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13th January 2018

Understanding our PPP

A few years ago I trained as a supervisor at Oxford Brookes University.  One of the toughest, most challenging and ultimately rewarding assignments was to explain our model.  We needed to demonstrate that…

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30th September 2017

A Handbook of Coaching – but you will need two hands

I am currently reading “The Sage Handbook of Coaching” edited by Tatiana Bachkirova, Gordon Spencer and David Drake.  It is an ambitious undertaking, seeking as it does to present “an account of this fast developing discipline, to map out where it is going, and to identify the key debates and issues that are influencing coaching practice […]

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13th September 2017

Coaching Supervision in the Americas – Elevating Our Coaching Practice

This two-day conference on coaching supervision will be held in Victoria, Canada in April 2018.  The first day will be an exploration of Professor Peter Hawkins’ 7-eyed model, which he will be facilitating.  The second day will include speakers from the Americas and Europe on a variety of topics related to supervision.  I am delighted […]

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17th July 2017

What is ethical maturity?

I have been thinking about this recently – with some concern even over the phrase.  Ethics evolved from traditions in moral philosophy which go back thousands of years.  Carroll and Shaw’s book* makes clear the challenges we all face in making decisions, from our processes, connections between decisions and the practical implementations, impact on stakeholders […]

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28th June 2017

What value supervision?

There is a debate in the world of coaching and mentoring as to the proven value of supervision.  While some professional bodies insist on it in order to become accredited, like the AC, EMCC and APECS, and there are many instances of its impact intuitively, is this sufficient?  Another body, the ICF, does not require it though recommends it.  […]

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