ABSTRACT
Coaching supervision and continuing professional development are essential for coaches. They are the keys to ensure that the standards and integrity of the internal coaching service are maintained, risks are managed, and the coaches continue to grow. This chapter explores the purpose and benefits of coach supervision and the three aspects of supervision: normative, formative, and restorative. It examines the advantages and disadvantages of one-to-one and group supervision. The concept of supervision came originally from therapeutic practice and it has taken a while for the term to be accepted in the coaching world. Supervision should also be a source of organisational learning. Action learning supervision was founded by Reg Revans in the 1930s. Action learning as an approach is peculiarly well-suited to coach supervision because the kinds of questions that set members are encouraged to ask the "presenter" is coaching style questions, so the process itself is a mechanism for developing coaching skills.
