THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY ETHICAL COACHES

THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY ETHICAL COACHES

Beth L. Buelow, PCCWed, May 6, 2020ICF Michigan Charter Chapter

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Beth L. Buelow, PCCBeth is committed to supporting leaders and their teams in creating a positive culture of communication and connection. As a coach, mediator, and facilitator with more than a decade of coaching experience, Beth’s clients have ranged from leaders in international organizations to intrapreneurs to entrepreneurs.

She specializes in mentor coaching, conflict resolution, and interpersonal communication. Her podcast, “How Can I Say This…”, has reached listeners in more than 75 countries since it launched in August 2018. Beth is the author of The Introvert Entrepreneur: Amplify Your Strengths and Create Success on Your Own Terms (Penguin Random House, 2015).

Beth is a proud inviteChange graduate and currently serves as Training/Education Chair and President-Elect for ICF Michigan.

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ESTABLISHING CONTEXT…The ICF Code of Ethics applies when ICF Professionals represent themselves as such, in any kind of coaching-related interaction. This is regardless of whether a coaching Relationship has been established.

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BASELINE ETHICAL HABITS Accurately represents training, credentials and certifications, expertise, experience, costs, methodologies.

Honors confidentiality at every level possible

Continually engages in active learning and growth as a professional

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PRACTICES TRANSPARENCY1. Communicates (has!) policies about

data collection and handling2. Mindful of conflicts of interest3. Establishes clear expectations of self

and client4. Discusses what coaching is + isn’t5. Has clear agreements with client,

sponsor, other system partners about scope + what’s in/out of the container

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1 PRACTICES TRANSPARENCY

How do you establish the coaching scope –before, during, and after the coaching partnership – so that boundaries and expectations are clear?

What about yourself (personal info, beliefs, experiences, biases, expertise, etc.) do you disclose if it’s in service to the client and the coaching partnership?

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1. Establishes clear and consistent pricing policies, communicates them openly, enforces when necessary

2. Incorporates values-aligned and thoughtful pro bono work

3. Keeps in mind their peers and profession when establishing rates

2BALANCES ACCESSIBILITY WITH WORTH

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2 BALANCES ACCESSIBILITY WITH WORTH

What is your intentional services strategy that will give you space to offer pro bono and paid coaching in a way that honors your goals?

When establishing your rates, how do you reconcile your own experience, the value of coaching to your clients, and your place in the coaching constellation?

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1. Considers the individual in the context of their systemic reality

2. Understands how the coach is part of the system

3. Is willing to work with the client to name and navigate system challenges

MINDFUL OF THE SYSTEM3

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What is your personal responsibility for understanding systems your client is part of and systemic relationships in general?

How do you intentionally integrate discovery of the client’s system into the coaching partnership?

MINDFUL OF THE SYSTEM3

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1. Remembers that it’s a mutual selection process

2. Stays true to their style and personality

3. Assumes mutual responsibility and accountability

4. Implements sustainable coaching and business practices

CO-CREATES & CO-OWNS4

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What conditions need to be present to set yourself up for success as a coach in a coaching partnership?

What level of prep (research, record keeping, etc) do you think is appropriate to do before and during the partnership?

CO-CREATES & CO-OWNS4

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1. Willing to make challenging choices in order to be aligned with personal and professional values

2. Judiciously conducts research3. Works from an abundance mindset

ALIGNED WITH P/P VALUES5

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What of your core values are to be honored in any and every coaching and business circumstance?

What care do you take with partnership/clients that might activate you?

ALIGNED WITH P/P VALUES5

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1. Does their own work2. Knows who they are as a coach and how

to communicate that3. Acknowledges ”coach creep”4. Has evolving awareness and curiosity

about personal biases and privilege

GROUNDED IN SELF-AWARENESS6

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What underlying motivations sustain you as a coach?

What practices do you have that keep your core motivations and intentions alive, healthy, and evolving?

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1. Challenges any assumptions about self and clients2. Notices how they “hold” the client (W/C/R)3. Coaches in service to the client above all else4. Willingness for things to get messy

PUSHES THE EDGES7

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7Are you willing to ask the question that might get you fired?

What edges are you willing to push in order to set your client up for their greatest success?

PUSHES THE EDGES

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ETHICS CCE COURSE REQUIREMENT

All ICF Credential-holders are required to demonstrate completion of at least three Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units in the area of coaching ethics to be eligible for renewal of their ICF Credentials. As a special service, ICF Global and the ICF Ethics Community of Practice have developed a complimentary ethics training course that, upon completion, will guarantee three ethics CCE units.

coachfederation.org/ethics-cce-course

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ETHICS WATER COOLER CONVERSATION & COP

Every month, the Ethics Water Cooler Conversation offers an open forum style of conversation around coaching ethics. These calls are free of charge and open to all coaches (ICF Members and non-members) in two languages (English and German).

ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice (CP) is a virtual group of coaches who share best practices, emerging trends, tools and tips in the area of coaching ethics.

coachfederation.org/icf-ethics

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ETHICS HOTLINE & FAQ

[email protected]

1.859.226.4245

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