by Amanda Ridings, CSA Accredited Supervisor: This is a book for our times. It is for leaders, coaches and other practitioners who are searching for inspiration as they reflect on their leadership experiences and practice. It is a collection of fifty two short pieces, written to invite you to connect with similar moments in your own life and work and to consider them more probingly. The book is meant to be read slowly – it is a written ‘thought for the week’. The narratives are prompted by the author’s personal experiences and by thought-provoking themes brought to her attention by her executive coaching clients or by events in the world. Many of them highlight the ‘gap’ between our leadership aspirations and our ability to live up to them, and gently challenge the reader to hold themselves to account and to tackle this disparity. Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to make contact with their finest leadership spirit, and to anchor their choices in it.

by Gill Graves, CSA Accredited Supervisor : You want to go into team coaching – but what is your role as a team coach, and which coaching approach is right for you? Based on Gill Graves’ experience as a team coach, her own research and acclaimed coaching skills workshops, this book offers a proven framework for your team coaching practice. It’s packed with insights and practical resources ready to use immediately to enhance your team coaching skills. Learn about: Team coaching fundamentals – what is it and what distinguishes it from other team interventions The three phases of team coaching – and what to look out for at each one Real-life insights from practitioners – what typically happens in sessions and how to structure and run assignments Self-care and supervision – how to manage the demands and challenges of your role Standing out in the crowd – create your own distinct ‘brand’ of team coaching

by CSA Accredited Supervisor Anna Springett is a fully illustrated book of poetry, with every poem accompanied by an original watercolour by 15-year-old artist Bethia Erin Rose. The poetry by Anna Erika Springett is arranged in three chapters, which in turn explore the ideas of Courage, Kindness, and Curiosity, what it means to live with (and sometimes without) these qualities, and how it feels to move towards and embrace each of them. Every poem has been written from real, lived human experience, be that the author’s own and those observed or shared with her by others. Each section is full of heart and soul, both deep-diving and lightly-treading: What does it mean to be brave, have a voice, feel difficult emotion? How can I unreservedly express kindness to myself, others, and the earth? What are the questions I dare to ask, the edges I might move towards? How can I cultivate a truly open mind and heart? Poetry has the power to connect us tenderly with our own human experience, enabling access to parts of ourselves that are inviting attention. The author’s hope is that the three sections of Courage, Kindness and Curiosity will support the reader as an individual on their own path of discovery, as well as providing a resource for professionals working with clients in coaching, therapy or supervision.

Superviser de Cœur à Cœur by Anne Berthelin, Elaine Patterson, Agathe Potel, Kathryn Prentice, Jean-Francois Thiriet and Pascale Venara Published in September 2023, this fabulous book is co-authored by no less than 6 CSA Supervisors! Written in French and beautifully illustrated, the book offers hope and inspiration for supervisors, coaches, and facilitators seeking to make a positive impact in their practice and the world around them. Unlike many other books on supervision that focus on "knowing," "know-how," and "behavioural know-how," this book distinguishes itself by exploring the profound dimension of "being human together." It draws on recent research on empathy, compassion, creative intelligence, and embodiment to offer a relationship-centred and heart-based approach.

Reflect to Create! is a holistic philosophy and set of reflective practices designed to free your innate creativity and humanity to craft wise, compassionate and skillful leadership, professional practice and supervision. Explored through the metaphor of the dance and brought alive by nearly two hundred practices, this book invites you, the reader, to reflect, learn, and create anew for inspired living and great work. Based on the author’s research, her own story, and the latest thinking in such diverse spheres as relational dynamics, mindfulness, adult learning, creativity, systems thinking, psychology, and the arts Reflect to Create! helps you to achieve crafted change by first owning your own humanity. Elaine Patterson is an international Executive Coach and Coaching Supervisor, Reflective Thinking Partner and Writer at the Centre for Reflection and Creativity Ltd. Her vision is to bring the creative powers of reflection – and reflective learning – to an international audience of leaders and people professionals for wise living and working in today’s constantly changing world. Contact Elaine Patterson to purchase: elaine@reflect2create.com

