Choosing the right coach supervisor can be one of the most important decisions you make in your professional practice. Supervision is where we bring our coaching stories, dilemmas and reflections to sharpen our skills, keep grounded in ethics, and sustain ourselves for the long game. So how do you decide who’s the right fit?
A few areas really matter when choosing a supervisor:
Coach training
A good supervisor is also a good coach. My own foundation is as a credentialled coach with the International Coaching Federation. That background gives me a strong grounding in the skills and standards that supervision should support. I have completed coach training with both the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership and the Global Coaching Institute.
Coaching experience
Depth of coaching practice matters. I bring years of work across leadership, teams and one-to-one coaching. This means I understand not only the models and methods, but also the lived challenges coaches face in the room with their counterparts.
Coach supervision specific training
Supervision is not the same as coaching. I have trained specifically in coach supervision by completing the Diploma of Coaching Supervision with the Coaching Supervision Academy. So I know how to create a reflective space that balances support, challenge, and learning for professional coaches.
Approach and philosophy
Not every supervisor works the same way. Some are more focused on skills, others on ethics, others on personal development. My philosophy is integrative: I bring together restorative (supportive), normative (ethical), and developmental (learning) perspectives, depending on what serves you best.
Reflective capacity
Supervision is about noticing what lies beneath the surface. My role is to help you pause, reflect, and see the wider patterns in your coaching practice that you might not notice in the moment.
Commitment to my own supervision
Just as I encourage coaches to stay in supervision, I continue to engage with my own supervisor. This keeps me grounded, reflective, and accountable in my own practice.
Chemistry and trust
At the end of the day, supervision is a relationship. Do you feel comfortable enough with your supervisor to share the messy, complex, or uncertain moments of your coaching? My approach is calm, curious and supportive, creating a safe space while also inviting you to stretch.
When you put these elements together, you get a supervisor who not only understands coaching deeply but can also hold the kind of space where you can grow, unburden, and develop.
If you’d like to explore supervision with me, let’s connect for a conversation and see if the chemistry is right.