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Ethics: moving from code to relationship

November 18, 2019, from 8:00-9:00 Pacific Time Zone

Presenter: Kees de Vries

This webinar wants to offer a forum for dialogue on ethics in coaching supervision. A key theme here is ethical dilemmas, your own role in them and your experiences with them.

But if you don’t mind, I will start by sharing some of my ideas and thoughts about ethics with you, briefly.

  • What is ethics? Sartre suggested that existence precedes the essence. After him, I want to suggest that relationships precede ethics. What this means is that ethics is not something that we impose on supervision relationships: it is already there. Ethics is not like a manual for your washing machine or PC. Ethics is in anything we do. Ethics is giving the best of yourself in the present in service of the relationship with the other, the supervisee and the wider context, as I define it.
  • How do we understand and manage ethical dilemmas? What is a dilemma? Dilemmas are critical moments in a relationship where there are uncertainty and unsureness. Does a dilemma ask what is needed in the relationship? Dilemmas put you at a crossroad – what do you choose as the best way forward? How do you decide? What helps you decide: your welfare, the welfare of the supervisee, the client, the context? Your supervisor? And what is at the heart of your ethical decision making? Codes? Relationship?

Our webinar is a dialogue (thinking together in a relationship) where we share ideas and experiences around ethics and dilemmas.  In the zoom room, those present will be divided into smaller break-out groups. I will put out a question, the small groups of three will look into that question (or questions) for ca. 10 – 15 minutes each feeding back to the main group after being retrieved and brought back.

Short Bio

Kees de Vries is a CSA accredited coach supervisor and a PCC certified coach. He is also a Registered Psychologist NIP/W&O (Dutch Institute of Psychologists/Work & Organization Psychology). For 8 years he was active in ethics for ICF Global in the Independent Review Board, 3 years as chair. His most recent work and summary of his views on ethics can be found in “Coaching Supervision: Advancing Practice, Changing Landscapes “ chapter 9: Moving from Frozen Code to live vibrant relationship:  Towards a philosophy of ethical coaching supervision” (Edited by Jo Birch and Peter Welch, 2019: Routledge: London)

October 8, 2019
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Turning into Trauma in Coaching Supervision

 

In this session, Larissa Thurlow facilitates a discussion on how Trauma can be explored in the work of the Coach Supervisor, including when to refer and how to manage boundaries.

September 17, 2019
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Why every coach needs Supervision by Jason Sackett

Three days before I embarked on a five-day, 50-hour training in coaching supervision, a friend and fellow coach questioned my plans, stating that to him, the value proposition seemed dubious. Having paid in advance, I attended the training anyway, and discovered that coaching supervision is so valuable that every coach who is serious about their work will seek it.

Coaching Supervision Defined
Not to be confused with coaching (partnering with clients to develop awareness toward achieving a desired outcome) or mentor coaching (observing a coach’s work and providing feedback to help develop that coach’s practice of the ICF Core Competencies), coaching supervision (CS), according to the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), involves supporting a coach “to engage in reflective dialogue and collaborative learning for the development and benefit of the coach, their clients and their organizations.” CS involves developing a coach’s competence, providing a supportive space for coaches to process experiences with clients, and enhancing the quality, standards and ethics of a coach’s professional practice. As positive as this sounds, many coaches still do not understand CS or feel active resistance to using it. Why?
Overcoming supervision resistance
Three common reasons for disavowing coaching supervision are time, cost, and lack of need. Let’s immediately toss the time excuse. On average, CS is a one hour per month activity. Everyone can make time for that.Cost can be a legitimate barrier, since an hour of CS typically costs one hour of coaching fees, and without a decent number of clients, some coaches may not feel this investment is worthwhile. However, my accountant informs me this cost is tax deductible, and my supervisor reminds me that raising my coaching effectiveness helps me attract and retain more clients, creating positive ROI.When coaches suggest they don’t need supervision, I am bewildered. I like a confident, brilliant, and experienced coach as much as the next person, but if that same coach believes he is too wise and talented to benefit from supervision, then I start doubting his judgment.

