Our graduates say: “Prepare to be astonished….the journey with CSA has been inspiring, challenging, very hands-on, educationally rich and supportive……the Tutoring team are of an incredibly high calibre and share their rich experience generously. ” Dear Coaches, you may be considering training to be a coach supervisor. The CSA training programme, beginning in October […]
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What are YOU reading?
Every since I was a child I was afraid that I would die before I read all the books I wanted to. Now I’m not afraid because I know it is true. A smart thing would be to stop buying books and read all the ones I have but somehow that doesn’t work out that […]
The Role of Supervision in Developing Resilience in Coaches by Lisa Rosetti
“A person who intuits the ways of the heart stands a better chance of living well.” (Lewis, Amini & Lannon. 2001) Resilience is a topical issue in learning and development these days. But should we also be considering resilience skills as vital developmental for coaches, as well as for business managers and leaders? Supervision may […]
Three Keys to Mindful Leadership Coaching by Douglas Riddle
There are countless executive coaches I would never hire for myself, no matter how wise, insightful, dynamic or experienced. Admittedly, I’m a hard guy to please, so what I require might not be a good guide for others. However, if a coach can’t create an environment that dissolves the limitations of history, expectation, and assumption, […]
Working with collusion
When I hear the word ‘collusion’, I notice the temptation to want to deny or avoid or get confused or not look deeper and then I explore how this word impacts me and I recognise the situations in which a part of me responds “oh yes I know what you mean” or I think to […]
Relational Coaching (part 3)
Knowing You – the coachee There are several ways that we can deepen our understanding of the person in front of us. Broadly speaking, we use cognitive, intuitive and somatic data to know our coachee better. All of these functions operate naturally from the moment we first speak with a new coachee; using this data […]
Relational Coaching (part 2)
Knowing ‘us’ – the relationship When I meet the ‘other’, I enter a field of relational dynamics – some of which will be outside my awareness. Occasionally, coaches can feel intimidated by their coachees. One coach worked through this in super-vision, by first learning about the root of his habitual response to strong coachees. […]
Book Review by Ken Smith
Coaching & Mentoring Supervision: Theory & Practice: Bachkirova, T, Jackson P & Clutterbuck D (2011) The editors open their compendium with a brave introduction to the areas of debate and controversy in the world of coaching supervision: Is it necessary? Is it different in its practice and purpose to coaching; can and should coaching supervision […]
Recognising and Working with the Narcissistic Personality
Recognising and Working with the Narcissistic Personality (Written for coach supervisors and coaches) This short paper uses information from psychotherapy to illustrate the presenting behaviours of the narcissistic client. I use terms like ‘narcissist’ and narcissism’ not in their full clinical sense, but only as a way to describe certain patterns of behaviour. Coaches need […]
Working with the Narcissistic Personality
A few blogs ago, I began to write about working with the Narcissistic Personality. Here’s some more information about how this shows up for coaches and how to approach it. EXAMPLE: Once upon a time, I worked with an executive coach who was deciding how to work with a client whose globe-trotting lifestyle was beginning […]
