The International Coaching Federation defines client and coach, then provides the standards for confidentiality. What is said between the coach and the client is confidential. …
Coach Transparency About Confidentiality
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Coach Transparency About Conflicts of Interest
The International Coach Federation’s Code of Ethics specifically addresses avoiding and disclosing conflicts of interest: “I will seek to avoid conflicts of interest and potential …
Coach Transparency About Ethics
The Code of Ethics from the International Coach Federation is essential for coaching – both for how the coach operates and for how the client …
Transparency About Coaching
When someone is considering engaging with a coach for the first time, they often want more information about the benefits. Basically, the new client is …
Coach Transparency About Education and Experience
The Code of Ethics from the International Coaching Federation includes a guideline for coaches to be honest about their experience and their coach training. Specifically …
Transparency in Coaching
How does transparency apply in coaching? Transparency is essential for ethical behavior in the coaching profession. When discussing the Code of Ethics during coach training …
Client Summary When Coaching is Complete
At the completion of the coaching relationship there is tremendous value in reviewing the goals the client set throughout, their progress, and their successes. This …
Summaries of Coaching Notes: Goals, Progress, Successes
What other ways do coaching notes get used? During the coaching relationship, coaching notes provide the records from which a coach can extract the defined …
Providing Coaching Notes
What are the benefits for the client of the coach providing notes with the client? The notes mean the client has an overview of the …
Confidentiality
Coaching confidentiality is owed to the client – which is different than to the company or sponsor of the coaching. The ICF provides these definitions …