Reflection turns experience into learning
Explore the chapter’s main ideas, then test what you understand in a simulated coaching relationship. For each section, pause and consider the application to your own leadership practice.
Six chapter-based questions
Choose an answer and review the explanation. This is formative learning, not a professional qualification.
Caroline and Peter: the session that stayed with her
Caroline has been coaching Peter, a senior director, for months. After a forceful challenge, he leaves early and cancels two sessions. Make eight choices about reflection, supervision and repair. Each choice receives specific feedback.
Six-stage Gibbs Reflective Cycle
Use this journal on a real coaching experience or on Caroline’s simulated case. For confidentiality, describe situations without real names or identifying details.
Normative · Formative · Restorative
Select what is happening in your coaching practice. Your selection generates suggestions for the type of supervision conversation to arrange—not a substitute for an appropriately qualified supervisor.
Supervision session preparation
Eight habits of a developing coach
Rate yourself from 1 (rarely) to 5 (consistently). These are self-perceptions, not validated measurements of competence. Compare them with what you actually chose in the simulation.
My Reflective Practice & Supervision Profile
Generated in this browser from the self-assessment, learning decisions and reflections. Scenario scores are illustrative and should not be used for employee appraisal or formal credential decisions.
COACHING INTELLIGENCE LAB