CIPD highlights need for more supervision of coaches
By Debbie Carter (18-10-2006)
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Very few organisations are using coaching supervision to support their coaches and to get the best value from their coaching services even though there has been a dramatic growth in the use of coaching in organisations in recent years.
According to research carried out by the CIPD, less than half of coaches say they are receiving regular supervision, and less than a quarter of organisations which use coaching are providing coaching supervision.
Despite this limited use of coaching supervision, the picture has improved significantly in recent years, with 58 per cent of those coaches receiving supervision having begun the process in the last two years.
CIPD Coaching Adviser Eileen Arney said: ‘Supervision is really only beginning to be established in the coaching profession. We know that it can yield enormous benefits for coaches, for their clients and for the organisations that employ them.
‘There is a growing minority of coaches and organisers of coaching who are committed to developing models of supervision which meet the needs of the coaching profession.
‘This research has shown what organisations need to do to get maximum benefit from their coaching services.’
The report identifies the elements of good practice in coaching supervision, which include ensuring it:
· takes place regularly – gaps of more than six weeks between sessions are not recommended, and a ratio of approximately one hour supervision to 35 hours coaching (or 20 hours coaching for a trainee) is recommended
· provides support and professional development for the coach – using reflective learning to constantly improve practice and performance
· quality assures the coaching provision – developing common understanding of what good practice looks like and making sure that individual practice is opened up to peer scrutiny
· generates organisational learning – so that the outcomes of the supervision benefit the organisation as well as the coach and the supervisor.
The full report is due to be published by the CIPD in November.
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