A 90-minute interactive webinar for coaches

Ethics in coaching is often reduced to rules, boundaries, and avoiding mistakes. Yet experienced coaches know that ethical practice is rarely about clear right or wrong. It lives in nuance, complexity, and judgment calls made in real time.

In this interactive webinar, we will explore ethics through the lens of ethical maturity, drawing on Michael Carroll’s work, which frames ethics not as compliance, but as curiosity, responsibility, and reflective capacity.

Participants will be invited to examine how ethical maturity shows up before, during, and after coaching sessions, as well as across the wider coaching practice. Through discussion and case exploration, we will look at how coaches make sense of uncertainty, power, boundaries, and accountability in lived client situations.

This session is designed for coaches who want to move beyond “doing ethics right” toward thinking ethically in complex professional contexts.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between ethics as rule-following and ethics as a developmental capacity
• Describe the concept of ethical maturity and how it applies to coaching practice
• Recognize ethical signals and dilemmas that arise before, during, and after coaching sessions
• Apply ethical curiosity when working with ambiguous or complex client situations
• Reflect on how ethical practice extends beyond sessions into contracting, supervision, business decisions, and professional identity

WHAT COACHES WILL GAIN:

• A clearer internal framework for ethical decision-making in coaching
• Greater confidence navigating gray areas rather than seeking “correct” answers
• Practical questions to use when reflecting on ethical dilemmas in real cases
• Increased awareness of how ethical maturity develops over time through reflection and supervision
• A more grounded understanding of what it means to meet ethical standards in day-to-day coaching practice

Session Format

The webinar will include short conceptual inputs, reflective prompts, and small-group or plenary case exploration. Coaches are encouraged to bring curiosity, not “perfect” answers.