Know Thyself
As coaches, the authors believe we need to understand our values and the alignment of our personal and professional values so we can develop awareness of how these influence our approach to coaching, as well as the questions we ask and why. They write that our values can bias our practices, by bringing in a subjective bias or slant that influences the questions we ask and process we follow. This self-knowledge forms the basis of an ethical practice, one, which can be developed through a reflective practice.
Applications of Ethics in the Field
The book on this important subject is written using a simple, straight forward approach with examples that support the authors’ ideas. The authors explore the application of an ethical practice in different coaching arenas such as business, coaching training, sports, and healthcare in the United Kingdom. Having a lot of experience in healthcare, I particularly appreciated their perspectives on the changing approach to attitudes of healthcare professionals in their work with patients, shifting at times from a “doing to” patients to a partnering of “doing with” patients. They believe there is a role for both approaches and a need to understand when to use each one. Similarly, they discuss the value of internal and external coaches in all organizations and the different value each can bring to an organization.
An ethical practice should be something every professional coach sets intention around and continually focuses on developing in all aspects of their profession. This book provides an excellent foundation from which a coach can learn and develop an ethical approach to their profession dealing with clients, colleagues and others to ensure they are respectful of themselves and others at all times, ensuring they provide support that is confidential and meets the needs of the client.
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