The AC Podcast 258: Navigating the Complexities of Identity, Power, and Inclusion in Coaching Supervision
Can we truly make coaching spaces inclusive? This powerful closing episode of our Coaching Supervision Uncovered series invites you into a dynamic panel conversation on the role of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in coaching supervision. Host Helen O’Grady is joined by master coaches Shruti Sonthalia, Dumi Magadlela and Claire Pedrick as they unpack how supervision can become a sacred space for reflection, authenticity, and growth.
Together, they explore how supervisors can model courage, examine safety, shame and co-design spaces where vulnerability becomes a strength rather than a risk. The conversation dives deeply into identity, systemic, cultural and continental context - highlighting the ways power dynamics and intersectionality shape supervision relationships. By weaving personal insights with practical reflections, the panellists show how re-humanisation, presence, and recognition of interconnectedness can unlock truly inclusive coaching spaces. As the series finale, this episode is both a celebration of what has been uncovered and an open invitation to continue the dialogue on inclusion as a living, co-created process.
You will learn:
· How to hold supervision as a sacred space that enables authentic reflection and growth
· Why vulnerability, courage, and cultural awareness are essential to inclusivity.
· Practical ways supervisors can co-create inclusive environments that allow coaches to come as they are
'We can’t declare that a space is safe. We also can’t declare that a space is inclusive because as the supervisor, that’s not our decision.'
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