ABSTRACT
Companies which provide coaching services will often engage with a network of self-employed associates to deliver coaching on the ground to employees of their corporate or organisational clients. This means that the associate will often develop close working relationships with individuals and managers within the sponsor organisation. Requests for further or different work will often arise and may be made directly to the associate. These situations raise issues of contracting, lines of communication, and legal and ethical issues regarding the roles and responsibilities of the coaching company and the associate coach.
