Coaching Has a Blind Spot
You cannot read the label from inside the jar. For coaches, this is not a metaphor — it’s the structural case for supervision. Susie Tan on why the professional discipline that keeps coaching honest is still the one most coaches haven’t encountered properly.
The Problem Isn’t Your Coaching. It’s Your Vantage Point
You cannot be inside something and outside it at the same time. It’s a simple observation — but for coaches, it has significant implications. Renée Clarke on vantage points, blind spots, and what supervision is actually for.
From Holding Space to Holding the System: A Shift in How We Understand Coaching Supervision
Holding space matters. But supervision asks more. What changes when we stop holding only the individual and begin holding the system around them?
From Formative to Transformative: Rethinking Developmental Supervision in Mature Coaching Practices
How can the formative function evolve for experienced coaches, supporting not just skill development but identity, presence, and professional becoming?
Can AI Be an Effective Supervisor? Reflections on Technology, Relationship, and the Limits of Replication
AI can ask reflective questions—but can it truly supervise? Explore what artificial intelligence can (and cannot) bring to the relational, ethical heart of supervision.
Beyond Supervision Models: Returning to What Makes Coaching Supervision Truly Supervision
Overwhelmed by supervision theory and models. Explore how the heart of coaching supervision that transcends models and frameworks.
Why Coaching Hasn’t Got Nearly Enough Supervisors And What To Do About It
Coaching supervision is essential, yet too few step into it. Discover why the profession needs more supervisors—and why experienced coaches must take the leap.
Confronting in Coaching Supervision: Practical Advice and Approaches
Explore how confronting in supervision can be a courageous, compassionate gift – prompting reflection, revealing blind spots, and supporting supervisees to grow with clarity and care.
Evolving Supervision: What the New EMCC Competence Framework Means for Supervisors
Explore how the new EMCC Supervision Framework transforms coaching supervision—shifting from checklists to capabilities, and embracing systems thinking, ethics, and AI-informed practice.
Supervision: The Ethical Backbone of Professional Coaching
Supervision is more than reflection—it’s the ethical backbone of coaching, guiding decisions, nurturing ethical maturity, and ensuring practice remains grounded, principled, and truly client-centred.