Purchasers of executive coaching services will be interested to know that chosen coaching practitioners have supervision. Many require this as essential, others consider this an asset.
Elspeth offers:
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group coaching supervision |
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one to one supervision |
Group coaching supervision
These are closed groups of 4 coaches who work in a collaborative way with Elspeth as supervisor. The advantages of the group method are:
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many more perspectives for the super-view on the supervisee’s case and coaching practice, to make sense of whats going on |
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enriched possibilities for making wise choices about what to do next |
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knowing your contribution is key as you become co-supervisors with Elspeth |
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developing skills in creating super-view: reflexive thinking, using intuition and metaphor |
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a peer group to call on for ideas between sessions |
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opportunity to meet with Elspeth between group sessions to check progress against your particular objectives for supervision |
The constraint is:
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less flexible in terms of timing as 6 sessions are agreed and scheduled ahead in diaries according to the frequency agreed by group members |
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focus is on coaching caseload and coaching practice, so if you have a portfolio of offerings you would bring to supervision then one to one method is adviseable |
One to one supervision
This method enables you to bring caseload from any area of your practice, including the business of your practice itself. We can attend to to the interplay between the coaching you offer and the portfolio of other interventions and roles you perform: how each creates different outcomes and requires different ways of being.
We agree a contract for working which depends on your objectives for supervision. At the beginning of a supervision relationship it is important to meet regularly in order for the relationship to develop. Later, once your internal supervisor emerges, meetings can become less regular and be just as effective.
As a supervisor Elspeth is informed by systemic organisational practice and psychodynamic therapy. The combination develops your skills in helicoptering out to get an overview of whats going on and, simultaneously, being fully present with your client.
Principles of the systemic approach alive in Elspeth's supervision are:
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creating the felt shift in the room |
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understanding multiple contexts for self, client, supervisor and attending closely to relational dynamics within these |
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working appreciatively with what works well |
Principles of the psychodynamic approach alive in Eslpeth's supervision are:
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making use of parallel process, introjection, projection |
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understanding how early social experiences influence stuckness in the now |
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being mindful of healthy defense mechanisms and working respectfully around these |
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