Conceptualising how coaching supervisors meet their supervisees’ needs: towards a coaching supervision intervention framework

Abstract

This paper builds on the coaching supervision process heuristic proposed by Lewis (2023). It describes a research project designed to conceptualise coaching supervision interventions through interviews with five experienced coaching supervisors using the conceptual encounter research method. Findings are presented as a working definition of coaching supervision and a framework for coaching supervision interventions. The iterative development of the framework is discussed from multiple perspectives. The paper illuminates the intentional choices coaching supervisors have when selecting interventions and suggests pragmatic uses for the framework, including its implications for the education of coaches and coaching supervisors.

Keywords

• coaching supervision
• supervision interventions
• coach development
• reflective practice
• intentionality