INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF
VUE LIFE COACHING
Conduct. VUE Coaches advance the skills, capabilities and success of their clients, and they respect the rights of the people seeking their coaching as follows:
Confidentiality
1. The VUE Coach will disclose as early in the relationship as is appropriate that any information disclosed to Coach will be held confidential by Coach.
2. Except where required by law, the VUE Coach will keep all of the Client’s information confidential.
3. The VUE Coach will not divulge the name of any client (verbally or in print advertising) unless he has written permission from the Client. When discussing case studies in a teaching situation the VUE Coach Trainer will also take reasonable precaution to make sure that the identity of the Client is not obvious.
4. All written notes will be safeguarded and disposed of in a way that will not make the information available to anyone else.
5. If the Client and the person compensating the Coach are different, then the Coach will obtain written release from the Client prior to releasing any information to the person compensating the Coach.
6. The VUE Coach will provide assistance and coaching to all persons without regard to their race, age, socioeconomic status, gender, religion, national origin or sexual orientation.
7. The VUE Coach is aware that s/he is in an influential position with respect to the Client, and so will avoid creating any dependency on the part of the Client. If Client creates a dependency, NLP Coach will avoid exploiting that dependency. The Vue Coach will avoid conditions (or even multiple relationships with the Client) that could increase the risk of such exploitation. Exploitation of the VUE Coach—Client relationship for personal gain is an example of such exploitation.
8. The NLP Coach will avoid any sexual involvement with Clients.
9. Throughout the coaching relationship the NLP Coach will make sure that s/he has clear
agreements with all Clients and will keep his agreements with Clients, knowing full well
the Client does not have the same commitment to keeping agreements until he learns
to do so.
10. The NLP Coach respects the right and the necessity for the Client to make his own
decisions and so avoids making any decisions for the client. Coach may however outline
the consequences for a Client of making decisions.
11. When there is a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest, the NLP Coach will
notify the Client of the possibility and will discuss it fully with the Client, with the NLP
Coach suggesting the outcome that is best for the Client. Such discussion will also
include full disclosure of any compensation (including referrals) to NLP Coach from
another party which is related to the current coaching project. (The word compensation
in this paragraph includes any barter or non‐monetary compensation.)
12. If a referral is necessary, or if the NLP Coach cannot adequately handle the outcomes of
the Client, the NLP Coach will refer the Client to a competent person. If the Client is
dangerous to self or others, the NLP Coach will refer the Client to a licensed practitioner.
13. The NLP Coach will abide by all state and local laws regarding the reporting of abuse.
14. The NLP Coach will truthfully and correctly represent his/her education and training,
and will not mislead the Client about what s/he can expect from the Coaching session(s),
nor will NLP Coach give the Client any information known by him to be misleading.
All IAVLC Members will have reached a certain standard of proficiency before they are eligible to join the organisation.
Therefore they will have passed the VUE Life Coach Diploma course / VUE NLP Practitioner
Certification (which is probably the most in-
15. The VUE Coach will continue to learn and expand his/her horizons, remembering that learning is a process that never completes.
16. The VUE Coach will stay up to date and continue to review VUE Coaching trainings at regular intervals to ensure that s/he has knowledge of the latest developments and to maintain competence in the techniques and processes taught.
17. The VUE Coach will always speak positively about other Coaches and about coaching as a profession.
18. The VUE Coach knows that like NLP, coaching is an art and a science. Since that is the case, there are many ways to get the same outcome. The VUE Coach will honour all coaching paths as leading to a positive outcome. IE: The Coach will speak well of other techniques in Coaching and other coaches.
19. If the VUE Coach has any personal issues that may conflict with or may impair his ability to provide good, sound coaching to any Client for whatever reason, s/he will immediately seek coaching for these issues. If Coaching is not sufficient, then the VUE Coach will seek out the services of a licensed person and will take a hiatus from coaching until complete.
20. All VUE Coach Trainers are equally bound by these standards and ethics.