How to Choose a Coach Supervisor?
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How to Choose a Coach Supervisor?

David Clutterbuck, Carol Whittaker & Michelle Lucas

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How to Choose a Coach Supervisor?

How do you find a supervisor that is right for you? In this webinar, David Clutterbuck, Carol Whittaker and Michelle Lucas will share their experiences of finding supervisors and their understanding of how their supervisees find them.

In this webinar you will learn:

  • Some definitions of coaching supervision
  • Understanding the pros and cons of group v individual; professional vs peer; in person vs zoom; flexible vs fixed groups as supervision options
  • How to apply the PRAIRIE model to evaluate the quality of supervision
  • How to use the AC Directory to create a short list of supervisors
  • Top Tips for "interviewing" a potential supervisor
  • By the end of the session, you will be ready to make an informed choice when looking for your next supervisor.

Who is this for?

New and experienced coaches, Executive Coaches, Personal or Career Coaches, Health Coaches, Leader Coaches, HR /OD professionals and Internal Coaches.

Speaker Bios

David Clutterbuck is one of the early pioneers of developmental coaching and mentoring and co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council. Author of more than 70 books, including the first evidence-based titles on coaching culture and team coaching, he is visiting professor at four business schools. He leads a global network of specialist mentoring and coaching training consultants, Coaching and Mentoring International.

Carol Whitaker is an AC Accredited Supervisor with over 14 years of supervising both one-to-one and Groups, including Oxford Brookes University Students doing their MA in Coaching and Mentoring Practice, ILM7 Executive Coaching PG Cert and their internal coaching programmes. She is currently Co-Chair of the AC SIG Supervision. She has co-authored two 5*rated books: "Coaching Supervision: A practical guide for Supervisees" (2016) and "Peer Supervision in Coaching & Mentoring: A versatile guide for Reflective Practice" (2018) - both published by Routledge.

Michelle Lucas is the owner of Greenfields Consulting Limited, specializing in executive coaching, coaching supervision, and training internal coaches, mentors, and supervisors. Her early career was in Clinical Psychology before a twenty-year career in fast-paced commercial organizations leading HR functions. Michelle is an Accredited Executive Master Coach and an Accredited Coaching Supervisor with the Association for Coaching. She has published three books with Routledge and collaborated with David and Carol in 2016 to write "Coaching Supervision: A practical guide for supervisees".


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