Coaching Supervision

If your role involves helping others to be more effective, whether as a leader who coaches their team, a coach working within an organisation or a freelance coach then having a trained and experienced coaching supervisor is indispensable to the quality of your practice and your development.

A supervisor offers objectivity by sitting outside of your day-to-day coaching work with the intention of looking at the who, how and what of your coaching approach. The intention of supervision is to celebrate, notice and improve your coaching capability, challenge your limiting beliefs and assumptions and explore new ideas and perspectives.

Supervision is a safe and confidential space, and the work falls into three main areas:

• Qualitative – ethical dilemmas and issues/practice standards etc.

• Formative – maintain an approach of continuous learning, development and self-reflection, explore new ideas

• Restorative – nourish you, help you to find insight to your own blind spots, things that reduce your effectiveness as a coach

We offer both one-to-one and group supervision, the team includes accredited supervisors with over ten years’ experience.

We also offer supervision for coaches who identify as neurodivergent.

How Much Supervision Do I Need?

EMCC Global requires supervision of practice for a minimum of four hours of individual supervision per year, evenly distributed across the twelve months. In addition, the minimum ratio of practice to supervision, for an experienced practitioner is 35 practice hours to 1 hour of supervision received.

EMCC Global also believes that the more work a practitioner undertakes, the more they will benefit from supervision. Practitioners are required to think about the type, duration, and frequency of supervision that they need to be supported in their work and context. For example, in addition we expect all supervisors to have supervision on their supervision practice.

After the minimum criteria are met, it is for the practitioner to decide, based on their unique circumstances and needs, exactly how much supervision they require to perform at their best.

Group Supervision 

All EMCC Global members seeking accreditation are required to have individual supervision. Individual attention in a Group Supervision setting will be considered for accreditation on an exceptional case-by-case basis only, according to circumstance, accessibility (including language and cultural considerations) and/or means.

If these criteria apply, then each case will be subject to confirmation of the following:

• Group Process
• Qualification of the Group Coach Supervisor (see below)

Confirmation from the group coach supervisor that the coach has received 4hrs of individual supervision of their practice within the group supervision setting (Evidence required)