Core Values - International Coaching Federation

Professionalism

Collaboration

Humanity

Equity


Professionalism: A commitment to a coaching mindset and professional quality that encompass responsibility, respect, integrity, competence, and excellence.

I demonstrate professionalism by:

  • Ensuring my professional conduct is consistently aligned with the Value of humanity and the coaching mindset competency in all my interactions. 
  • Being true and accurate in my statements.
  • Committing to my life-long professional learning and personal development. 
  • Supporting ongoing personal and professional development of my clients, students and ICF professionals. 
  • Delivering on my commitments.
  • Being aware of ethical dilemmas and issues and responding with adherence to the ICF Code of Ethics. 
  • Adding to the knowledge base and sharing expertise and skills as described in the ICF Core Competencies. 
  • Being resilient and confident when faced with challenges.
  • Behaving with respect and transparency in all business dealings related to coaching.
  • Making clear and accurate representations in all my interactions in relation to coaching.
  • Committing to honesty, courage, consistency of action, ethical practice, and the highest standards for ICF and the coaching profession.


Collaboration: A commitment to develop social connection and community building.

I work collaboratively by:

  • Making commitments and progress towards promoting professional coaching through fostering joint creativity and resourcefulness. 
  • Partnering with others, both within and across multiple social-identity groups. 
  • Being mindful and intentional in my own participation while working in any collective effort.
  • Cooperating with other ICF professionals working with Client(s) and Sponsor(s).
  • Partnering and communicating with related professions, associations and people in other coaching organizations and professions.


Humanity: A commitment to being humane, kind, compassionate, and respectful towards others.

I demonstrate humanity by:

  • Accepting that as humans, I am not meant to be perfect and with a coaching mindset expressing imperfections is an opportunity for me to spread a culture of openness and self-acceptance.
  • Knowing I always have more to learn and being open to other points of view.
  • Creating authentic relationships that support honesty, transparency, and clarity.
  • Continuously seeking and developing self-awareness.
  • Being willing to acknowledge and own my mistakes.
  • Accepting responsibility for my actions and learning from them.
  • Being modest about my achievements.
  • Avoiding any behaviors or communication that suggest superiority in any way.
  • Committing to inclusivity, dignity, self-worth, and human rights.


Equity: A commitment to use a coaching mindset to explore and understand the needs of others so I can practice equitable processes at all times that create equality for all.

I am equitable by:

  •  Recognizing and respecting all identity groups and their contributions.
  • Treating everyone with the same dignity and sense of fairness.
  • Bringing awareness to systemic patterns of conscious and unconscious biases in my own self and in others. 
  • Exploring to understand and bring awareness to social diversity, systemic equality, and systemic oppression and how they show up in the coaching profession.
  •  Maintaining equality and partnership in all of my coach-client, trainerstudent, mentor-coach and supervisor-coach relationships.

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