Duty of Care in Coaching: A Comprehensive Approach to Navigating the Complexities of Contemporary Practice

By Benita Mayhead

Grounded in primary and evidence-based research, this book is the first to investigate and provide guidance on navigating contemporary challenges that coaches, supervisors, educators, and organisations experience in achieving ethical best practice and legal responsibility.

This book addresses the complexities and difficulties of ensuring ethical best practice and duty of care in coaching, acting as an essential handbook for all those associated with and working in the field. Each chapter provides practical and crucial tips and insights and informs the reader on how to build ethical best practices in coaching, covering topics such as contracts and terms of engagement, setting ethical boundaries and limits, developing ethical maturity as a coach, and exploring contemporary systemic challenges in coaching.

Coaches from all disciplines in coaching, educators, supervisors, organisations using coaching, academics, and researchers will find this book an invaluable resource.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032820055
• ISBN13: 9781032820057
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"