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Coaching ‘homework’, sometimes referred to as coaching ‘commitments’, ‘action’, ‘experiments’ or ‘practice’, or more formally as inter-session activity, is a widely used coaching practice. While coaching conversations can create powerful insight, much of the change is thought to happen between sessions. This is where clients begin to apply their learning, try out new approaches, and begin to embed new ways of thinking and acting. In many ways, this is the work of coaching.   Yet despite its importance and prevalence, there is surprisingly little research on coaching homework, and there is ongoing debate among coaches about what it should look like in practice. Some coaches actively assign homework, while others prefer for actions to emerge organically from the session. There are also differing views on how much structure, accountability or follow-up is appropriate. The language itself is not neutral. The term ‘homework’ can imply a hierarchy of power, which may sit uneasily within a partnership approach to coaching. At the same time, coaches can feel challenged when clients do not follow through, raising questions about what influences completion and the impact this has on coaching outcomes. This article draws on a systematic review of inter-session activities across coaching, counselling and therapy to explore what the evidence tells us about what works, who should decide, and what matters most.     Read full article here: https://reciprocoach.com/en/coaching-research/199

Coaches are trained to ask open questions. And for the most part, we do. But many of the 'open' questions we ask are not quite as open as they seem and still subtly direct our clients. "What do you think?" "How do you feel?" "What do you see?" Each of these questions invites reflection, but they also channel it into thinking, feeling, or seeing. In so doing, these 'open' questions quietly influence how our clients process their experience, and limit the depth of our partnership. Open-channel questioning works differently. Rather than opening the answer, open-channel questions open the way the client arrives at the answer. They remove the words that channel our clients' processing, and allow them to respond in whatever way is most natural and meaningful to them. This is where questioning becomes a powerful tool for partnering with our clients, as our questions can either limit that partnership or fully open it. For a third year running, ReciproCoach is offering a group mentoring session dedicated to developing the skill of open-channel questioning. Led by MCC Melanie Parish, this session is fast-paced, highly interactive, and practical. An open-channel questioning bootcamp, with live coaching, stop-and-start guidance, and immediate application, participants experience how quickly questions can narrow a client's thinking, and what it takes to keep question channels open. You will practise open-channel questioning, notice your own default patterns, and begin to reprogram how you ask questions in real time. You will experience the difference both as coach and as client, and develop a skill you can take directly into your very next coaching conversation. This session also qualifies for 1.5 MCC group mentoring hours or ICF Core Competency CCEs. Register Now Register by April 29   The 2025 ICF Core Competencies place strong emphasis on partnering, responsiveness, and respect for the client's identity, perceptions, style and language. Open-channel questioning supports all of these. It nurtures openness and curiosity, enables true responsiveness, and requires us, as coaches, to let go of subtly directing the process and become more comfortable working in a space of not knowing. Once you experience open-channel questioning, you start to hear your own questions differently. You notice where you are subtly directing, and begin to fully open the coaching space for the kind of transformation that only happens when both you and your clients step outside default channels and into the open channels of the unknown. Observer-only option Can't attend live or missed out on a place? You can still learn from the session as an observer at a fraction of the live participant price and receive access to the recording, along with any written or visual materials used in the session. Register as an observer here.   Supporting you in your ongoing learning and development, Kerryn Griffiths, PhD, PCC Global ReciproCoach Coordinator

