Duty of Care in Coaching

Grounded in primary and evidence-based research, this book is the first to investigate and provide guidance on navigating contemporary challenges that coaches, supervisors, educators, and organisations experience in achieving ethical best practice and legal responsibility. This book addresses the complexities and difficulties of ensuring ethical best practice and duty of care in coaching, acting as an essential handbook for all those associated with and working in the field. Each chapter provides practical and crucial tips and insights and informs the reader on how to build ethical best practices in coaching, covering topics such as contracts and terms of engagement, setting ethical boundaries and limits, developing ethical maturity as a coach, and exploring contemporary systemic challenges in coaching. Coaches from all disciplines in coaching, educators, supervisors, organisations using coaching, academics, and researchers will find this book an invaluable resource.

Dr. Benita Mayhead is an experienced executive coach, coaching supervisor, and facilitator of leadership development initiatives. She holds a doctorate in coaching and mentoring and lectures on ethics and duty of care in postgraduate programmes. She is a Global Master Practitioner coach with EMCC and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). With over 30 years' experience and a background in learning and development, Benita has built a strong reputation through her expertise and impact. Alongside her private practice, Benita services as a board director for EMCC U.K. and is actively involved in helping shape and develop coaching, mentoring, and coaching supervision in today's world.

Introduction 1. Duty of Care in Coaching and Shifting Sands of Change 2. Building Understanding of Duty of Care in Coaching 3. Boundaries and Standards in Coaching 4. Contracting as a Coach 5. Care and Coaching; Developing Ethical Maturity 6. Endings in Coaching 7. Adopting a Systemic Lens to Duty of Care in Coaching 8. Coaching Supervision; Navigating the Rifts and Tensions 9. Bringing it Together: Putting Good Practice in to Practice 10. Research Overview