International Centre for Coaching Supervision

15/07/2026

Why is supervision so important for professional coaches?

Many coaches first encounter supervision as something they "should" do.

For Vanessa Espina, it became something much more significant.

In this ICCS Alumni Conversation, Vanessa reflects on her journey from executive coach to accredited coach supervisor, and how supervision changed the way she thinks about coaching, development, and professional practice.

One of the most powerful themes in the conversation is her shift from seeing supervision as simply another resource to recognising it as an essential space for reflection, inquiry, and growth.

The conversation explores:
• Moving from coaching into supervision
• Professional development from PCC to MCC level
• Systems thinking and reflective practice
• Learning through supervision training and community
• How supervision can deepen coaching effectiveness

For experienced coaches considering supervision training, or practitioners wondering what comes next in their development, Vanessa offers thoughtful and encouraging reflections.

Watch the full conversation below.
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30/06/2026

What happens when an experienced coach trains to become a coaching supervisor?

In our latest ICCS Alumni Conversation, Helena Territt reflects on her journey from senior HR leadership into executive coaching, neurodiversity coaching, and coaching supervision.

Working primarily with neurodivergent leaders and professionals, Helena shares how supervision challenged some of her long-held assumptions about expertise, qualifications, and what enables effective coaching. She also explores the role of reflexivity, ethical inquiry, and group supervision in supporting both coach and supervisor development.

The conversation offers a thoughtful perspective on supervision as a practice in its own right—one that not only supports coaches but can profoundly deepen a coach's own professional growth.

Watch the full conversation here:

Helena Territt is an executive coach, ADHD coach, neurodiversity co...

17/06/2026

Most coaches have no formal space to reflect on their own practice.

No place to bring the client who has been sitting in their head between sessions. No space to notice that the same pattern has appeared in three different engagements. No space to ask, honestly: is what I'm doing actually working?

As they say, you cannot read the label from inside the jar 🏺

The space I'm describing is called coaching supervision. And most coaches either don't know it exists, or have concluded it's for people who are struggling.

It isn't. It's for everyone who is practicing.

Supervision is the professional discipline that keeps coaching honest. Not honest in the sense of catching people out — honest in the sense that someone is actually looking at what's happening. Not assuming the work is good because the client keeps coming back.

Experienced coaches with complex caseloads are often the ones least likely to seek supervision out. They've concluded, reasonably but incorrectly, that it isn't for them.

It IS for them.

Supervision doesn't tell you whether your practice is good or bad. It isn't an assessment. It's a place to reflect.

That is not a luxury. That is a professional discipline.

16/06/2026

Every coach has blind spots. The question is whether they're prepared to look at them.

15/06/2026

The space most coaches don’t have and why that matters.

15/06/2026

Here's something worth sitting with if you're a coach.

Every coach has blind spots. Not the struggling ones — every coach. The newly qualified and the deeply experienced alike. This isn't a problem with their coaching. It's a problem with vantage points.

You cannot be inside something and outside it at the same time. Think about the last time you tried to edit your own writing. You read what you intended to say rather than what's actually there. Your brain fills in the gaps and confirms what you already believe is on the page. You need another pair of eyes — not because you can't write, but because you wrote it.

Coaching is the same. Except the blind spots are harder to find.

When a session ends, you have your version of what happened. That version is always partial. It's the version from inside the room, from inside your particular history and assumptions about what good coaching looks like. Every coach has those assumptions. The question is whether you know what yours are.
What supervision offers isn't a correction. It isn't a signal that something has gone wrong. It's the view from outside — the one that the nature of the work makes otherwise impossible to get on your own.

The coaches who find it most valuable are often not the ones who came because something was wrong. They're the ones who came because they were curious. Because they wanted to see their practice from the outside — not as a verdict on what they'd been doing, but as a resource for what they could become.

We'd love to know — what made you first think seriously about supervision? Whether that's receiving it as a coach, or offering it as a supervisor. What was the moment the penny dropped?

17/03/2026

What leads a coach to become a coach supervisor?

In this conversation with Andrea Matuz, ICCS graduate Melissa Janse van Rensburg shares how her journey into coaching supervision unfolded – from an early career in branding and marketing to supporting coaches in deepening their reflective practice.

