Coaching Supervision & Mentoring Flashcards

A coach supervisor is also credentialed as a therapist. A supervisee begins sharing significant personal trauma that is affecting their practice. The supervisor should:

Answer: Maintain the supervisory role and recommend the coach seek personal therapy while continuing to support professional functioning

Even when a supervisor holds therapeutic credentials, the supervisory relationship has a defined purpose; conflating roles risks harm and compromises both relationships.

Which outcome BEST indicates that a mentoring engagement has been successful according to IAC principles?

Answer: The mentee demonstrates increased self-awareness, client impact, and confidence in their own coaching identity

IAC mentoring success is measured by the mentee's growing self-awareness, authentic identity, and demonstrated client impact — not replication of the mentor.

What is 'supervisor self-disclosure' and when is it appropriate in coaching supervision?

Answer: The supervisor selectively sharing relevant personal experience or reactions to illuminate the supervisee's exploration; appropriate when it serves the supervisee's learning

Purposeful self-disclosure in supervision is a tool — used sparingly and intentionally when it genuinely serves the supervisee's reflective process, not for the supervisor's benefit.

A coach mentee asks the mentor, 'What would you have said to the client here?' The mentor's BEST response aligns with IAC mentoring values by:

Answer: Exploring what the mentee considered saying and why, before potentially sharing their own perspective

IAC-aligned mentoring first invites the mentee's own thinking before the mentor shares perspective, prioritizing the mentee's development over the mentor's authority.

In supervision, what does 'working in the here-and-now' mean?

Answer: Using what is happening in the present supervisory relationship as live material for learning

Here-and-now work uses the immediate dynamics, feelings, and interactions within the supervision session itself as real-time data for the supervisee's learning.

Which of the following represents an ethical breach unique to the supervisory relationship compared to the coaching relationship?

Answer: Providing a positive endorsement for credentialing when the supervisor privately has unresolved concerns about the coach's competence

Supervisors hold a gatekeeping responsibility to the profession; endorsing a coach whose competence is in question is a breach specific to the supervisory role that has no direct coaching parallel.

How does the IAC view the relationship between supervision and continued coaching mastery?

Answer: Supervision is generative — an ongoing practice that deepens mastery and sustains professional vitality at all career stages

IAC positions supervision as a lifelong generative practice that supports continuous growth, self-renewal, and sustained excellence regardless of experience level.