Developing Coaching Supervision Practice: an Australian case study

H Armstrong, M Geddes International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 2009

This paper describes a coaching supervision framework and practice and the effects of it on participants in the monthly supervision groups1 . The framework was originally developed in an action research process aimed at improving and standardising supervision practice and consists of a conceptual model and a structure for the supervision conversation2 . In 2008, in the spirit of continuous improvement, a qualitative researcher was invited to explore the effects of this revamped supervision practice. The paper draws on three sources of data: observation of supervision groups in action, written reflections from supervisors and interviews with supervisees.