Outdoor Group Coach Supervision
Step outside. Slow down. Think differently.
A deeply reflective and restorative supervision experience, bringing together the power of group supervision, collective wisdom and the intelligence of the outdoors.
Outdoor Conscious Coaching Circles offer coaches a different kind of space — space to step away from the everyday, reflect deeply on their practice, learn alongside others and reconnect with themselves as practitioners.
Reflective. Restorative. Connected.
At the heart of these groups is rigorous reflective practice.
We bring the questions, cases, dilemmas and experiences that inevitably arise when we work deeply with other human beings.
We explore what is happening for our clients.
What might be happening within the wider system.
And what may be happening within us as coaches.
My approach to supervision is reflective, creative and emergent. I draw on the Thinking Environment, systemic thinking, metaphor, movement, nature and creative approaches to help us see what we may not yet be seeing.
Sometimes we sit and think together.
Sometimes we walk with a question.
Sometimes we use an object, an image or something in the landscape to help us explore a situation differently.
Sometimes we simply notice what emerges. No two sessions are quite the same.
Creative.
Professional.
Thoughtful.
Restorative.
Connected.
And very human.
I run a small number of Outdoor Conscious Coaching Circles each year.
These are small, closed supervision groups of 4–6 coaches who work together over time, allowing trust, connection and depth to develop.
They are spaces for professional reflection and development, but also for something we perhaps don't talk about enough in our profession:
being resourced to continue doing this work well.
The circles are designed for experienced coaches who value depth, curiosity and reflective practice and who are open to exploring different ways of thinking about themselves and their work.
What happens when we take supervision outside?
Something shifts when we step away from the screen, the meeting room and our familiar ways of working.
We walk.
We notice.
We pause.
We think.
The pace changes. Our attention changes. And often, our thinking changes too.
Outdoor Group Coach Supervision creates the conditions for deep reflective practice, while opening up different ways of knowing and thinking.
Nature, movement, place, imagery and metaphor can all become part of the process.
A pathway might illuminate something about a transition.
An obstacle might help us see a coaching relationship differently.
A change in perspective — sometimes quite literally — can open up thinking that wasn't available to us before.
The outdoors isn't simply the setting. It becomes part of the work.
The restorative function of supervision
Coaching asks a lot of us.
We listen deeply. We hold complexity. We pay attention to what is said and what isn't. We work with relationships, emotions, systems, expectations and uncertainty.
And much of our professional life is spent giving our attention to others.
Supervision gives us somewhere to put some of what we carry.
I believe deeply in this restorative function of supervision.
A place to come back to ourselves.
To ground and re-centre.
To reconnect with our own thinking.
To remember what matters in our work.
And to leave feeling clearer and more resourced.
Taking supervision outdoors seems to deepen this naturally.
There is space.
There is movement.
There is perspective.
There is something bigger than the conversation we arrived carrying.
What might we actually do?
There is no fixed formula.
We might walk with a question.
Sit together in a Thinking Environment.
Explore a client case through the collective attention of the group.
Use objects or positioning to look systemically at a situation.
Notice what the landscape offers us.
Work with metaphor or imagery.
Experiment with a different perspective.
Sit quietly.
Reflect.
Laugh.
Allow a conversation to go somewhere we hadn't anticipated.
The structure holds us.
But within that structure, there is space for emergence, there is room to play.
What might you leave with?
Perhaps a completely different perspective on a client.
A question you hadn't thought to ask.
Greater awareness of something you are bringing into your coaching.
A deeper understanding of a relationship or systemic dynamic.
Renewed confidence in your own instincts.
Connection with other coaches.
New ideas for your practice.
Or simply more space inside your own head.
You may not always know exactly what you need when you arrive.
That's part of the work.
A different kind of space for your practice.
Space to step away from the everyday.
To reflect.
To notice.
To think.
To be challenged.
To learn from others.
To reconnect with yourself and your practice.
And to return to your work clearer, grounded and more resourced.
Come outside. Bring your coaching questions.
Let's see what emerges.
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