Supervision groups are a great resource for coaches looking to learn about themselves in partnership with others. I host groups using a co-creative approach, offering opportunities to:

  • reflect on case experiences
  • resolve practice issues
  • deepen personal and professional awareness
  • expand and deepen coaching skills
  • build confidence
  • grow practice
  • apply learning

Supervision Group Dates

Supervision Group A 2024
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Tuesday, 10 December 2024

Supervision Group B 2024
Thursday, 08 February 2024
Thursday, 11 April 2024
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Thursday, 08 August 2024
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Thursday, 12 December 2024

ABOUT ME AS SUPERVISOR

I have a PCC credential with the International Coach Federation, ESIA and EIA Senior Practitioner with EMCC, and Diplomas in Coaching and Coach Supervision.

I use a relational approach, working empathically and in the here-and-now. Much of my philosophy, technique and framework is informed by Gestalt and transactional analysis, a social psychology which describes how people think, feel, and behave in relationships and communication.

In supervision I am responsive to my supervisees’ level of coaching experience and their personal experiences. Together we consider and work with

  • The safety of coach and client
  • Personal experiences and traits which impact engagement with clients
  • Personal approach to running a coaching practice
  • The unique challenges of the coaching, including coaching in organisations

I approach this work with empathy and support, recognizing the many layers of emotion and complexity that coaches experience. Together, we will explore the issues that arise, work to build skills and understanding, and develop strategies that will allow coaches to work more effectively with clients.

About the Experience

This group work is not about the “what”, or the circumstances, it is about the “who”, values and meaning. The group will deepen awareness of “being” as a coach and a person, leading to tangible outcomes to apply to practice, whether that be with a specific organisational/individual client, or practice as a whole.

In this supervision group you can expect:

– tight contracting on confidentiality, to create an effective space for group work.
– a transformative experience, shifting thinking and being in relation to a challenge
– a range of modalities to use as a platform for discovery and resolution

Confidentiality is vital. The experiences coaches share in the group do not identify clients, organisations or other personal circumstances. The learning in this group is about you as a person, as a coach, and as a professional. What you share in the group will be about one’s experience of the circumstances, not the circumstances themselves. Where information for context is required, a brief mapping-out of the scenario suffices and maintains confidentiality.

What to do if you are interested

  • Be willing and able to commit to 6 sessions (one every 2 months, over a year)
  • Have completed coach training (you do not need to be credentialed)
  • Set up an obligation and cost-free meeting with me here or below

For more information on pricing structure, visit Pricing. This will be discussed in our one-on-one meeting.

My Clients’ Experiences with Me

Jens
Jens Kleis Frederiksen
JKF Coaching
Executive Coach

Alex has been supervising me for quite a long time, during which he has become an integral and highly valued contributor to my continuous learning and development. Despite the considerable distance between South Africa and Switzerland, I chose Alex as my supervisor because of his remarkably solid academic foundation, strong coaching experience and his straight forward, friendly and results-oriented approach. Coaching supervision is so much more than a tick-box compliance exercise and I cherish my sessions with Alex as opportunities to reflect, challenge my assumptions and design actionable outcomes. I recommend Alex to any professional coach looking for a top-tier, committed and highly competent supervisor.

Karolyne
Karolyne Williams
South African College of Applied Psychology
Head of Strategic Innovation at SACAP (The South African College of Applied Psychology) & CEO Coach

Alex is an insightful and supportive supervisor. I’ve very much enjoyed working with him as he gently asks thought provoking questions to help me reflect on my coaching practice. Alex adds value to enhance coaching mastery!

Angelina
Angelina Yonekura
Success | Development | Leadership Coach ⚬ First-Gen Graduate ⚬ Addictions Counselor ⚬ US & South Africa

Alex is beyond amazing when it comes to really connecting to the core motivation and challenges I have experienced as a coach. I respect his professionalism and keeping me aligned with ICF core competencies. He goes deep, but carries the conversation with empathy and genuine motivation in helping me find my strengths and desire to continually grow and find what style and methods work for me. Alex has been one of the most significant influences in my coaching journey with SACAP and I appreciate the work he has done to help me maximize my abilities, and compassion to understand the human side of the trials and successes in personal and professional development.

 

Althea
Althea Banda-Hansmann
Founding Director, Transformation Coach, Consultant and Facilitator

I left each group supervision session with Alex being expanded by his role modelling coaching supervision. My horizons were broadened by the individual learning and edge work of participant coaches, by the collective group learning and the sense of community that developed. A warm smile crosses my face, as I recall the clarity of intention and skill with which Alex fostered the coaching supervision environment by using creative structure. He is skilled at applying both supervision and Transactional Analysis theory to help coaches grow in their practice, in themselves as well as areas of vulnerability. I experienced Alex as grounded in his coaching supervision approach and resourceful in sharing knowledge, tools, observations and reading material for growth.

Kathy
Kathy Lewis
Leadership / Management Coach, Facilitator & Consultant

I grew in a number of ways through working with Alex as my coaching supervisor. His gently challenging attention kept me focused when I digressed. He is a master of asking questions that nudge (and sometime necessarily push) one forward and I learned a lot from listening to him question fellow coaches in the supervision group as well as from the results I derived from his questioning me. His approach of supervising in groups increased the scope and depth of learning. His broad theoretical knowledge expanded my coaching repertoire and his careful attention to detail and the bigger picture contributed significantly to my unfolding professional development.

Gaby
Gaby Leone
Goal and Purpose Coach: Free To Fly Life Coaching

I found my supervision interaction with Alex very useful. Through incisive questions and focussed listening, he helped me gain valuable insights into myself as coach.

Nkulu
Nkulu Madonko
Common Good
CEO

Alex has been a consummate professional in his Supervision of my Coach learning journey whilst completing my SACAP Post Grad Diploma in Coaching Internship. Alex provided me with relevant and informative reflection, and oversight of my coaching as practice. He attentively focused on: 1) my growth & development as a coach – enhancing my competence as a practitioner; 2) carefully supported and nurtured my role of coach as a person – deepening my confidence and self-belief of who I am as a coach; and 3) skilfully displayed what it means to be a professional coach – providing me a lived experience of integrity and collaboration in the way in which he supported our reflective dialogue. It has been an absolute privilege partnering and collaborating with Alex!

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Stephen Beukes
Stephen Beukes (Pty) Ltd
Professional Life Coach

I place great value on the contribution that the supervision work I do with Alex has made (and continues to make) to my coaching practice. His gently rigorous way of being has helped me negotiate tricky coaching challenges, develop practices that take care of myself and supported me to clarify the sort of coach I wish to be. I cannot recommend him highly enough.

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David Kossew
Software Architect and Leadership & Team Coach (ICF - ACC, ORSC)

Alex has been my supervisor since my business coaching internship in 2018. I have taken many varied and different things into supervision with Alex, from referrals, to incorporating assessments into my coaching practice, to conflicts of interest, and even team coaching with a co-coach.

I find Alex to be extremely knowledgeable, especially when it comes to Transactional Analysis (TA), the “7-eyed model of supervision” and other theory he draws from in the moment. Everything I’ve brought into supervision, we have looked at through the lens of one of these frameworks, and every time I’ve come away with more insight and awareness of what I am responsible for in these coaching relationship systems.

A supervision session feels challenging, insightful and highly rewarding, as long as you work for it and are willing to be honest with yourself in terms of thoughts, feelings, judgments and decisions.