Want to expand your coaching practice?
Want to enhance your coaching skills by supervising other coaches?
Do you care about the future of coaching and look to support the next generation of coaches?
Feeling generative?
Learn to supervise other coaches!
This dynamic course will provide the requisite foundation to supervise executive coaches and to develop yourself as a coach in a field of ever-increasing relevance and importance.
Supervision is a formal and structured, facilitated conversation between a coach-supervisor and coaches to reflect on the coaches’ practice, well-being and development.
After a review of the major approaches to coaching supervision and the key topics in the field, participants in this course will practice both being supervised and supervising active executive coaches.
In group discussions guided by highly experienced instructor, Susan Ennis, participants will explore the tenets central to effective coach supervision and review the research and competencies as they relate to those learning concepts. Each of the five, bi-monthly, 90-minute group sessions will provide an opportunity for learners to practice, discuss, and reflect on the challenges and successes of their ongoing supervision experiences. Group sessions will be conducted virtually via Zoom. In between group sessions, students will get the chance to supervise newly-minted and experienced coaches sourced by the instructor.
Group discussions in-class will employ roleplay exercises and practice supervision sessions. Outside of class, reading assignments relevant to core curriculum concepts and real-time practice sessions with active coaches will provide participants foundational knowledge and skills for success in executive coaching supervision.
Registrants should have at least 5 years of coaching experience to participate.
ICF Approved CCE's
*Resource Development includes training formerly called Personal Development, Business Development, or Other Skills and Tools.
TOTAL CCE's: 13.5
Course Details
Dates for Supervised Learning Sessions:
Session 1: Monday, September 14, 2026
Session 2: Monday, September 28, 2026
Session 3: Monday, October 19, 2026
Session 4: Monday, November 2, 2026
Session 5: Monday, November 16, 2026
Supervised Learning Session Times: 6:30 P.M.–8:00 P.M.
Cost: $750.00
Course Format: Five, 1.5-hour learning sessions conducted bi-monthly via Zoom where students will practice being supervised and supervising each other. Outside of class, students will meet with active coaches looking for supervision. Readings and applied learning assignments are done in advance of each group session.
Instructor: Susan Ennis
Susan Ennis
Susan has been an executive coach for 30 years and a supervisor of coaches for 17 years. She was at the forefront of establishing the field of executive coaching and a principal author of the Executive Coaching Guidelines now housed at the Institute of Coaching. Susan has managed and taught the Executive Coaching Practicum for William James College's Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching program since 2013. This program has provided coaching to over 150 non-profit, social justice leaders in the greater Boston area. Susan continues to coach and supervise as she teaches others the skills needed to succeed in the field.
Interested applicants are encouraged to submit any inquiries about the course's content or structure in advance of enrollment by emailing ce@williamjames.edu.