Here are the ReciproCoach learning and development opportunities open for registration in April. Dates are listed in US ET, and registration typically closes the week before. This Month's Featured Event Open-Channel Questioning with MCC, Melanie Parish (2026/5) May 6, 2026 Register by Apr 29, 2026  Register   All April Learning and Development Events (NOTE: Dates below are for US ET) 8  APRIL  Casual Group Supervision Session (2026/4.2) For coaches who are currently coaching individuals and looking to engage in a one-off group supervision session. This 1.25-hour session includes active reflection, discussion and learning based on recent coaching practice, under the guidance of a qualified coaching supervisor within a collaborative group setting. Register Register by Apr 7, 2026 8  APRIL  General Coaching - Experienced Coaches (2026/4.1) For experienced coaches with 100 or more client coaching hours. This reciprocal peer coaching round offers practice across a range of client topics, with partners typically matched at a similar level of experience. Register Register by Apr 5, 2026 General Coaching - Student/New Coaches (2026/4.2) For student and new coaches with fewer than 100 client coaching hours. This reciprocal peer coaching round offers practice across a range of client topics, with partners typically matched at a similar level of experience. Register Register by Apr 5, 2026 ACC Group Mentoring (2026/4.1) For coaches applying for their ACC credential and working towards ACC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with an ACC-level competency focus. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Full 9  APRIL  ACC/PCC Group Mentoring (2026/4.2) For coaches applying for or renewing their ACC and working towards PCC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with a PCC-level competency focus and distinctions at the ACC level. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Full 13  APRIL  ACC Group Mentoring (2026/4.3) For coaches applying for their ACC credential and working towards ACC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with an ACC-level competency focus. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Full 15  APRIL  Business Coaching - Student/New Coaches (2026/4.4) For student and new coaches with fewer than 100 client coaching hours who want to grow their coaching business. This reciprocal peer coaching round focuses on business development through coaching on real business goals with a matched partner. Register Register by Apr 12, 2026 Business Coaching - Experienced Coaches (2026/4.3) For experienced coaches with 100+ client coaching hours who want to grow their coaching business. This reciprocal peer coaching round focuses on business development through coaching on real business goals with a matched partner. Register Register by Apr 12, 2026 PCC Group Mentoring (2026/4.4) For coaches working towards PCC-level coaching, including those applying for their PCC or renewing their ACC. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with a PCC-level competency focus. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Register Register by Apr 9, 2026 16  APRIL  ACC/PCC Group Mentoring Series (2026/4) For coaches applying for or renewing their ACC credential and working towards PCC-level coaching who prefer to work with the same group of peers across three sessions. This 3-session interactive mentoring series includes observation, discussion and learning, with a PCC-level competency focus and distinctions at the ACC level, and an opportunity for every participant to submit a recording or coach live. Register Register by Apr 9, 2026 MCC Casual Group Supervision Session (2026/4.1) For MCC-credentialed coaches looking to engage in a one-off group supervision session with other MCC coaches under the guidance of a qualified MCC coaching supervisor. This 1.25-hour session includes active reflection, discussion and learning based on recent coaching practice with peers, with the option to continue. Register Register by Apr 9, 2026  20  APRIL  ACC Group Mentoring (2026/4.5) For coaches applying for their ACC credential and working towards ACC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with an ACC-level competency focus. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Full 22  APRIL  PCC to MCC Group Mentoring (2026/4.6) For PCC-credentialed coaches working towards MCC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with an MCC-level competency focus and distinctions at the PCC level. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Register Register by Apr 16, 2026 23  APRIL  Internal Coaches Casual Supervision Group Session (2026/4.1) For internal coaches who are currently coaching within organisations and looking to engage in a one-off group supervision session. This 1.25-hour session includes active reflection, discussion and learning based on recent internal coaching practice, under the guidance of an experienced internal coaching supervisor within a collaborative group setting. Register Register by Apr 16, 2026 28  APRIL  Casual Group Supervision Session (2026/4.1) For coaches who are currently coaching individuals and looking to engage in a one-off group supervision session. This 1.25-hour session includes active reflection, discussion and learning based on recent coaching practice, under the guidance of a qualified coaching supervisor within a collaborative group setting. Register Register by Apr 21, 2026 29  APRIL  ACC Group Mentoring (2026/4.7) For coaches applying for their ACC credential and working towards ACC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with an ACC-level competency focus. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Register Register by Apr 22, 2026 29  APRIL  Client-Attraction Website Peer Coaching (2026/4) For coaches who are not yet consistently generating leads from their website or are building or refining one. This peer coaching round combines expert guidance and peer support to create a clear, credible and engaging site that encourages visitors to reach out. More info here. Register Register by Apr 26, 2026 Client-Attraction Website Peer Coaching (2026/4-Past Participants) For coaches who have previously participated in the Make Your Website Work Peer Coaching Round or already have access to the Guide. This round provides the opportunity to revisit and further develop your website without repurchasing the Guide. Register Register by Apr 26, 2026 30  APRIL  ACC/PCC Group Mentoring (2026/4.8) For coaches applying for or renewing their ACC and working towards PCC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with a PCC-level competency focus and distinctions at the ACC level. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Full 4  MAY  ACC Group Mentoring (2026/5.1) For coaches applying for their ACC credential and working towards ACC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with an ACC-level competency focus. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Full ACC/PCC Group Mentoring (2026/5.2) For coaches applying for or renewing their ACC and working towards PCC-level coaching. This 1.5-hour interactive session includes observation, discussion and learning, with a PCC-level competency focus and distinctions at the ACC level. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Register Register by Apr 28, 2026 6  MAY  Open-Channel Questioning with MCC, Melanie Parish (2026/5) For coaches at all levels looking to deepen their questioning skills. This 1.5-hour interactive session focuses on open-channel questioning through live coaching, practice and feedback. An observer-only option is also available for this session, allowing you to learn in your own time by listening to the session recording. Register Register by Apr 29, 2026 ANYTIME  On Demand Learning ICF ACC Individual Mentoring (Paid) ICF PCC Individual Mentoring (Paid) ICF MCC Individual Mentoring (Paid) ICF ACC Renewal Individual Mentoring (Reciprocal) ICF PCC Individual Mentoring (Reciprocal) ICF MCC Individual Mentoring (Reciprocal) Individual Supervision UPDATED ReciproCoach Mentor Coach Training (Paid/2026) UPDATED ReciproCoach Mentor Coach Training (Reciprocal) UPDATED ReciproCoach Mentor Coach Training (Upgrade-Only) Register In addition to the opportunities above, we encourage you to plan your learning and development beyond this month. There are always several months of events open for registration .Membership credits and discounts apply to all standard rounds shown in blue above. Non-standard rounds appear in white and are not eligible for membership credits or discounts. Supporting you in your ongoing learning and development Kerryn Griffiths, PhD, PCC Global ReciproCoach Coordinator Give another coach the opportunity to develop themselves personally and professionally by letting them know about ReciproCoach. As a thanks for helping to grow our community (giving us all more choice for coaching, mentoring and supervision), we'll reward you .       ReciproCoach.com  coordinator@reciprocoach.com  +1 (323) 486-2542  Share         

