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Review

Quarterly newsletter · Inaugural issue

Ideas and conversations shaping better coaching.

Read the first issue of GCEN Review, featuring professional pathways, an ethics practice note, learning updates and the principles guiding the network.

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Code of Ethics

Trust is built through conduct.

These principles describe the conduct expected of members, credential-holders, educators, assessors, volunteers, leaders and approved providers within GCEN.

Client dignity and agency
Clear contracting
Confidentiality and privacy
Competence and scope
Boundaries and power
Conflicts of interest
Truthful representation
Inclusion and non-discrimination
Digital and AI responsibility
Professional development and supervision
Responsible closure

Coaching agreement checklist

Agree clearly before substantive work begins.

A sound agreement protects client agency, professional boundaries and informed participation. It should be adapted to applicable law and the circumstances of the engagement.

  1. 01Nature and scope of the coaching service
  2. 02Roles, intended outcomes and review points
  3. 03Confidentiality and its lawful or agreed limits
  4. 04Records, privacy, technology and any use of AI
  5. 05Fees, cancellations and practical arrangements
  6. 06Conflicts of interest, referrals and safeguarding
  7. 07How the engagement may be paused or ended
  8. 08For sponsored work, what may be reported to the organisation
Sponsored coaching: The organisation funds the engagement while the individual remains the coaching client. GCEN recommends reporting agreed themes, participation and progress information—not session content—unless the client consents or disclosure is legally or ethically required.

Community Code of Conduct

Professional respect in every GCEN space.

Treat others with dignity and professional respect.
Welcome difference and reject harassment or discrimination.
Protect confidential and personal information.
Disagree with ideas without attacking people.
Disclose relevant conflicts and commercial interests.
Avoid unsolicited selling, recruitment or data harvesting.
Respect intellectual property and recording rules.
Use client examples only with consent and effective anonymisation.

GCEN may warn, mute, remove, suspend or exclude participants proportionately. Serious professional-conduct matters may be referred to the formal ethics process.

Resource library

Practice tools in development

Sponsor agreement
Privacy checklist
Supervision log
CPD log
Client-hour log
Referral guide
Ethical decision guide
Procurement checklist

Templates will be published after professional and legal review. The coaching agreement checklist above is guidance, not a legal contract.