This report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development highlights the need for greater use of supervision of coaches in the workplace, and the development of good practice coaching supervision. Despite a dramatic growth in the use of coaching in organisations in recent years, very few organisations are using coaching supervision to support their coaches and to get the best value from their coaching services.According to the research, less than half of coaches say they are receiving regular supervision, and less than a quarter of organisations who use coaching are providing coaching supervision. Despite this limited use of coaching supervision, the picture has improved significantly in recent years, with 58% of those coaches receiving supervision having begun the process in the last two years. Supervision is really only beginning to be established in the coaching profession, but it can yield enormous benefits for coaches, for their clients and for the organisations which employ them.
COUNCILS SLOW TO TAKE UP CENTRALIZED ADDRESS SYSTEM
The Centre for Economics and Business Research Ltd in a new report shows that local government could save more than 54 m pounds each year if councils adopted the National and Local Land and Property Gazetteer. This is a centralised system of addressing initiated by local government to join up address data across England and Wales.
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YOUNG PEOPLE LACK RESPECT FOR POLITICIANS
Only one percent of young people respect politicians according to research by the Local Government Association. The same number chose their dog. The research was carried out in preparation for Local Democracy Week starting on Monday 16th October, when a wide range of people and organisations will seek to get young people involved and invigorated in local and national politics.