COACHING SUPERVISION

Coaching supervision is a reflective practice for learning and development. In partnership with a supervisor, coaches examine their coaching work within evolving systems, focusing on patterns, thinking, models, and relationship dynamics. Supervision benefits the coach, their clients, and their organizations and serves as the cornerstone for the integrity and quality of coaching through:

  • Development of the coach through skill building and increased awareness and understanding of how the coach reacts to the dynamics of client interventions
  • Support for the emotional well-being of the coach as they interact with their clients and client systems affected by the stressors of a VUCA environment
  • Attention to sustaining the highest caliber of services offered by the coach, including adherence to ethical practices (ICF Code of Ethics; EMCC Code of Ethics)

What is the Value of Coaching Supervision?

  • Provides a safe, relational space for coaches to reflect on their work for deepening insight and learning as well as to develop the 5Cs.
  • Increases self-awareness and ability to notice blind-spots, self-limiting mindsets, and biases.
  • Deepens insight into client passions and struggles. Foster the capacity to track, and be with, what is most important in every moment.
  • Enhances mindfulness, Coaching Presence, and skills (ICF Core Competencies) through consistent practice.
  • Fosters the ability to focus attention and more closely connect, emotionally and intellectually, with the leaders and the systems in which they work.
  • Expands the capacity for experimentation with alternative coaching approaches by leveraging intuition and imagination to develop collaborative solutions with clients.
  • Develops coaches’ trust in themselves and their capacity to be both courageous and vulnerable. Enhance ability to handle uncertainties and workthrough challenging client situations.

Coaching Supervision with Ken Giglio, Principal of Mindful Leadership Consulting

Ken is an accredited Coach Supervisor with the Coaching Supervision Academy (CSA), and he leads a team of accredited coach supervisors in his leadership role as principal of Mindful Leadership Consulting. Ken is a member of CSA’s International Faculty and contributes to setting Supervision Guidelines as a member of the Center for Excellence for Supervision for the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).

 

Ken’s commitment to support both the quality and integrity of coaching work and the overall coaching field led him to develop the Tri-Lens Coaching Supervision Model™ (see below). This signature model is a framework for coaches to reflect on their client work through three lenses: self as coach, relationship with client, and relationship with the system.

 

In the safe space of Supervision AKA Reflective Practice, either 1:1 or in groups, we strengthen our relationship with ourselves, with others, and with the systems in which we work. The core benefits for coaches, and the leaders they coach, are elevated well-being, cultivated continuous learning, and enhanced ethical maturity. Our work as coaches and leaders depends on us elevating our capacity to be competent and confident, and creative and compassionate with all the people and organizations we serve.

 

Ken offers coaching supervision for coaches, supervisors, and mentors at all levels of experience, both 1:1 (scheduled and on an ad hoc basis) and in groups. Please contact us for more information on coaching supervision opportunities and events with Ken.

I have worked with different Coach Supervisors throughout my career as a professional coach, and I can honestly say that Ken stands in a class on his own. He is an astute listener, paying attention to the subtleties of language and patiently waiting as one notices personal shifts in thinking. Each session was a gift. As soon as I made the decision to embrace whatever was to emerge from my sessions, I changed. I changed in how I was perceiving my situations; I changed in how I was feeling about my challenges, and I changed in how I moved forward. Although all sessions were memorable, there was one session that will forever remain with me as it liberated an emotional hold I had that I would later realize was holding me back from embracing all that I can begin to my clients. And, for this monumental shift, I am forever grateful.

Dr. Mirella De Civita, Ph.D., PCC., MCEC, President of Papillon MDC and Founder of Grand Heron International

Ken worked with me one-on-one in coaching supervision when I coached a senior executive team. Ken listens deeply, observes intently, and asks just the right questions. He is exceptional in helping me reconnect with my best presence when it’s most needed to serve my client team. Ken is completely committed to my success and he won’t shy away from brainstorming valuable ideas when I needed them. When I work with Ken, I know he will help me shift to my best self and discover the best solution in my coaching engagement. You do not want to miss working with Ken!