Most coaches have websites, but few actually work. How many clients has your website brought you in the last week, month, year, or ever?   There are two parts to the equation of a working website. One is getting website traffic. The second is knowing what to do with visitors once they arrive.   Traffic → Website → Call → Client   Kenn Schroder, website designer for coaches for over 20 years and author of The Coaching Website Guide, says the problem is that many coaching websites are a MESS! They’re confusing, weak at showing value, low on credibility, and poor at leading visitors to take action.   This is exactly what our Create a Client-Attraction Website Peer Coaching Round is designed to address.   In this round, you will combine peer coaching with expert guidance from Kenn Schroder through The Coaching Website Guide (book is included in the round). You will work with two peer coaching partners (one is your coach and the other your client), providing the structure and support needed to do the work to make your website FLOW:   Focused on the client and clear in its message Legitimately building credibility and trust Organized to bring leads and guide people to the next step Working perfectly everywhere, especially on mobile   Whether you're building a new website or revising an existing one, this specialised peer coaching round gives you the structure, support, and accountability to create a website that attracts clients.   Register here. If you participated in the Make Your Website Work Peer Coaching Round in the past and are due to update or further refine your website, you’re welcome to join again. Past participants can register without purchasing the book again here, making this round a simple way to revisit and build on your previous work.   In fact, I plan to do that myself!

With the digital age evolving at such a rapid pace, and AI on the rise (see this month's Coaching Research in Practice article, "Can AI Outperform a Human Coach?"), coaching ethics is increasingly coming into the spotlight.   Every day, thousands of coaching sessions are recorded and shared across the globe, between coaches, mentors, assessors, and credentialing bodies, as well as transcription and other AI-based services. Digital platforms store, transmit, and analyse these conversations as a matter of course. And with the rapid rise of AI tools, technology is now interacting with coaching conversations in ways that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.   Against this backdrop, the ethical foundations of coaching matter more than ever. Confidentiality, data security, clear agreements about how information is shared, and careful management of roles and relationships all sit at the heart of professional coaching practice.   In light of the changes that have occurred even in the last few years, and our commitment to professional responsibility in an increasingly digital coaching environment, ReciproCoach has updated its Privacy Policy to reflect current coaching ethics, contemporary international standards and improve transparency about how personal information is collected, used and protected when you use our Website and Services. The updated Privacy Policy will take effect immediately for new members and on April 1, 2026 for existing members, giving you time to review the changes before they go into effect. Naturally, if you do not agree with the updated Privacy Policy, you may close your account before the effective date.   On that note, if you have recently been tempted to coach someone close to you, you may be interested to know that our next Gift Coaching Round is coming up. It allows you to offer coaching to a loved one without coaching them yourself. Your loved one is coached by another ReciproCoach, while you coach someone else's loved one in return. This enables you to support someone close to you without taking on the complexities of coaching them directly.   Our Gift Coaching Rounds are designed to help you bypass the ethical tightrope that can arise when coaching someone too close to you. If you have 100+ client coaching hours and someone in your life who would benefit from coaching but is too close for you to coach directly, you may wish to join the next round. Register here. Registrations close 29 March 2026. Before registering, please ensure your chosen recipient is willing and able to participate in all four sixty-minute sessions.   As coaching continues to evolve in an increasingly digital and interconnected world, ReciproCoach is here to support coaches in navigating the ethical considerations that come with professional practice.  

AI-powered technology is advancing at such a phenomenal pace that it is now easy to imagine a future where much of the world as we know it is shaped by artificial intelligence. Not surprisingly, coaching is not immune to this possibility. The coaching field has already passed through several eras. From the early “wild west” days of loosely defined coaching practices, through the professionalisation and evidence-based standards of recent decades, we may now be entering another phase: testing the boundaries of scalable AI coaching. Until now, the evidence on AI-based coaching has been mixed, with obvious limitations, particularly around empathy and responsiveness. However, there is evidence of growing AI coaching capability, and a recent study comparing AI coaching with an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) produced some unexpected results. This issue of Coaching Research in Practice explores what the study reveals about where AI coaching may outperform human coaching, and where human coaches still have the edge. Read full article here: https://reciprocoach.com/en/coaching-research/198

Many experienced coaches reach a point where growth is no longer about learning new skills. We may have learnt a plethora of techniques to contract well, listen deeply and ask powerful questions, yet something still limits the depth of transformation we facilitate.   Often, that "something" is not a missing skill. It is an unexamined personal mindset that subtly limits our professional impact.   These mindsets do not sit quietly in the background. They shape how our skills show up. They influence how we contract, how we listen, how we challenge, how we support and how we partner. They can either hinder or help our coaching. They can quietly constrain or boldly unleash our impact.   At ReciproCoach, we want you to make the most of your coaching skills. That is why we have once again partnered with Clare Norman, MCC, to bring you The Transformational Coach Peer Coaching Round.   Clare, a mentor coach and coaching supervisor, is the author of The Transformational Coach: Free Your Thinking and Break Through to Coaching Mastery. In this book, Clare invites coaches to look beneath their skills and examine the internal assumptions shaping their practice. She explores 83 old mindsets, shaped by parents or carers, school, peers, workplaces, managers, coach training and our own coaching experience, that can either dampen or amplify our coaching skills.   Clare's work is about consciously unlearning what no longer serves us and replacing it with mindsets that allow our existing skills to land with greater clarity, courage and impact.   This is the kind of book that needs to be done, and not merely read and that is exactly why we have a Peer Coaching Round devoted to working through it in practice.   The Transformational Coach Peer Coaching Round is not about adding more tools to your coaching toolkit. It is about shifting the internal assumptions that drive how you coach, how your skills land and the impact they have on your clients.  Past participants described this round as "eye-opening", "powerful", "growth-inducing" and "deeply valuable". Many said it elevated their coaching to another level and truly lived up to its name: transformational.   Read more about what the round covers and the experiences of past participants here, or if you know this is what you need, go ahead and register now.   This year, you also have the opportunity to join a Transformational Coach group mentoring session with Clare (available via separate registration here and not included in the peer coaching round). In this session, Clare offers feedback on participants' recorded sessions and live coaching, and answers your questions. If you cannot attend live or places are filled, you may register as an observer here to listen at a time that suits you.   If you are ready to make the deeper shifts that unlock the full potential of your existing coaching skills by truly embodying the coaching mindset, you will not want to miss this peer coaching round.

