Terms
Your obligations for leadership advisory engagements:
Leadership advisory is collaborative effort between the Advisor and the Client-Partner’s Advisee in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires the Advisee to maximize personal and professional potential. It is designed to facilitate the creation / development of personal, professional or business goals and to develop and carry out a strategy / plan for achieving those goals.
Advisor agrees to maintain the ethics and standards of behavior established by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Client’s Advisee(s) is(are) solely responsible for creating and implementing their own physical, mental and emotional well-being, decisions, choices, actions and results arising out of or resulting from the advisory relationship and their advisory calls and interactions with the Advisor.
The Advisee(s) is(are) to understand advisory is not therapy and does not substitute for therapy if needed, and does not prevent, cure, or treat any mental disorder or medical disease.
The Advisee(s) acknowledge(s) that advising is a comprehensive process that may involve different areas of their life, including work, finances, health, relationships, education and recreation.
The Advisee(s) agree(s) that deciding how to handle these issues, incorporate advisory principles into those areas and implementing choices is exclusively the Advisee’s responsibility.
The Advisee(s) acknowledge(s) that advising does not involve the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders as defined by the American Psychiatric Association and that advising is not to be used as a substitute for counseling, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, or other professional advice by legal, medical or other qualified professionals and that it is the Advisee’s exclusive responsibility to seek such independent professional guidance as needed. If an Advisee is currently under the care of a mental health professional, it is recommended that the Advisee promptly inform the mental health care provider of the nature and extent of the advisory relationship agreed upon by the Advisee and the Advisor.
The Advisee(s) is(are) to understand(s) that in order to enhance the coaching relationship, each Advisee agrees to communicate honestly, be open to feedback and assistance and to create the time and energy to participate fully in the program.
The Advisor will be reasonably available to a Advisee by email, phone, or text in between scheduled meetings as defined by the Advisor.
The time of the coaching meetings and / or location will be determined by Advisor and Advisee based on a mutually agreed upon time.
Confidentiality - This advising relationship, as well as all information (documented or verbal) that a Advisee shares with the Advisor as part of this relationship, is bound by the principles of confidentiality set forth in the ICF Code of Ethics. However, please be aware that the Advisor-Advisee relationship is not considered a legally confidential relationship (like the medical and legal professions) and thus communications are not subject to the protection of any legally recognized privilege. The Advisor agrees not to disclose any information pertaining to an Advisee without the Advisee’s written consent. The Advisor will not disclose an Advisee’s name as a reference without the Advisee’s consent. The Advisee acknowledges their obligation to raise any confidentiality questions or concerns with their Advisor in a timely manner.