Coaching Supervision
& Group Mentor Coaching
Before you invest in mentor coaching or coaching supervision, it's important you fully understand the difference to ensure you are investing in the right thing for your specific development need.
Mentoring
The ICF allow you to count up to 7 hours of group mentoring toward the 10 mentor coaching hours you require.
Mentor Coaching for a coach credential is focused on developing the core competencies and skills required for coaching.
Supervision
The ICF allow you to count up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision toward the 40 hours of Continuing Coach Education (CCE) you require for credential renewal.
Coaching Supervision comprises a reflective space in which the coach and supervisor explore coaching quality, including ethical practice, the coach’s wellbeing, the coach’s development and growth, and the business of running a coaching practice.
Mentor Coaching focuses on the development of your coaching skills. In Mentor Coaching the focus is on what you are doing as a coach
Group mentor coaching is about you deepening your understanding and application of the ICF Core Competencies. This happens in a collaborative and supportive environment, where you can observe, share, learn and receive feedback from your mentor and other coaches.
There are a limited number of places in each group, with a maximum of 8 coaches. During group sessions we will explore each of the competencies in detail through discussion, practice exercises, examples, and short demonstrations.
In Coaching Supervision the focus is on who you are being as a coach. The aim of one-to-one supervision is to develop your competence, capability and capacity as a coach.
This deeper level of reflection allows you to uncover the blind spots – to see what you cannot already see in your coaching work.
Supervision is about getting you to reflect on your coaching habits and pushing you to experiment more. One-to-one supervision is also a restorative space where you can reconnect with your confidence and recharge your batteries.
The issues you bring to group supervision might include challenging coaching clients, ethical dilemmas, questions about best practice, managing key stakeholders in the coaching engagement – anything that will help you to be the best coach you can be!
In a 90-minute session with a group of 3-6 participants, I use different models and approaches to examine the problem/case brought by 1-2 of the group participants – ideally the people bringing an issue will rotate between sessions.
Attending a Group Supervision Experience Session gives you an opportunity to experience my supervision style. You may then decide to join an ongoing group with continuity of membership.
Mentors and Supervisors need knowledge and skills over and above those of a coach and these are different from that of a highly experienced coach.
I am a Qualified Oxford Brookes Coaching Supervisor and a qualified member of the Association of Coaching Supervisors, an international coaching supervision community where all members are qualified coaching supervisors.
I hold the ICF credential of Professional Certified Coach and I am one of a handful of coaches in Australia accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC) at the level of Professional Executive Coach. I am also an ICF Registered Mentor Coach, a trained ICF Assessor and a trained AC Assessor.
I am an experienced executive and leadership coach. As part of running my own coaching practice full-time, I work with several Australian and global coaching organisations and I am a member of many large coaching panels.
As a member of Senior Faculty for the for Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL), I am also involved in delivering coach training (certification and accreditation programs) and coaching supervision training.
My Qualifications & Certifications
Coaching Certifications
I was first credentialed as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) in 2015. I successfully achieved the ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential in 2018. My PCC credential was renewed by the ICF for a further three years in 2021.
In 2021 I was accredited as a Professional Executive Coach (PCC) with the Association for Coaching.
I am an IECL Accredited Coach (having completed Level 1-3 IECL Organisational Coach Training).
Mentor Coach Training
I have completed the ICF PCC Marker Training, which is the training ICF Assessors are required to complete.
I am also trained as an Accreditation Assessor for the Association for Coaching.
You will find me listed in the ICF Mentor Coach Registry – a prominent database of international mentor coaches. To be included in this registry, I was required to hold my original credential for 3 years and to follow the ICF Best Practice for Mentor Coaches and deliver high quality mentor coaching services on an ongoing basis.
Supervision Qualifications
I am an Oxford Brookes University Qualified Coaching Supervisor.
I am a member of the international Association of Coaching Supervisors.
You will find me listed in the Australasian Community for Coaching Supervision.
Quality Assurance
You may like to read more information about what supervision is and how to gauge the quality of a coaching supervisor on the ACCS website.
