PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR HR
HR Supervision
THE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT EVERYONE ELSE
Are you or your team:
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Navigating complex situations, competing demands or difficult decisions?
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Carrying the emotional impact of supporting others?
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Looking for dedicated time to reflect, learn and grow professionally?
What is HR supervision
HR supervision is confidential and independent professional support designed specifically for HR and People professionals.
It provides a structured reflective space to step back from the pressures of your role and think more deeply about the situations you are facing.
Regular supervision gives you dedicated time to:
Think through complex situations and difficult decisions
Reflect on experience and strengthen your professional practice
Consider different perspectives and develop your professional judgement
Process the emotional impact of your work and sustain your wellbeing
I looked forward to every session, knowing it would be meaningful.
We underestimate the power of being asked the right question at the right time. Having an experienced, empathic, clinical professional delivering supervision who sits outside an organisation is critical. I have left every supervision session with some key takeaways to reflect upon and work through until the next session.
I cannot recommend this process highly enough and it should form a part of training budgets for HR/People professionals.
SJ
Director of HR
HR supervision in their own words
TM
Chief People Officer, professional services
“My supervision sessions have been invaluable"
My supervision sessions have been invaluable. They provide me with dedicated time to pause and reflect, which is rare and essential in a senior HR role. These sessions have strengthened my ability to remain calm, objective and focused in challenging circumstances.
SE
HR Director, publishing sector
“A genuine outlet to explore my reactions”
The sessions gave me a genuine outlet to explore my reactions and emotions to events and situations, allowing time and space to self-reflect. I came out of the sessions feeling more in control and calmer, with some significant breakthroughs in relationships at work.
EL
Head of People and Culture
“HR Supervision has been a game changer”
“HR supervision has been a game changer. Things I have carried throughout my career, while disregarding their emotional impact, have been explored and processed—helping me to help others more. I can unburden myself, see the wood for the trees and be more effective.”
How it works
Your prescription for resilience
Gain clarity
We put our heads together in an extended strategy session to explore your burnout indicators, gain clarity and generate your unique burnout profile.
Rebound
Over your three-month journey your dedicated coach will guide you through evidence-based techniques to rebound from burnout and restore balance.
Build resilience
We will support you through our online course as you rebuild resilience and say goodbye to burnout. For good!
How does supervision work?
Supervision isn't about your supervisor providing the answers or telling you what to do. It gives you structured time to slow things down, reflect and explore situations from different perspectives.
Stronger judgement & professional growth
Explore complex situations and ethical dilemmas from different perspectives, strengthening your judgement and professional capability.
Reflection & emotional recovery
Space to process the emotional impact of demanding experiences and protect your wellbeing.
Consistent expert support
Regular, confidential time with a trained supervisor to explore challenges and reflect on your practice.
Psychological expertise, designed for HR
Our approach to HR supervision draws on established models of professional supervision, psychological theory and our research into the mental wellbeing of HR professionals.
Clinical psychology and supervision expertise
Our supervisors are experienced clinical psychologists who have undertaken training and professional development in supervision.
Designed around you
Sessions are shaped around your role, experience and goals, as well as the situations you are dealing with at the time.
Independent and Confidential: A confidential space, independent of your organisation, where you can speak openly, think clearly and explore difficult situations without judgement.
HR supervision options
1-1 HR supervision
Dedicated support, focused on you.
1-1 supervision offers the privacy and individual focus to explore complex situations, strengthen your professional practice and attend to the personal impact of your role.
Our standard approach is:
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12 monthly one-hour sessions
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A consistent supervisor who gets to know you and your professional context
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Sessions shaped around your role, current challenges and development
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Full access to our Essential Resilience e-learning programme
Supervision works best when it becomes a regular part of professional practice. We can also offer shorter packages where these are more appropriate to individual or organisational needs.
Team HR supervision
Shared reflection. Stronger teams.
Team supervision gives HR and People teams dedicated time to think together, work through live challenges and learn from different perspectives.
It provides a structured space for shared reflection and peer learning rather than simply a forum for seeking advice.
Our standard approach is:
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12 monthly 90-minute online sessions
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A closed, consistent group of four to eight participants
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Sessions shaped around the team's current challenges and development needs
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Shared reflection, peer learning and practical psychological tools
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Full access to our Essential Resilience e-learning programme for every participant
Supervision works best when it becomes a regular part of the team's professional practice. We can also offer shorter packages where these are more appropriate to organisational needs.
