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“Don’t eat in a restaurant run by a thin chef.” Anon


And this is the case with choosing coaches and mentors. Professional coaches and those serious about their mentoring will actively be involved in their own, continual, professional development (CPD) around these practices. 

supervision



Professional coaches

Nicola Stevens supervises both the external professional coaches an internal coaches as part of their continual professional development (CPD). The most effective way to understand the style and professionalism of coaches is to base the supervision on live coaching sessions, with the permission of the coachee. Nicola will either observe a coaching session in action, watch or listen to recorded sessions. There are three main points of view that exist in a coaching supervision session:

1) Reflecting on the coaching session itself and the content.

2) Understanding the coach’s interaction and the dynamics of coaching relationship

3) Reviewing the coaching session and the development during the supervised session


Internal coaching programmes

Nicola works with leaders and managers who, as part of their role, coach members of their team and other employees. Unlike an external coach, managers and employees working for an internal coaching programme have a duty to the organisation and maybe restricted by compliance to the organisation’s strategy and mission.   The relationship between a manager and his team can be limited by his needs and influence on their performance.


Mentoring programmes

Nicola sets up, trains and supervises ongoing mentoring programmes.  Organisations and individuals are faced with the challenges and changes.  The fast pace of change is a normal part of 21st century life.   All businesses are overshadowed by influences that they have not control over, known as PESTs and those they can influence known as SWOTs.


PESTs                       SWOTs

Politics                        Strengths

Economics                  Weaknesses

Society                        Opportunity

Technology                 Threats


The process of mentoring is ideally suited to implement processes and systems needed to discover and address these SWOT and PEST influences. The value of the mentoring process is greatly increased when the mentors are trained to impart their experience and wisdom in ways that are most beneficial to the mentee.  Conversely, the process is more rewarding for the mentor when the mentee understands what is expected of them and how to get the best out of their mentor.

  1. ๏Professional coaches – differing coaching approaches and models

  2. ๏Internal coaching programmes – Role of Line Manager and place of internal coaching

  3. ๏Mentoring programmes