Developing Leadership Excellence

Preface

Professional supervision underpins the very essence of allied health, social work, psychology, and the business and human service arenas. It is the cornerstone of our work that enables professionals to debrief and strengthen every aspect of their role. When supervision is present, it assists a practitioner to refuel on a regular basis, cope with the many complexities that are present and use the supervisory conversation as a debriefing mechanism. Without it, rates of fatigue and burnout continue to increase throughout many professions (Tsui, 2005). In the UK, United States, Australia and other countries, many staff in professional or clinical roles have access to professional supervision; however, human resource, administration and ...