Intervision - a neat variation on supervision for managers and coaches

I learned a new word today - ‘intervision’. Any ideas what it means? Well, according to my friend and colleague Dominic Godat, it’s a form of supervision in a group setting.

Supervision, in this sense, is when a group of managers (or coaches or therapists) gather together to get advice and guidance on the current issues and cases that are exercising them.

And with intervision, instead of a supervisor providing the expertise on your issue, the wisdom comes from your fellow participants. That’s to say it’s ‘inter’ - or between – the people involved. The facilitator still retains the role of keeping the discussions structured and on track.