Clinicians use supervision—why not coaches?
Few licensed mental health professionals would utter aloud, “I’m past the need for supervision.” Although not required to receive supervision once licensed, clinicians are drilled throughout their training and early careers that they can never stop learning, honing their craft, or expanding their awareness. Therefore, their professional culture builds the expectation of continued supervision—not counseling, but bona fide, professional supervision—regardless of cost or experience. What makes coaches different? Is our work not complex, interpersonally challenging, and demanding of self-awareness? If the coaching profession wants to be viewed as more valid and credible, then we need to follow the example of the mental health profession and assimilate career-long supervision into our professional culture.

Embracing the value of supervision
Now that you know you have time for coaching supervision, that it represents a wise investment, and that no one is too advanced to benefit from it, let’s consider some of its unique advantages.

First, CS leads to improved quality of service and professional satisfaction. Although empirical research on the efficacy of CS is scarce at this early stage, its effectiveness is self-evident. Without exception, every coach has blind spots. We need another set of eyes to help us see those blind spots, much like our clients rely on our coaching interventions to increase awareness and performance, only more so. As coaches, we have to take into account everything in our client’s world, as well as consider the impact of our coaching interventions, our relationship with that client, and the beliefs, values, and personality we bring to the interaction. Supervision helps coaches keep all of these systems in sight, work with greater awareness, increase confidence, and achieve better results. Supervisors also provide essential (and comforting) backup for ensuring a coach’s ethical practice. Don’t take my word for it. You will have to experience coaching supervision first-hand to fully appreciate how empowering and satisfying it is.

Besides the personal satisfaction and quality improvement benefits, supervision is starting to become a consumer-driven demand. Yes, you read that correctly: clients and corporate sponsors are starting to give preference to supervised coaches when they choose their providers or award contracts. North American clients and corporations are just catching on to the value of supervision. However, if you coach or plan to coach in Europe, clients will likely presume you will be supervised, as CS has been common there for some time, and their professional associations (especially EMCC, the second-largest worldwide) actually require their credentialed coaches to receive supervision. As more coaches and consumers recognize its value, it will only be a matter of time before coaching supervision becomes a global best practices standard.

Finally, receiving CS counts toward ICF Continuing Coach Education (CCE) requirements, in Core Competencies, hour for hour. Therefore, a monthly, one-hour supervision meeting over three years satisfies 10 of the 40 CCU’s required to renew an ICF credential.

If you are feeling more convinced that every coach needs supervision, that you will value the service, and that supervision will inevitably become part of the coaching professional culture and standard of practice, then you probably see a wide-open opportunity, especially in North America. If you are looking for a way to gain a competitive advantage in a sea of ambitious coaches, retaining coaching supervision is there for the taking.

August 14, 2019
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Shame in Supervision with Lori Hillis

In this session, Lori Hillis explored the importance of reflecting on shame in the work of the supervisor.

August 13, 2019
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Systemic Team Coaching Supervision with Peter Hawkins, May 13, 2019

 

In this session, Peter Hawkins presents on Systemic Team Coaching Supervision for the Americas Supervision Network on May 13, 2019.

May 13, 2019
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Session on Reflection and Group Supervision with Fiona Adamson April 8, 2019

 

In this session on Reflection and Group Supervision with Fiona Adamson on April 8, 2019, a coach brought a case and group participants share their reactions. A metaphor is explored and the group supervisor modeled reflective practice.

April 13, 2019
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Internal Coaching Supervision, February 4, 2019

 

In this session, Dr. Michel Moral presents on challenges of coach supervisors working internally in organizations.

