Experience can teach you nothing.
It is only reflection on experience from which you can learn.
For over 30 years, I've worked in leadership roles in schools and churches, and in national leadership positions with large non-government organisations. I appreciate the challenges involved in leading and being led - and in working collaboratively in teams with others.
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I've learnt from my failures and successes and valued the role of supervision in my work life. Making space to intentionally reflect on practice, with someone outside your work context, is an invaluable time of growth.
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Your time and energy is important and I want to support you to grow in your role - to reflect with freedom and safety.
Feel welcome to contact me and explore if we could work well together.
What is pastoral supervision?
Supervision can provide a place to be nurtured and extended - to explore the messy intersection of faith, life and work in a way that is theologically and psychologically informed.
It seeks to provide a safe, intentional space for you to reflect on your practice thoughtfully and honestly - confidentially with someone from outside your regular context.
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Ministry is complex and challenging. Supervision can provide clarity and renewed purpose. You set the agenda for our meetings and we work together to explore a way forward.
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Feel welcome to give me a call for a free conversation to see if you think we could work well together.
The purpose in a person's heart is like deep water, but a person of understanding will draw it out.(Solomon)
Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are. (Jose Ortega Y Gasset)
I can only answer the question, 'What am I to do?' if I can answer the prior question, 'Of what story do I find myself a part?' (Alisdair Macintyre)
The Word became flesh . . . and dwelt among us . . . full of grace and truth. (Gospel of John)
It is a mistake to think there are times when you can safely address a person without love. (Leo Tolstoy)
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'Pastoral Supervision is a relationship characterised by trust, confidentiality, support and openness that gives the supervisee freedom and safety to explore the issues arising in their work.'
Jane Leach and Michael Paterson, Pastoral Supervision: A Handbook, p. 10.