Product reviews for Coaching Supervision at its B.E.S.T.

ILM is pleased to validate Coaching Supervision at its BEST as an ideal resource to support the ILM Level 7 Certificate and Diploma in Coaching Supervision qualifications.

Coaching Supervision at its BEST is a deeply practical text book which will be great introductory or core reading for a Coaching Supervision qualification at Level 7. It provides an overview of the principles and practice and covers many of the areas within ILM L7 assessment criteria and indicative content. It provides an extremely useful and accessible guide to coaching supervision best practice, looking at coaching supervision before, during and after the undertaking.

For the ILM one of the real strengths in the text is the exploration of coaching supervision within the organisational context and the types of challenges this raises from the perspective of various stakeholders. The author covers contracting in depth and explores the ingredients for ethical and effective supervision throughout. Different approaches to preparing for and undertaking supervision are described and discussed, focusing on the use of clean language in supervision and weaving in a range of other
models, tools and techniques. The author offers a range of case studies to illustrate points of practice and the reader is challenged throughout to reflect on his or her own practice as a supervisor with deep questions and practical activities.