How is coaching supervision different from mentor coaching?

Coaching supervision is distinctly different from?mentor coaching.

Coaching supervision involves a process of exploring through experience, reflection, inquiry and/or action, any personal, relational, professional and contextual issues arising from coaching practice (Geddes and Armstrong, 2009). As Geddes and Armstrong (2009) explain, supervision enhances coaches’ professional self-awareness as well as their whole system appreciation of the coaching relationship.

Listen to?a short (3.5mins) video explaining the difference between mentor coaching and supervision, including?questions and answers about supervision, or take a look at?all the supervision audios we offer, including excerpts from some public supervision sessions,?here.

Coaches engaged in supervision identify numerous personal benefits of supervision (Butwell, 2005), and experience it as:

• a space for case presentations in which a coach shares a challenging coaching scenario and gets feedback, advice or coaching on it
• a confidential place for discussions about recognizing and dealing with client boundaries
• a check for one’s assumptions
• a means of gaining a support network to counteract the feelings of isolation as a coach
• a form of personal benchmarking
• an avenue for learning about new models and coaching tools