In this regular column, Paul Heardman puts coaching supervision under the spotlight. This issue: Inspired by Nicholas Janni’s book, Leader as Healer, Paul explores the notion of supervisor as healer. What might that mean? And what are the implications for practice?

Coaching supervision is commonly regarded as a helping profession. But if we pause to reflect, what half-hidden values and mindsets are revealed when we see ourselves as ‘helping’?...