Yan Maschke, MBA, PCC Strategy and Leadership Advisor, Yan Maschke Group

Coaching Supervision: Voices from the Americas is a rich resource on supervision as practiced today from the perspective (voices) of a diverse and experienced group of supervisors from the Americas. The book contributes fresh and wide-ranging thinking and practices about supervision for an evolving coaching field.

The book has 18 chapters; Ken Giglio, Principal of Mindful Leadership Consulting, wrote one chapter: “Supervision in Globally Challenging Times.” He co-authored another chapter in the book along with executive coach Lynne De Lay: “A Framework for Group Presence in Group Coaching Supervision.”

To view more information about the book, please click here.

Lynne De Lay is an accredited Coach Supervisor with the Coaching Supervision Academy (CSA) and has been supervising coaches since 2013. As an accredited leadership coach who encourages ongoing growth and excellence in the profession, she was shocked coaching supervision did not exist in North America in 2012. As a result, she co-founded CSA-North America in 2013 which is now in its 11th year. She is on the faculty of CSA and under her own company, One World Leaders, she currently works with supervisors and coaches in North America, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

 

With 25 years living and working in Europe and Asia in the leadership coaching space as an executive coach with large global companies, Lynne is experienced and culturally comfortable in diverse environments. She offers coaching supervision to internal and external coaches regardless of nationality or location. Her approach combines a thoughtful attention to energy and the body (somatics) for the wisdom that emerges from the silence of the moment. She is also a singer who loves all kinds of music, which dovetails with her interest in energy and relational resonance as it surfaces in the body, voice, and movement.

The Tri-Lens Coaching Supervision Model©

shifts the focus of the supervision dialogue between three key lenses for attention and presence:

Within:

Self as Coach | Self as Supervisor

With Others:

Coach/Supervisor | Coach/Client/Stakeholders

With the System(s):

Culture/Enterprise | Business World/Ecosystem

Coaching Supervision Resources

  • Colosimo, K. A. & POS A,E, (2015) A rational model of expressed therapeutic presence, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 25(2):100-11410.1037/a0038879
  • DeLay L. & Giglio K. (2023) A Framework for Group Presence in Group Coaching Supervision. In F. Campone, J. DiGirolamo, et al, (Eds) Coaching Supervision: Voices from the Americas. (pp. 184-204) Routledge
  • Geller, S.M.(2013) Therapeutic Presence as a Foundation for relational depth. In R. Knox, et al., (eds) Relational depth: new perspectives and development (pp. 175-184) Basingstoke: Palgrave
  • Giglio, K. (2023) Supervision in Globally Challenging Times: Supporting Coach Well-Being by Reflecting Through Three Lenses. In F. Campone, J. DiGirolamo, et al, (Eds) Coaching Supervision: Voices from the Americas. (pp. 113-130) Routledge
  • Lucas M. & Whitaker C (2014) A model of co-facilitation for supporting group coaching supervision. International Journal of Evidence-based Coaching & Mentoring, 12(2): 1-9.
  • Shohet J. & Shohet R. (2020) In love with supervision: Creating transformative conversations. PCCS Books
  • Siegel, D.J. (2018) Aware: The science and practice of presence. TarcherPerigee
  • Strozzi-Heckler, R. (2014) The art of somatic coaching: Embodying skillful action, wisdom and compassion. North Atlantic

We offer coaching supervision for internal and external coaches through our certified team of coach supervisors. Our corporate supervision offerings are designed for internal coaches and HR and L&OD practitioners who support leaders, teams, and organizations to be excellent with people and exceptional in driving business results.

Our team of coach supervisors is certified through internationally accredited coaching supervision training programs tailored for highly experienced leadership coaches. These practitioners are experienced working in complex corporate environments and are attuned to the relational and systemic challenges coaches face in their work with corporate executives and teams.

We are committed to the ongoing support and development of our coach partners and ongoing quality control for our corporate clients who entrust us with the development of their executives. To that end, our firm provides coaching supervision for all Mindful Leadership coaches.