What would you do if...? Updated Online Advice For Executive Coaches

July 1, 2009 - PRLog -- Following the earlier publication of an article by Marion Gillie on ethical dilemmas in executive coaching, she has made available a revised and expanded version online designed to help both coaches, and people who hire coaches.

She discusses a range of tricky ethical and contracting issues that can arise during executive coaching, including whistle–blowing, coachees with suspected alcohol dependency, sexual attraction between coach and coachee, bullying at work, as well as a number difficult organisational issues, such as ‘who is the real client in a coaching assignment, the coachee, their boss,  or the organisation?’

She examines what ethical and contracting issues are involved in each case, and offers suggestions about how best to handle the situation.

Since executive coaching is not currently a regulated profession in the UK anyone can call him or herself a coach, regardless of qualification or experience. Because of this, Marion stresses the importance of executive coaches – however experienced – seeking support from an experienced coach supervisor in order to reflect on these potentially personally and professionally challenging issues.

For more information see http://www.thegilliepartnership.co.uk/Ethical-issues-in-e...

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About Marion Gillie:

Marion Gillie is an Accredited Executive Coach and Supervisor with the Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS).

She is Programme Director of the Diploma in Advanced Executive Coaching and the Master Practitioner Programme at the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), and a supervisor on the Oxford Brookes University Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision for Coaching and Mentoring.