Five Reflective Touchstones To Foster Supervisor Humility

Widely valued as a fundamental human virtue, and associated with many positive qualities and outcomes, humility has been proposed to be a foundational quality underpinning good supervision practice. This paper endorses its value and addresses the question: what might be needed to inform and support our cultivation of humility as supervisors? Five reflective touchstones are presented and explored, reviewing relevant theoretical and research literature, and offering key reflective questions for supervisors within each of the five areas. It is suggested that regular engagement with these reflective touchstones can support a commitment to develop humility in supervision practice.