Nature’s Way, by Karyn Prentice , will be the reader’s year-long companion guiding you season by season through the language and lens of Mother Nature's ever-changing cycle and with the evocative metaphor of the garden. Whether you have a window box or acres of land, a small cultivated garden or prefer public parks and forests this book encourages you to reflect on and rejuvenate the garden that is your life and to work with its beauty as a daily practice for the head, heart, and soul. It is packed with ideas and practical, tried- and- tested effective approaches based on over 20 years of experience working with individuals globally in offices and in real parks and gardens. Draw inspiration by discovering the essence, qualities and quintessential practices for each turn of the seasonal cycle, including weekly walks through the seasons, ‘teacup’ goals and views from the hedgerow. Deepen your own inner wisdom and insight in this place of real exploration as you prune seed, grow and honour the life you want leaning into Nature as a true teacher and inspiration to re-greening the soul. Contact Karyn Prentice to purchase: karyn@fletcherprentice.com

Nicholas Janni’s award winning book ‘Leader as Healer’, powerfully supports coaches and supervisors’ work with leaders. CSA trained supervisors support the development of this level of ‘holistic intelligence’, in their work with leaders and coaches: ‘We need to reintegrate our physical, emotional, and transpersonal natures back into our work lives… To face the scope and threats of 21st-century challenges, today’s leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment, and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied; grounded and therefore intuitive. They must be skilled in mindfulness and deep listening; present and receptive to higher levels of insight and innovation; able to inspire authentic engagement and collaboration; and possess a clear and wholehearted sense of service, mission, and purpose. Leadership development must therefore at a minimum embrace the following key strands: Practice Embodiment It is no secret that great ideas coming during physical activity, from cardio to yoga. Practicing this embodiment three to four times a week, even just a walk in nature, can quite literally bring you back to your senses. Making time in the week to pay attention to your sense of physicality will help you strengthen your presence and intuition. Do this as much as possible – before and after zoom meetings for instance. You will feel and come over as much more Present Emotional integration Stifling emotions at work is creating unpredictable behaviour and negatively impacts on productivity. We need to understand that there is no such a thing as ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ emotion, and we don’t need to ‘fix it’. Create safe circumstances with colleagues to acknowledge emotions at work, be that fear, sadness, anger, or joy. Mindfulness Practicing mindfulness throughout the day expands one’s bandwidth of perception and deepens the capacity for embodied presence. You can use sensations of breathing and your feet touching the ground to as inner anchors of attention. Mindfulness is about learning to pay inner and outer attention at the same time. As you apply this practice, you will notice how much more present you feel and how much better you listen.’ Nicholas Janni Available now on Amazon: https://amzn.to/45Nmutw "Highly recommended" Edna Murdoch, Co-founder CSA

by Elaine Patterson: This Workbook has been designed to introduce you to the 7Cs and to give you – and your clients – a structure to capture your insights, reflections, learning and next steps to bring our "Humanity@Work". The 7C's are our 7 human capacities or qualities for Care, Courage, Curiosity, Compassion, Connection, Creativityand Contemplation for Working Wisely in turbulent times. Each quality will be described and defined in greater detail, together with key inquiries to help bring each quality alive. The journey starts with embracing our own vulnerability and humanity. Our work together is to explore how you can bring more of these qualities to life for yourself, your teams and your work. Journaling as you work through the 7 capacities is a very helpful way to capture your deeper reflections and inquiries. A reflective self-assessment map is provided at the end of this section to help you to identify the capacities and qualities which you would like to invite into your life. Contact Elaine Patterson to purchase: elaine@reflect2create.com

Inspired by the author's own story, Choir of Brave Voices is a light-hearted, yet transformational, seasonal journey connecting back to the unique part of you- creativity. Finding the courage to think and speak from our most authentic 'Brave Voice' calms stress, deepens reflection, widens perspectives, and increases mental, emotional, and physical resourcefulness. Challenges, changes, and choices are life's constants and approaching them with courage, authenticity and creativity makes all the difference. Choir of Brave Voices offers the reader a safe place to start. The book is an invitation to play with creative curiosity. This is explored through art and poetry in seasonal chapters and is accompanied by insights and prompts for reflection. Working with both nature and creativity opens a wealth of perspectives, ideas, possibilities, and solutions. Whether you are looking for starting points for your own reflection or journaling, or ways of bringing more creativity, courage and authenticity into your work and life, this treasure trove has something for you.  Whoever you are and whatever your profession, when you align your rational and practical mind with your creative and present mind, magic happens. Available on Amazon.co.uk or directly from Gillian at https://www.bravevoicebooks.com where you can use the discount voucher CSA5