Supervision for coaches
A quality assurance for coaching
Gebonden EN 2026 1e druk 9789078876588Samenvatting
Supervision has become indispensable in the coaching world. Coaches seek it due to the complexity of their work. They value its contribution to performing their work ethically, effectively and to the highest quality standards.
Increasingly, organizations require it as a condition. Coach training programs included in their curricula. Global professional associations urge their members to adopt it for quality assurance and discuss making it mandatory for certification.
As a groundbreaking contribution to the field, this handbook outlines the conceptual development of coach supervision, maps its inherent dilemmas and addresses the challenges it poses for all involved. Drawing on current insights from multiple disciplines and rooted in international practice, it offers vital information on how to supervise different types of coaches and mentors, the competencies coach supervisors need, the training and the role of professional associations in this area. Concrete models and practical examples demonstrate how supervision strengthens professional competency and safeguards the coaching quality, all from the perspective of desired personal, professional, societal and ecological sustainable development.
Activities for the reader encourage self-reflection and putting insights into practice. Recommendations, an extensive bibliography and a structured index facilitate further study into the subject by practitioners, researchers, coaching trainers and policy makers.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
Chapter 1 Coach supervision: An international development 15
Introduction 16
1. Explosive growth of coaching 16
2. Supervision for coaches: origins and evolution 18
3. Coaches discover supervision 19
4. Policy of professional associations for coaches regarding supervision 23 5. Coach supervisors: competency profiles, registration, training 27
6. Networks of coach supervisors for promoting the provision of coach supervision, and for their own continuous professional development 33
7. In conclusion 35 Reader’s activity 35
Chapter 2 The concept of coach supervision: Background and contours 36 Introduction 37
1. Background of views on coach supervision 37
2. Contours of the coach supervision concept 42
3. From clinical to systemic. The systemic approach as common feature 59
4. In conclusion 63
Reader’s activity 64
Chapter 3 Themes of coaches in supervision 65
Introduction 66
1. Themes coaches bring to supervision 67
2. Fundamental themes that deserve attention 70
3. Developing ethical sensitivity and competency 77
4. Diversity and transcultural competency 79
5. In conclusion 80
Reader’s activity 81
Chapter 4 The methodical approach of the coach supervisor Some crucial points 82
Introduction 83
1. Contracting of coach supervision 83
2. Promoting reflection 87
3. Dealing with emotions 97
4. Dealing with ethical challenges 99
5. Diversity and transcultural competency 104
6. Dealing with analytical tools used by the coach-supervisee 106
7. Attention to climate, ecology, sustainability and social justice 107
8. Supervisor behavior that coach-supervisees value 108
9. In conclusion 110
Reader’s activity 111
Chapter 5 Differentiations of coach supervision and the required expertise of coach supervisors 112
Introduction 113
1. Differentiation by specialization of coaching 113
2. Supervision for organization-internal coaches 114
3. Supervision for organization-external coaches 120
4. Supervision for team coaches 126
5. Supervision for life coaches 128
6. In conclusion 131
Reader’s activity 132
Chapter 6 Formats and variants of coach supervision 133
Introduction 134
1. Individual supervision 134
2. Group supervision 135
3. Intervision 144
4. Self-supervision 149
5. In conclusion 151
Reader’s activity 152
Chapter 7 The generic approach of supervision A basis for coach supervision 153
Introduction 154
1. The generic supervision view: origin—development—perspective 154
2. Elements and principles of the generic supervision concept 157
3. Promoting the desired integration in coach supervision: an example 164 4. In practice, supervision is specific 178
5. In conclusion 181
Reader’s activity 182
Chapter 8 Models and tools for supervising coaches 183
Introduction 184
1. Approaches, models and tools 184
2. Main models for assisting the supervisee in structuring their content 189 3. Process models for structuring the coach supervision conversation 206
4. Promoting reflection and expressive writing 208
5. Significance of models and tools for coach supervision practice 209
6. In conclusion: Tools should not be overpraised 211 Reader’s activity 212
Chapter 9 Trends and further developments 213
Introduction 214
1. Notable trends in the development of coach supervision 214
2. Further development of coach supervision 216
3. In conclusion 231
Reader’s activity 232
Appendices 233
I. Professional associations of coaches and coach supervisors. An international overview 234
II. Types of coaches 236
III. How to present coach supervision within acquisition and contracting 239 IV. The capability of a coach supervisor. A conceptual framework for desired competency 249
V. Effectiveness of coach supervision 264
VI. Relational dynamics in supervision: parallel process – identification – projection – transference - countertransference - resonance 272
VII. Group supervision. Guidance tool to structure a session 278
VIII. Intervision. Guidance tool for its practice 281
Notes 293 Literature & websites consulted 312
Index 349
Introduction
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan

