Puget Sound Coaches Association

ICF Core Competency #1 · Meeting Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards

Understanding of coaching ethics and standards and ability to apply them appropriately in all coaching situations.

  1. Understands and exhibits in own behaviors the ICF Standards of Conduct (see list),
  2. Understands and follows all ICF Ethical Guidelines (see list),
  3. Clearly communicates the distinctions between coaching, consulting, psychotherapy and other support professions,
  4. Refers client to another support professional as needed, knowing when this is needed and the available resources.

NOTE: Each competency listed has a definition and related behaviors. Behaviors are classified as either those that should always be present and visible in any coaching interaction (in regular font), or those that are called for in certain coaching situations and, therefore, not always visible in any one coaching interaction (in italics).

 

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