Feeling pressurised to reveal client information is one of the top 10 ethical dilemmas for internal coaches, finds research by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).
Other dilemmas include coaches knowing something about the client’s future that the client doesn’t – and not being able to tell them – and coaches being told by a client about inappropriate behaviour – such as harassment – by someone in the organisation but the coach having to maintain confidentiality.
“The results provide a vivid picture of the dilemmas internal coaches are facing today. They also highlight the range of arrangements organisations are offering for training and supporting their internal coaches,” said Katharine St John-Brooks, a member of the EMCC’s Ethics Committee who led the research.
St John-Brooks will present the research at the EMCC’s conference in The Netherlands on 26-28 November. She will also reveal how the EMCC plans to help organisations make their internal coaching effort more effective.
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