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 861: R and R
Claire writes: “One video that stands out for me is from a holiday in the USA about 18 years ago. Two excited girls shouting ‘summer’s over’. It sounded very like ‘summer’s awesome’! I’m back at work, and although I didn’t read as much as I had planned, I thought...
3D Ideas 860: Permission
Claire writes: “I wrote about partnership a few blog posts ago. This question is on my mind a lot: what is great partnership in a conversation? Permission is needed for partnership or else I am doing the leading. Is it useful to…? is a great question. More...
3D Ideas 859: Which Way is Forward?
Claire writes: “It’s the little things that teach the most useful lessons. We will do a video on this one - meanwhile, let me try and describe it in words. If coaching is a process in which people move forward in their thinking, generally we need, in our minds, to be...
3D Ideas 858: Whose Problem?
Clare T writes: “My son is in the process of thinking through if University is his best next step. Being armed with all the information and doing a thorough pros and cons analysis of each option is of course a priority. However, this is only part of the picture....
3D Ideas 857: Hope
Claire writes: “Often on Transforming Conversations people say ‘I haven’t got any more problems to bring’. It’s interesting how quickly we assume that 1-1 conversations are to solve problems. They are equally useful to grow, develop and build on positive learning!...
3D Ideas 856: Too many words
Claire writes: “Last week’s post was about how holding onto the ball in a conversation can interrupt someone’s thinking. Using too many words has the same effect. I notice that the more words I use, the more I look like an expert - and the less work you do. Less is...
3D Ideas 855: Catching the Ball
Claire writes: “We have just been camping when there are always ball games to play with our small people. There is nothing more irritating when you’re playing a game of catch than when the other person doesn’t throw the ball back! Everyone who is playing is an equal...
Appointments – where do you begin?
Su writes: "When we do work around the discernment and appointments process, we look at a simple model to ensure that the focus is in the right place. It's easy - very easy - to get caught up in the anxieties of what the next post might be: anxieties around the...
3D Ideas 854: Who has the power?
Claire writes: “We have run a few courses in the last month where organisations are hoping that a coaching style will enable people to pass on responsibility and knowledge in their encounters with others. The challenge is that people do what they normally do when they...