Mentoring Contract

Example Executive & Leadership Business Coaching and Mentoring Contract

I, Mark O’Neil adhere to a form of coaching and mentoring that honours the client as the expert in relation to their personal and business life and believe that every client is creative, resourceful and with guidance can discover their own answers.

Standing on this foundation the coach’s / mentor’s responsibility is to:

1. Discover, clarify, and align with what you want to achieve.

2. Work with you to help you make those changes.

3. Help you to develop the skills you wish to master.

4. Always treat you with respect and consideration.

The client’s responsibility is to:

1. Take full responsibility for resolving your own problems.

2. Be punctual for sessions and give notice of cancellation.

3. Complete all assigned activities as agreed in session.

4. Take full responsibility for all actions undertaken

My approach is of a semi-directive nature and at times may appear quite challenging, however, it is aimed at you realising your full potential. I will be using a variety of models and questioning techniques in order that you consider different options. One of my primary objectives is to leave you with the appropriate skills, so that you can further develop yourself in-line with your personal and professional career.

Although we will discuss some basic operating procedures during our first meeting, there are some contractual agreements that we as professional coaches and mentors are bound by and these are outlined below.

✅We are to meet face to face/Zoom/Teams during the period of contract, with each session lasting up to sixty/ninety minutes.

✅ I may provide you with any appropriate videos, tapes, books or articles which I feel may be of assistance to you.

✅The content of our conversations is to be kept strictly confidential between you and I around predetermined areas set by us. However, I reserve the right to challenge unethical or immoral activities or actions by you.

✅ Any feedback to a third party will be from you only.

✅Any notes or recordings are taken for reference, and if printed for any reason (i.e., for dissertation or for my learning and development) your permission will be sort before submission, and all links to your identity will have been removed.

✅Fees are payable in advance of any session(s) and will be advised to you at the start of the programme. This coaching and mentoring programme can be terminated at any time and will incur a (one-session) cancellation fee if less than 14 days’ notice provided.

Review and feedback

Each session will include an element where we will review the process and progress of the session in order to ascertain; what went well, what worked, what didn’t, what was difficult and how we can make future sessions more effective. This usually takes five to ten minutes.

Pledge of Ethics

In the capacity of a professional coach and business mentor I acknowledge and honour ethical obligations when supporting you the client. I pledge to comply with the Standards of Conduct for professional coaches and business mentors in treating people with dignity as free and equal human beings, and to model the following European Mentoring and Coaching Council standards.

Standards of Conduct as a professional coach and business mentor

✅I will conduct myself in a manner that reflects well on coaching and mentoring as a profession and I will refrain from doing anything that harms the public’s understanding or acceptance of coaching and mentoring as a profession.

✅I will identify my level of coaching and mentoring competence to the best of my ability and I will not overstate my qualifications, expertise or experience as a coach or mentor.

✅I will at the beginning of each coaching or mentoring relationship, ensure that my client understands the terms of the agreement between us.

✅I will not claim or imply outcomes that I cannot guarantee.

✅I will respect the confidentiality of my client’s information, except as otherwise authorised by my client, or as required by law.

✅I will obtain permission from each of my clients before releasing their names as clients or references.

✅I will be alert to noticing when my client is no longer benefiting from our coaching / mentoring relationship and thus would be better served by another, or by another resource and, at that time, I will encourage my client to make that change.

✅ I will avoid conflicts between my interests and the interests of my clients.

✅Whenever the potential for a conflict of interest arises, I will on a timely basis, discuss the conflict with my client to reach informed agreement with my client on how to deal with it in whatever way best serves my client.

✅I will honour every term of the agreement I make with my clients and, if separate, with whoever compensates me for the coaching of my clients.

✅I will not give my clients or any prospective clients information or advice I know to be confidential, misleading or beyond my competence.

✅I will acknowledge the work and contributions of others; I will respect copyright, trademarks and intellectual property rights and I will comply with applicable laws and my agreements concerning these rights.

✅I will coach / mentor in a manner compatible with the above Definition of Coaching / mentoring and, whenever asked by my clients about my ethical standards, I will inform them of my pledge and agreement to comply with the above Pledge of Ethics and these Standards of Conduct.

Coach/Mentor Name: Mark O’Neil Coachee/Mentee ………….…………….

Signature: Signature:………………………………….

Date:…………………

Code of Conduct & Confidentiality

Mark O'Neil and Kinetic Business Advice Limited adhere to the Association of Business Mentors (ABM) Code of Conduct, ensuring:

Confidentiality: All discussions remain private unless required by law.
Integrity: Honest and ethical guidance at all times.
Professionalism: A commitment to best practices in mentoring and coaching.

For the full ABM Code of Conduct, visit: Association of Business Mentors