Melissa describes how her own experience of being coached sparked a desire to help others find purpose and direction in their work. Over time, volunteering with trainee coaches revealed a new calling: supporting coaches themselves as they grow, reflect and develop their practice.

In the conversation, Melissa reflects on:

• How her coaching journey began through her own experience of coaching
• What inspired her to move into coaching supervision
• The role of self-awareness and reflection in both coaching and supervision
• The kinds of questions and challenges coaches bring to supervision
• How supervision training shaped her identity as both a coach and supervisor
• What helped her recognise she was ready to train as a supervisor

Melissa also speaks about the importance of holding space for uncertainty, helping coaches uncover their own insights, and supporting practitioners as they build confidence and clarity in their work.

If you’re curious about coaching supervision — or considering developing your own practice as a supervisor — this conversation offers thoughtful reflections from someone who has recently walked that path.

Watch the full interview to hear Melissa’s story and insights.

In this conversation, Andrea Matuz speaks with Melissa Janse van Rensburg about her journey from branding and marketing into coaching and, later, coaching su...

15/01/2026

🎓 Supervising Team Coaches: Widening the Lens and Deepening the Practice - with Georgina Woudstra & Allard de Jong

In this recording of their insightful ICCS lecture, Georgina Woudstra, Founder, and Allard de Jong, Senior Director at Team Coaching Studio, open a spacious and thought-provoking conversation on the supervision of team coaches.

Together, they explore how supervision can move beyond tools and models to support deeper presence, sharper awareness, and more authentic impact in team coaching.

This lecture offers:

🔍 A wider lens on the complexity of team dynamics.

🧭 Reflections on vertical development and the evolving identity of the team coach.

🧘 Supervision as a space for presence, not pressure.

💡 Practical insights for supervisors supporting systemic team coaching work.

Whether you're supervising team coaches or expanding your lens as a practitioner, this session is a rich resource for growth and reflection.

👉 Watch the full lecture here:

In this thoughtful and practice-rich lecture, Georgina Woudstra, Founder, and Allard de Jong, Senior Director at Team Coaching Studio, invite us into a spaci...

11/12/2025

⏳ One week to go!

If you’re exploring how to supervise team coaches—or you're simply curious about what makes this work so distinct—don’t miss this free online lecture with Georgina Woudstra and Allard de Jong:

Supervising Team Coaches: Widening the Lens and Deepening the Practice

🗓️ Thursday, 18th December 2025

🕐 1:00–2:30 PM (UK time)

📍 Online | Free to Attend

Join us to explore:

🌿 The emotional and systemic complexity of team coaching.

🛠️ How supervisors can create grounded, reflective spaces.

🧭 Supervision as a site for vertical development and new perspectives.

It’s a space to share insights, reflect on practice, and explore the deeper dimensions of team coaching supervision—together. We’d love for you to join us.

🎟️ Reserve your place:

Team coaching asks coaches to work in the thick of relational complexity, ambiguity and collective emotion. Supervising team coaches therefore requires more than a technical understanding of supervision. It calls for an expanded field of attention and a developmental stance.

11/12/2025

🎙️ The Supervisor’s Signature: Find and Shape Your Unique Supervisory Identity and Approach

What if your greatest asset as a supervisor isn’t just what you do—but who you are?

In this reflective and thought-provoking lecture, Nick Bolton, founder of the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, invites you to explore the deeper layers of your supervisory identity.

Rather than offering another set of tools or models, Nick guides us to consider the personal stories, professional experiences and philosophical beliefs that shape our presence as supervisors. ✨

🔍 In this session, you’ll explore:

🧭 What truly shapes your supervisory identity.

🪞 How your values, history and choices inform your approach.

🧱 Ways to build a sustainable, authentic presence.

🎯 How to stand out meaningfully in a crowded coaching landscape.

Whether you’re early in your supervision journey or seeking to evolve your practice, this lecture is a rich space for reflection and renewal.

👉 Watch the full lecture here:

In this inspiring and deeply reflective lecture, Nick Bolton—founder of the International Centre for Coaching Supervision (ICCS)—invites supervisors to step ...