February 19, 2019
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Cultivating willingness to bear discomfort with Leanne Lowish

 

Cultivating willingness to bear discomfort with Leanne Lowish.
How can we evolve our capacity to bear what is in the space in service of our coach, client and their systems and ourselves and our system when it is uncomfortable and we want to defend. This session will look at:
  • how we build our capacity to stay open and accepting
  • what triggers our defense mechanisms and survival strategies so we contract and close
  • how we know when we have contracted and closed
We will look at this topic through a somatic, psychological and systemic lens in order to grow our awareness and our felt sense and toleration, thereby building our capacity.
Leanne Lowish is a New Zealander who has lived and worked in the UK and Europe for 25 years, run a business in Asia Pacific, and now lives and works in the USA. This multicultural foundation allows her to understand and hold diverse perspectives simultaneously. She is deeply curious about how people think and feel and understand their world, as well as their individual experiences. Leanne attended CSA’s first coaching supervision Diploma in 2005/6 and then became program leader of the UK in 2010 and now runs the Diploma in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and is starting a course this year in South Africa. Having worked for many years in the public sector, NPO’s and a variety of corporate functional and L&D roles Leanne is most drawn to corporate transformation at a large scale. Yet she recognizes that all change starts within us as individuals. She is deeply committed to walking her talk and being alongside her colleagues, clients, friends, and family as we all navigate the complexities and ambiguities of living in an era characterized by exponential change.
December 10, 2018
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“From Coach to Coaching Supervision Mindset” with Michelle Lucas

As we move towards becoming a coach supervisor there are many things to learn and many things to unlearn too.  This interactive session offers a perspective on how we need to go beyond the principles which guided us to become a good coaching practitioner and to develop a new mindset that may help us keep true to our supervision purpose.  Michelle will offer seven principles of a coaching supervision mindset which build on Peter Bluckert’s original seven principles for coaching. The framework is an evolving one – What will resonate for you? What is missing? How could we shape the framework further together?

November 16, 2018
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Introducing The 7C’s For Being Fully Human

Introducing The 7C’s For Being Fully Human

…A New Lens For Coaching And Coaching Supervision…

With Karyn Prentice and Elaine Patterson

Our Invitation

The 7C’s is a new lens for coaching and coaching supervision, which has been developed by PattersonPrenticeDesigns.

Beyond the practical, technical and rational the 7C’s live in the ever-present field of our shared humanity.

The 7C’s are our innate human capacities for Care, Courage, Curiosity, Connection, Compassion, Creativity and Contemplation which – when we invite them in – can create the space – and the added value – in which we can all learn to flourish in our VUCA world.

The 7C’s have been road tested in an action research project at Guys and St Thomas’ Foundation Hospital in London and have been showcased in the Coaching at Work magazine July/August 2018 edition.

Join Karyn and Elaine for a lively and experiential session, which will introduce you to this powerful new lens; explore each of its petals and think through how you might be able to apply this in your practice. Bring your colored pens and journals! Participants will receive a free copy of the 7C’s Journal and Workbook, which includes a self-assessment template which you can use in your practice.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!!

 

About Karyn and Elaine

Karyn Prentice and Elaine Patterson are Senior Faculty at the Coaching Supervision Academy Ltd and together are PattersonPrenticeDesigns bringing their creativity to the world of leadership and professional practice. Both were chapter authors in ‘Full Spectrum Supervision –WHO you are is HOW you Supervise’ which was published September 2013

Karyn Prentice is Assistant Director for Training, Coaching Supervision Academy. Karyn is an accredited Coach with Association for Coaching, a member of ICF and an Accredited Coach Supervisor with CSA since 2008. She is in the frontline teaching team at CSA co-facilitating in London, Seattle and France and works bilingually. Karyn is a UKCP accredited transpersonal psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher. She is particularly drawn to Mother Nature as a source of inspiration and teacher in her life and her practice. Karyn’s book “How Does Your Garden Grow? Using the Lens of the Five seasons to Grow Yourself and your Life” is due out in 2019.

Elaine Patterson is an international Master Coach, Accredited Coach Supervisor and Writer. Elaine’s passion is to bring the creative powers of reflection to leaders, people professionals and development practitioners everywhere for courageous, compassionate, and wise practice. Elaine takes her inspiration from her love of the arts, history, mediation, writing, poetry and Nordic walking. Elaine’s book ‘“Reflect to Create!”  – The Dance of Reflection for Creative Leadership, Professional Practice and Supervision’ will be published in November 2018.

 

 

October 31, 2018
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