{"id":3876,"date":"2013-03-13T06:03:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T06:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:18:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:18:58","slug":"clear-agreements-or-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/clear-agreements-or-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Agreements or Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/ethics\/code-of-ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICF Code of Ethics<\/a> states, \u201cI will have clear agreements or contracts with my clients and sponsor(s).\u00a0 I will honor all agreements or contracts made in the context of professional coaching relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agreements coaches use vary widely and there are some who use a verbal agreement only.\u00a0 A written agreement is called for in coaching.\u00a0 When working with a sponsor there is an agreement or contract with the sponsor and an agreement with the client or the person coached.<\/p>\n<p>Key considerations for the agreements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describing the nature of coaching and the role of the coach<\/li>\n<li>Defining the parameters of confidentiality<\/li>\n<li>Record keeping policies<\/li>\n<li>Outlining the where and when of coaching sessions<\/li>\n<li>Length of the relationship<\/li>\n<li>Contact between sessions<\/li>\n<li>Fees and payment policy<\/li>\n<li>Cancellation policy<\/li>\n<li>Conflicts of Interest<\/li>\n<li>Code of Ethics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Resources for examples of agreements include the ICF, many coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">training programs<\/a>, and websites of individual coaches or coaching companies.<\/p>\n<p>Ethically and legally a coach is accountable to the agreement.\u00a0 When establishing a coaching relationship, it is the responsibility of the coach to ensure there is a clear agreement.<\/p>\n<p>An agreement and Code of Ethics are foundational to the professionalism of coaching and to establishing trust in the coaching relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ICF Code of Ethics states, \u201cI will have clear agreements or contracts with my clients and sponsor(s).\u00a0 I will honor all agreements or contracts &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[70,69,77,48,45,75,86,55,81,49,80,88,115,87,79],"class_list":["post-3876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-business-development","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-coaching-agreement","tag-coaching-certification","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-code-of-ethics","tag-core-competency","tag-effective-coaching","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-professional-coach","tag-skills","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3876"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10756,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3876\/revisions\/10756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}