I believe that people are:
- Creative and innovative
- Resilient
- Created in the Imagio Deo and have inherent dignity and equality
In light of these I will therefore:
- Assume that people have the ability to organize their lives and to be effective if given the right support.
- Assume that people know best as to what they need.
- Engage people with respect.
- Allow them to be masters of their own destiny.
- Challenge individuals to tap into their reservoir of inner strength and creativity.
- Engage people with tenacity and not accept excuses or justifications that demean a person’s own abilities.
I believe that leaders:
- Are developed not born.
- Primarily are about shaping values and must:
- Lead by example.
- Set the agenda by their actions not just their talk.
- Determine what an organization becomes.
- Draw out the best in others.
- Develop trust because it is the currency to lead.
- Pursue excellence.
- Lead out of who they are.
In light of these beliefs I will therefore challenge leaders to:
- Examine the integrity and consistency of their lives.
- Explore inconsistencies.
- Develop a clear set of internal values.
- Examine actions against the expressed corporate values.
- Continue to stretch and grow.
- Look for ways to encourage and develop people and leaders around them.
- Be a non-anxious presence.
- Grow as a person.
values
I value:
- Honesty therefor I will:
- Accurately, through writings and interactions, represent:
- My abilities and limitations.
- Clearly what is my creation and what is other’s creation.
- What coaching is and its’ possibilities are.
- Seek to constantly be self-aware and take appropriate actions to deal with personal or professional issues.
- Accurately, through writings and interactions, represent:
- Integrity therefore I will:
- Speak and act in such a way that reflects positively on coaching as a profession and the public’s perception of it.
- Develop clear contracts with clients and keep them.
- Make sure that clients understand what coaching is.
- Disclose any benefit I might receive from a third-party for a referral of the client.
- Respect therefore I will:
- Hold a client’s information confidential unless required otherwise by law or by their agreement. This includes dealing with records in a secure manner.
- Honor other coaches and their diversity of approaches.
- Avoid inappropriate physical contact and sexual involvement with clients.
- Effectiveness therefore I will:
- Continue to learn and develop to give my clients the best possible help.
- Get assistance and support when/if my personal life impairs my abilities. I will also, be willing, to heed that advice even when it means terminating my coaching relationships
- Make referrals to other professionals or Coaches when I think the client would be better served.
- Be aware when clients no longer benefit from my coaching and allow them to terminate their relationship with me.
- Loyalty therefore I will:
- Conduct myself in training and supervisory contexts in accordance with ICF Code of Ethics.
- Only divulge client’s names etc. with their permission.
- Only use the ICF contact list in an authorized way.
- Relationships therefore I will:
- Do all that is possible to avoid misuse of my influence and connections to people for anything but their good.
- Do all I can to avoid situations where my interests and that of the client’s conflict.
- Take reasonable steps to notify authorities if a client reveals they are going to endanger themselves or others.