as defined by EMCC
A safe space for reflective dialogue with a practicing supervisor, supporting the supervisee’s practice, development and well-being. The purpose of supervision is
- To ensure the supervisee maintains appropriate professional standards
- To facilitate the development of the supervisee’s professional practice
- To provide support for the supervisee’s well-being
What’s the difference between Mentoring and Supervision?
Purpose of Mentoring is to focus and give feedback on Coaching skills. Mentoring focuses on immediate need to focus on improving skills through a mentor’s experience. It is a feedback process for coaches to improve their coaching skills.
While Supervision is a systemic approach that has a broader scope which includes:
- Developmental :Concerned with development of skills, understanding and capacities of the coach / mentor.
- Resourcing :Providing a supportive space for the coach / mentor to process the experiences they have had when working with clients.
- Qualitative :Concerned with quality, work standards and ethical integrity.
Benefits of Supervision for Organisations
Organizations engaged with Coaches can ensure Quality and Ethics of Coaching delivered in their organization. This directly contributes to the organization’s agenda.
Benefits of Supervision for Coaches
Coaches can grow themselves to enhance the client experience. Coaching supervision is a learning opportunity that
- Provides psychological safety to coaches to share their practice and thoughts
- Improves delivery and confidence of coaches for higher impact to clients
- Examines blind spots and coaching ‘best practices’
- Creates ‘learning environments’ and uncovers systemic issues, both in coaches and in the consultancies and organizations where coaching is offered.
The outcome is coaches develop a more in-depth self-awareness, enhancing both the coach’s and the client’s experience.
Spectrum of Skills of Supervisors
Supervision draws on adult learning theory, systems theory, the art of reflection, mindfulness, relational psychology, neuroscience, advanced dialogue process, psychology, spirituality and more.
Global Standards
In order to ensure alignment to global standards, Abhyudaya follows standards established by EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) .
How does a structure work?
Structure to experience Supervision
- Six sessions over 3-4 months
- One session being 45-60 minutes
Eligibility
The minimum qualification to take this program is ICF-PCC/ Equivalent.
How to get started?
If you are a coach and feeling overwhelmed,disinterested,confused or exhausted, it may be a good idea to give supervision a chance. You are welcome to block a 30 mins no obligatory appointment to see if Supervision can support you with whatever you are dealing with.
Program Director & Faculty
Jaya Bhateja, MCC, Coach Supervisor
Coaching Philosophy
For humans to show up to the full potential, the outside-in and inside-out dynamics need to align and interplay. Our work as coaches is dedicated to bringing self and systemic awareness that can align and strengthen the core for one to take charge of the interplay.
Leadership Roles
- ICF Global Board of Directors – Coach Training, Starting 2020
- Capability Development Lead for Accenture Strategy Globally, Accenture, 2015
- Capability Development Lead – India Training Operations, Accenture, 2011
Expertise
Executive Coaching, Group Coaching, Systemic Team Coaching, Coach Training, Coach Mentoring, Coach Supervision, Social and Emotional Intelligence
Experience
More than 18 years of coaching experience with more than 8000+ coaching hours logged to credit, Jaya has coaching and mentoring experience in diverse Industries across India, Philippines, US & UK including High potential leaders, Senior Executives, Senior management professionals and entrepreneurs. She has coached across countries like US, UK, Singapore, India, Qatar, Philippines, Australia, Latvia, Switzerland, Iceland, South Africa.
Recent Achievements & Contribution
- 100 Best Global Coaching Leader Awardee 2017
- Prism Award Judges Panelist 2018 & 19
- ICF Young Leader Awardee 2019
Coach Sisodia
(ICF-PCC)
The rapport and non-judgement nature, ability to keep help me share my thoughts without any reservation. I was able to share and reflect in my sessions especially when I was confused about my personal and professional role in daily life.
Debra
Overall energy was a good match. Ease. Curiosity. Good open-ended questions. Sharing a few mutual experiences was helpful and interesting.
K R Chandran PPC,
Executive and Business Coach, Coach Trainer, Mentor
There was extreme comfort sharing the innermost thoughts with my supervisor – I experienced total trust. Jaya’s language is clear and encouraging. Blind spots were identified and brought out without ambiguity which led to clear action points. Jaya has a high degree of patience which helped in bringing focus on what I need to adopt to become more empowered as a coach.
Timothy Altaffer, PCC
Executive Coach and Advisor
We connected very well on a personal basis. Jaya was empathetic and a great listener and allowed me to explore my thoughts. We seemed to have quite a bit in common! I absolutely loved the metaphor approach that Jaya used with me.
Rupender Khera
I believe the entire process of supervision with Jaya was an extremely reflective one and gave me an opportunity about the kind of relationship that I share with my coachees. To share an example, with all my coachees I was a bit more emotionally involved in their success and would jump with joy and be in a bit past pain if they share that they did not do what was expected of them. As I meandered and shared these experiences during the journey, it gave me an insight and what I was supposed to do and what kind of feelings and emotions was I experiencing while being a coach. Furthermore, it was also about the contract that I got into with my coachee and what were the expectations that I shared with the coachee. That was a great insight!
