14th April 2018
The EMCC coaching, mentoring and supervision conference in Amsterdam 11-13 April was memorable, with so many excellent sessions. Thank you to everyone involved. As usual it was difficult to choose between several interesting speakers and workshops. In her session entitled “Corporate Soul” about understanding your purpose, one of the the speakers, Gillian McMichael used a […]
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25th March 2018
I’ve been reflecting on the use of recordings in supervision and training as I believe they can be very helpful in our personal and professional development. There is something different about discussing what we remember about our coaching or mentoring second-hand, compared to listening to what really happened. We all have our blind spots, or […]
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16th February 2018
It has been quite a week with my first book going to the publishers, Routledge. It is called “The Heart of Coaching Supervision – working with Reflection and Self-care” and is edited by myself and Professor Stephen Palmer. I am so grateful to the chapter authors such as Professor Peter Hawkins, Eunice Aquilina, Jackee Holder, Professor […]
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25th January 2018
Coaching at Work magazine believes that supervision is the “most undervalued part of coaching”. We think supervision vital for safe ethical and supported practice as this ensures professionally at all times.
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13th January 2018
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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3rd January 2018
The annual exhibition and conference on Health and Wellbeing at Work is taking place at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK, 6-7 March 2018. I am honoured to have been asked to speak at what is the UK’s leading event for occupational health, HR and other healthcare and management professionals responsible for improving the health, safety, […]
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