Ethics
All the professional bodies have their own ethics codes – ICF, EMCC, Association for Coaching … and then you add that to the complexity of working in organisations where there are lots of questions and no easy answers.

2021 Ethics Special
This is a brilliant bumper episode from The Coaching Inn

Ethicability by Roger Steare
Everyone should read this - there’s just enough in it to really help us ask the ethical questions.

Masterclass 2.8 Ethics
Ethics is in everything, listen to this masterclass with Claire Pedrick MCC.

In conversation with Kirsty Elderton - Disaster Ethics
Claire Pedrick MCC is talking to Kirsty Elderton about disaster ethics
What do you need to be thinking about?
Scenario, Clients, Action & Reflection
Other useful Resources
3D Ideas 870: Edible Worms
Claire writes: “People tell us what to say, or how to work with them! We teach that all the time, and it’s always great to be emailed some feedback with one of your examples. Thank you Claire Banham: The lady I was coaching yesterday decided that, as we were in the...
3D Ideas 869: Time Lag
Claire writes: “It maybe that I am a bit preoccupied with stuff at the moment, but I seem to have stumbled over a useful idea. Several times recently family or colleagues have brought something big to a conversation when I wasn’t expecting it. Every time I have...
3D Ideas 868: Mentoring
It’s interesting to notice how much work we are doing teaching some simple coaching principles in organisations - to mentors - and also to managers doing appraisal/review. It makes a difference. Claire is off to Prague this week to share some of the learning at the...
3D Ideas 867: Big Red Ball
Claire writes: “Last week in training, we invited people to do a quick picture/diagram to review the last year for an appraisal/review conversation. Their colleague was invited to say what they noticed. It’s so tempting to describe what you see. The most value comes...
3D Ideas 866 Who Does The Work? 2
Claire writes: “Partnership is the area where I am doing most learning this year. There will be a whole chapter about it in the book (Simplifying Coaching [McGraw Hill] - coming out December 2020). In a one to one, the concept of partnership brings great insights...
3D Ideas 865: Teflon
Claire writes: “I’ve just come back from a residential week in the Yorkshire Dales where people mid-career were reflecting on where they are, and how and what might be different in the next phase of their work. Like in a series of conversations, most of the insights...
3D Ideas 864: What can only I do?
Without doubt, the best way to escalate our learning as coaches is to watch coaching as much as it is to practice it. It is in the noticing chair where we notice all the things we miss when we are focusing on asking quality questions! If you're trained as a coach with...
3D Ideas 863: What’s it for?
Claire writes: “Our job is to have conversations where people want to move forward. They come to these conversations for all kinds of reasons. Some don’t know why they have come. When they do, it seems to be one of these. They come: with a particular thing to...
3D Ideas 862: Closed Questions
Claire writes: “Open questions encourage people to talk. Closed questions can be answered by yes or no. The books say that in coaching we should be asking open questions. I totally agree with that… except when closed questions are better! If the person I am talking...