Who is Who?
The individual or team/group being coached.
Who is the Client?
A set of guidelines that helps coaches navigate their journey with integrity and purpose.
What is the ICF Code of Ethics?
The ethical obligation of a coach to keep information shared by a client during coaching sessions private.
What is Confidentiality?
When a person or organization has multiple connections or stakes and serving one could potentially compromise or bias their judgment or actions in another.
What is a Conflict of Interest?
The entity paying for and/or arranging the coaching services to be provided.
Who is the Sponsor?
A collaborative process in which a coach helps a client identify and achieve specific personal or professional goals by fostering self-discovery and action.
What is Coaching?
The way the coach and client establish the foundational understandings and expectations of the coaching relationship.
What is a Coaching Agreement?
Ethical conduct, management of boundaries and stakeholder/sponsor expectations, and identification of potential conflicts of interest between the role of the coach and other roles they may have within an organization.
What are Responsibilities for Internal Coaches?
An individual employed within an organization who coaches the employees.
What is an Internal Coach?
A collaborative, results-oriented partnership between a coach and a client focused on personal or professional growth.
What is a Professional Coaching Relationship?
Asking and receiving permission from your client to engage in specific actions, such as sharing confidential information.
What is Obtaining Express Permission from Your Client?
The next step when bias or circumstances impair or interfere with the coach's performance or coaching relationship.
What is Seek Relevant Professional Support?
A Greek physician/philosopher who emphasized ethical conduct in medicine.
Who is Hippocrates?
A written document explaining the terms of the coaching engagement including roles, responsibilities and the rights of all involved.
What is a Coaching Contract?
Leadership, HR professionals, client colleagues, other physicians and providers.
What are Other Relationships to be Aware of?
The next step for the client when support other than through coaching is appropriate.
What is Refer a Client to Another Support Professional?