Supervision can be a one-to-one experience or in a group setting. Each offers different types of support. In a group supervision format, you may experience dynamics that may not surface in a 1-1 supervision relationship, which allows you to study and observe yourself and others–learnings that loop right back into your work with clients.
Working with a supervisor is one of the primary means of self care to ensure your professional life and personal development are thriving. (Even dentists need dentists!) Many coaches experience and feel isolated and alone in both solo practice and common consultancy models. The antidote to burnout and isolation is connection and community.
“Better humans make better coaches, and better coaches make better humans. Yes, this means, even coaches need coaches. The need for radical self-inquiry isn’t limited to those who hold organizational power. It is an essential step in becoming the adults we were born to be. When coaches coach from a place of inadequate self-development, they run the risk of a kind of malpractice. They run the risk of using the coaching session to work out their unconscious challenges, turning the client into an object of their own unprocessed needs and incomplete adulthood. Reboot Supervision provides coaches with the ability to use radical self-inquiry to grow as coaches (and as adult humans).”
Jerry Colonna Founder, Coach & Facilitator
Coach supervision is a mix of learning, exploring and experiencing oneself. Supervision groups help to pick up emotional trends. In supervision, when a client is presented, group members often pick up thoughts, feelings, and ideas, some of which may not be available to the coach presenting the client. Because 93% of communication is nonverbal, as we talk, we communicate what it may be like to be with the client and the group can assist in identifying areas that the coach is unaware of.
The arc of the content in a group and in 1-1 supervision is intended to be supportive for your practice, your professional development, and a place for you to uncover what’s showing up for you in your client work. This is work that you cannot do alone. Ultimately, coaching supervision can help you unlock your coaching style, learn how you show up with different people, and provide personal support you need to show up well in your profession.
For coaches who are ready to work through challenges and work towards mastery of their craft. 1-1 sessions take place via phone, zoom or in person (if in Boulder, Colorado) and billed on a monthly retainer. Cadence and frequency are determined by you and your supervisor.
6 Months of learning and growth within the group format. Led by a supervisor who models how to create safety, hold boundaries and multiple ideas with curiosity, and to focus on learning and growth, this Group Supervision Course is designed to be a mix of learning, experience and self inquiry. The arc of the content, as well as the themes we’ll be tracking together over the six month period are intended to be supportive for your practice and a place for you to uncover what’s showing up for you in your client work. This is a closed group in which 5-8 participants meet monthly for 6 months in 2 x 90 min sessions per month.
How Supervision Transforms Coaching From the Inside Out
Reboot Supervision founder Ali Schultz sat down with Aaron Gadiel, a Certified Creativity Coach and Business Consultant, to explore his journey with coaching supervision. What started as a search for support turned into something far more profound—a practice that revealed how deeply a coach's own inner world shapes the work they do with clients.
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Supervision: Where Coaches Do Their Own Work
Coaching can be transformative for the client, but only if the coach is able to soothe their own fears and do their own work. Supervision allows coaches to practice the practical skills of coaching to better assess what the client’s transformational agenda is.
Preparing to Bring a Case for Coaching Supervision: A Journey of Reflection and Discovery
Supervision, at its best, is not about performance—it’s about discovery. It’s about seeing ourselves, our clients, and the work we do with fresh eyes. But to do that, we must be willing to step into the unknown, to let our questions take the lead, and to trust that what emerges will bring us closer to the truth.
Managing Boundaries in Coaching: Balancing Safety and Humanity
Boundaries are an essential yet often unnoticed structure that enhances safety and effectiveness in coaching relationships. When clearly established, they create a secure environment for clients to explore and develop. Conversely, unclear boundaries can lead to misunderstandings, dependency, or distrust between the coach and client, or among team members.
Erotic Transferrence: When Attraction Enters the Coaching Room
Attraction in a coaching relationship can be subtle and show up in different ways — not always obvious or easy to name. These moments can leave a coach questioning what’s going on, whether in one-to-one work, in groups, or in team coaching. Hopefully, supervisors are trained to work with the strong feelings that can emerge, helping coaches make sense of what’s happening in their work.
“This is a supervision retreat like no other. Not only do you have three world-class human coaches guiding it, you have a herd of wise teachers that will deeply recalibrate and reset your coaching presence like no other human can. Highly recommended if you want to be less ‘in your head’ and more in your center of gravity as a coach.”
Luciana Nunez
Executive Coach
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