The State of Coaching Supervision Research: 2017

The State of Coaching Supervision Research: 2017 is an update on the state of research in coaching and clinical supervision for 2017. It includes an examination of 16 academic and industry research articles on coaching supervision and five academic articles on clinical supervision published between 2016 and 2017. The research primarily focused on supervision models, theories, ethical dilemmas, or general discussions of coaching supervision. A few articles examined specific elements of coaching supervision that shed light on supervision competencies, the efficacy of coaching supervision, and the current state of coaching supervision practices and adoption.

Research on coaching supervision in 2017, published by Graßmann & Schermuly, revealed one piece of evidence for the efficacy of the resourcing function (support) of coaching supervision. Despite this finding, research into the efficacy of coaching supervision may be stunted by a lack of agreed-upon coaching supervision competencies. While these new findings bring us closer to understanding the efficacy, competencies, and best practices for coaching supervision, the industry is still far from reaching a consensus about these issues.