In the Co-Supervision Space, while Yvette Elcock is having a short break, Lorenza Clifford will be stepping in and is looking forward to welcoming you all, with Michelle Lucas at the helm.
Join our nextCo-Supervision Spacesession on 29th July 2022 from 11.00-12.30pm UK (BST) Dateful Timezone Converter. This session will concentrate on Experience Sharing of using techniques from the Person Centred, Thinking Environment, Positive Psychology and Psychodynamic Approaches. Our eagle-eyed members will notice that the last three months have also included these, and that this is an experience sharing session.
To get the most from these sessions, it is strongly recommended that you prepare which technique you wish to use, as the Supervisor, IN ADVANCE of the session. You can find all of the techniques for each month here. Come and take the opportunity to practice existing or new approaches to coaching supervision in a great learning community. You will be able to book an individual or multiple sessions depending on your planning preference.
Click here for free tickets for members and our free membership offer to those attending three sessions at the non-member rate.
Here are the 2022 dates for your schedules all of which will be held at 11.00-13.00 BST/GMT UK unless stated below Dateful Timezone Converter:
2nd September 2022 - Bring a friend
7th October 2022
4th November 2022
2nd December 2022 - 90 minute session 11.00-12.30 UK (GMT)
The best way to make sure you have the most up-to-date information is to continue to book via Eventbrite for each monthly session.
AOCS Regional Coordinators Creative Collaboration
CALLING ALL OUR REGIONAL COORDINATORS AND POTENTIAL ONES
The Regional Coordinators met on 22nd June with Joanne Searle, the South African RC and Global Coordination Lead. The plan is to continue to offer meetings at different times on different days to accommodate the different time zones and member diaries.
We had a very engaging conversation with lots of learning from our different geographies and ideas for our roles and regions, and left the meeting feeling upbeat and energised. We discussed sharing supervision experience events with each other in our regions to create opportunities for supervisors to offer a supervision experience.
In June, COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of South Africa) invited AOCS Regional Coordinators to such an event on 23rd June and we had our first shared event, which was an enjoyable success.
Next meetings are 22ndJuly from 14h00-15h00 BST and 1st September at 12h00-13h00 BST Dateful Timezone Converter.
We would like to encourage as many of you that can to please attend these meetings. The focus of the sessions continues to give us an opportunity to get to know each other, build on previous discussions, and offer volunteer coordinators a further opportunity to clarify and evolve their roles with AoCS and to share their thoughts and experiences on how they are ‘promoting, engaging and developing’ supervision in their geographies. We look forward to connecting again and ‘joining hands’ in this capacity. Contact Joanne to register your attendance.
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION - SUPERVISION OF INTERNAL COACHING PROGRAMMES
We asked you to hold the 20th July 2022, 13h00-15h00 (BST)for us to discuss internal coaching programmes with an emphasis on supervision elements.
Due to circumstances outside of our control, this date is now moving to 8th September 2022 12h00-13h00 (BST)Dateful Timezone Converter. More information on this exciting facilitated session will follow in our next News Update.
UPDATE ON THE JOINT GLOBAL STATEMENT GROUP ON CLIMATE.
Lorenza Clifford stood in for Jackie Arnold on 13th July, when the JGSG on Climate met to discuss our next Round Tables Series for all our members, which will be on a sequence of themes, with the signatory bodies partnering to facilitate the sessions. These will take different shapes, some to encourage, some to inform, some to work with experiences we have already had of coaching around climate issues. Jackie and Lorenza will be working with colleagues from another Professional Body, picking a very interesting theme for Supervisors. We already have some exciting ideas about how to bring this event alive so that we work with what matters in our practice. We will invite you closer to the time to collaborate in these sessions to enable us all to engage with the responsibilities from the Joint Global Statement. If Climate is a theme you work with already and you would like to volunteer some time on, we would be interested to hear from you.
In our last reflection circle, we had voices from the UK, USA, South Africa and Singapore in the room. We are noticing a promising micro trend that there is a movement from "blame and shame" to raising self-awareness and “what can I do about this?”. Away from the initial flurry of media hype on D&I, we now have a quieter space to reflect on how do we show up with more courage to find our voice and have the wisdom to know hold our responsibility on D&I with lightness to provide space for perspectives. Acknowledging one’s privileges and oriented to act, for example, “What can White people do next?” in our profession, needs to be accompanied by effort from our minority voices, to find courage to be seen. In my humble reflection, whilst it is not possible to make all equal, it is quite possible to practise inclusion and honour diversity by slowing down and relating to each other as human beings with compassion and kindness. Every interaction counts. Where can we start again?
Read Coaching at Work's recent article, Plans for Race Equity Charter.
We will move D&I Reflective Circle to the last Wednesday (once every 2 months). Thank you to AoCS who are moving the needle for us to grow towards a more inclusive association across the globe.
Our next reflective circle will be on Wednesday 27 July at 7pm SGT Dateful Timezone Converter. Please join us.
Meeting ID: 833 3566 9679
Passcode: 445167
MEMBERS' VOICE
A round up of member run events, groups articles and blogs.
Through 50 engaging illustrations, Picturing Coaching Supervision helps lift the lid on supervision. Coaches can quickly get to understand some of the key themes that may be explored in coaching, whilst supervisors can use the book as a handy resource to share with potential supervisees, and even as a gentle reminder for topics they may be missing.
Produced by Nick Bolton, the founder of Animas Centre for Coaching, this is a free resource for anyone who wants to get a thought provoking but easy-to-absorb glimpse into the world of coaching supervision. AoCS members can find the book in the Free Resource section of our website or clickhere.
Research Opportunities
Talking of research, we have an updated place for promoting research, into coaching and coaching supervision or subjects relevant to our profession, so if you are currently doing relevant research or know members who are, please let them know that they can promote it, with us in return for sharing a summary of outcomes.
And post your own articles or groups from your profile on your account.
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!
Our editors will be taking a break, and restarting News Updates early in September. In the meantime, follow us on our social media channels for our updates in August which will be continuing and of course respond, comment and share liberally.
