Supervision in Action aims to help professional and trainee supervisors, consultants and coaches to 'take care of themselves' - in other words, to practice the art of learning from their own experience in their practice.

Supervision is a profession full of contradictions. It offers consultants and coaches a chance for a regular "check-up" and to be refreshed after coming into contact with a whole host of unhelpful thinking and poor organisational dynamics. Supervision hopes to assure the quality of professional practice. However, supervision is also an opportunity to develop. It's a chance to work on that which we all want to improve: our personal relationships. Supervision is overcoming the fear of the unknown with the help of a trusted colleague, in a unique free space.

Erik de Haan asks supervisors to:

• Realise in their actions what their own emotions are telling them
  
  
• Mirror their supervisory relationships into those with their supervisees
  
  
• Invite doubt, tolerate tension and develop patience
  
  
• Develop compassion, caring that others take care of themselves

Dr Erik de Haan is the Director of Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Business School, and Senior Consultant at Ashridge Consulting. Erik has over 15 years of experience as an external management trainer, coach and organisation development consultant. He has written 7 books on coaching and consulting and over 100 articles. He writes regularly for the Coaching at Work magazine and the Training Journal and is one of the most respected figures in the field of coaching supervision.

Dr Erik de Haan is the Director of Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Business School, and Senior Consultant at Ashridge Consulting. Erik has over 15 years of experience as an external management trainer, coach and organisation development consultant. He has written 7 books on coaching and consulting and over 100 articles. He writes regularly for the Coaching at Work magazine and the Training Journal and is one of the most respected figures in the field of coaching supervision.