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Ros Starkey, Clare Neal and Rosalind Maxwell- Harrison met on the CSA 2010 supervision course and fellow coach, Sue Stafford, a 2009 CSA graduate, joined OUR BOOK CLUB in 2011. Together, we have continued meeting “virtually” on a regular basis for over 4 years. To find out why, read our stories. Clare’s story During the […]

  Dede is a student on CSA’s, US supervision program; she is also a grandmother. A Transformation in My Thinking: I can consider myself a novice in training with respected elders, medicine women, shaman, healers and grandmothers to join with the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in healing the world as it is and helping lead others […]

    I had a great week – attended two excellent conferences:  Relational Coaching at Ashridge and the Supervision Conference UK in Bristol.  A rare feast! Three things stand out for me: 1. Peter Hawkins’ grandchildren 2. Gianpiero Petriglieri and ‘nomad professionals’ 3. Susan Boyle…again! In Bristol, Peter Hawkins did an excellent job of enabling […]

I was delivering a virtual class yesterday to our US supervision students on the topic of Psychological Mindedness – see Psychological Dimensions of Executive Coaching by P Bluckert. We had a great time exploring what that makes our professional relationships work well.  We went from looking at some classic psychology concepts, to the language of […]

  As promised in my last blog, a glimpse inside our new book!  Here is an excerpt from ‘Full Spectrum Supervision’.  One of the chapters, ‘Mindfulness and Presence in Supervision’ by Ian MacKenzie, looks in great detail at both mindfulness and presence and distinguishes between them. Here are  some quotes, resources and comment  on presence […]

  I am delighted to say that “Full Spectrum Supervision” is published tomorrow – see www.fullspectrumsupervision.com for more details. As you might imagine, keeping the work of 7 authors together throughout production, has been quite a task but we are very pleased with the results. And if any of you budding authors out there are […]

  In June, I ran a workshop and “experiential” on coaching walks for the Coaching Network.  This built on the coaching walks I had run with coaches a couple of years ago, celebrating International Women’s Day and Mindfulness practices .  We worked in triads, with a coach, a client and observer.  The coach & observer […]

The Gift of Coaching Presence Coaching Presence is a key competency in ICF accreditation and is defined as ‘the ability to be fully conscious and create a spontaneous relationship with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible and confident’. Furthermore, when a coach has coaching presence they:   Are present and flexible during […]

I attended the Coaching At Work conference this week.  Conferences give a clear picture of what is current in the field of coaching and provide the perfect setting for meeting new colleagues.  We had a packed day and one of the highlights for me was attending Dr Eunice Aquilina’s workshop on ‘Coming Back to the […]

The Hawkins and Shohet Seven Eyed Model is a familiar and central feature of the CSA’s approach to Coach Supervision.  But in a supervision session, with so much happening, seeing with seven eyes can be quite a challenge.  As Supervisors, we are required to notice at many levels, but most of our training and discussion […]