supervision

The article outlines the heterogeneous contexts, in which local government politicians (m/f/d) move, and shows the diverse challenges they face today. Against this background, the author phrases requirements for supervision, coaching, conflict and...

Starting from the absolute catastrophe of the apocalypse, a concept of finitude is sought to explore the no man’s land between past and present. The question of survival against the backdrop of numerous societal crises becomes a problem for future...

Climate change pushes humanity into a dilemma: transformation »by design or by disaster«? Transformation will happen, by one way or the other. May supervision as a social support system remain abstinent? Can it? We don’t think so: we have to...

Municipalities have a key function in overcoming the democratic crisis. The complex requirements of democratic decision-making processes place high demands on the actors involved. Professional consulting, coaching and supervision can make an...

Supervision offers the opportunity to reflect on difficult work experiences. For this purpose – depending on the situation and topic – different methods are used. This paper deals with the relevance of the social psychological research methods...

The controlled and disciplined communication of diplomatic services and the self-enlightening intentions of »Supervision«1 seem to contradict each other – just like the emphasized practicality of diplomacy aimed at rapid ability to act and...

With two examples from his counselling practice, the author illustrates his concept of reflected partiality in counselling, developed over the last two decades, which makes a selectively self-disclosing way of working seem sensible. Both examples...

Drawing on the experiences of a trainer and consultant in the diplomatic field, it raises the question of how supervision and diplomacy can learn from each other. Although there are commonalities, especially regarding the importance of managing the...

The author pleads for a stronger discourse about the meaning, the costs and the consequences of the Ukraine War. He draws a line to the practice of supervision and demands to give information about one’s own self-understanding and understanding of...