It is widely accepted by most coaches that competencies matter. Similarly, much of the coaching literature focuses on coaching behaviours, skills, and markers of good practice. Yet beneath these observable actions sits something quieter and deeper: the who behind the coaching competencies. It is this that takes a coach beyond competence and into the realm of excellence in practice. This article reflects on a very recent paper that shifts attention away from what coaches do and towards their virtues, exploring the character traits that could move coaches from being “good enough” towards true coaching excellence. Read full article here: https://reciprocoach.com/en/coaching-research/197

We've reached the end of another year of Coaching Research in Practice. Across the year, we highlighted ten pieces of evidence-based coaching research and offered practical suggestions for applying the findings in your own coaching practice. Each article has been designed to keep you current as a professional as the coaching landscape continues to evolve. Here's what we explored this year: February:Flow in coaching: Coincidence, craft or competence?March:Navigating duty of care in coachingApril:Diagnose and Treat vs. Recognise and Respond?May: What impact can coaching have on climate action and change?June:Working in the world of digital coachingJuly:Are you cultivating self-processing competence for clients and yourself?August:Do coaches need domain knowledge or just coaching skill?September:What coaches actually say in session: A closer look at verbal behavioursOctober:The changing landscape of coachingNovember: What impact do learning theories have on your coaching? As a ReciproCoach, you have over 16 years of scholarly insights and more than 150 coaching research reviews at your fingertips. Most paid membership holders enjoy unlimited access to the entire Coaching Research in Practice archive, a comprehensive repository of coaching knowledge and evidence-based insights. If you're on a free membership, you still benefit from one week of access to each new article after publication. Stay at the forefront of coaching with up-to-date research and skip the lengthy papers for clear, practical insights. Here's to more research, learning and development together in 2026!

The updated ICF Code of Ethics highlights more clearly than ever how confidentiality, roles and relationships require careful attention in every coaching partnership. When the client is also part of your personal world, each of these considerations becomes significantly harder to uphold. Every coach knows that the relationship is the container that makes coaching work. When that relationship already exists, the container is shaped long before the session begins. Even with the best intentions, it becomes challenging for both coach and loved one to maintain the openness, neutrality and freedom that underpin an effective coaching partnership. When personal relationships spill into the coaching space This reality has been brought home to me more than once. At different points in my coaching career, members of my extended family have reached out for my support. In one case, I referred them immediately to another coach, and the experience was invaluable. They received timely, impartial support and were able to move forward decisively in ways that my personal relationship with them might have unintentionally inhibited. In another situation, I offered only one or two sessions, carefully limiting the engagement from the outset. Even within the first session, it became clear why that boundary was needed. Years of shared history had shaped how they saw me and what they were willing to disclose, and I found myself aware of how their decisions might affect others in the family. These dynamics reminded me how easily a coaching conversation can become entangled with long held patterns, roles and expectations, and how this can affect our ability to demonstrate the Core Competencies we practise. Nine ICF ethical standards at risk Coaching a loved one is not as simple as it may seem. In fact, it puts no fewer than nine ICF ethical standards at risk. These include the coach’s responsibility to: 2.1 Confidentiality Maintain the strictest level of confidentiality with all parties involved, regardless of the role I am fulfilling. When coaching someone you also interact with in a family or social setting, it becomes difficult to distinguish what was heard in a coaching session from what is already known informally, which can leave you second guessing what you can safely say in everyday interactions and increase the risk of unintentionally disclosing or alluding to something that emerged in the coaching space. 2.2 Information agreements Have a clear agreement about what information is exchanged and how it is exchanged among all parties involved during all coaching engagements. Overlapping personal and professional contexts make this far more challenging with a loved one, especially in informal family or social environments where agreed boundaries can easily blur and become difficult to maintain. 3.1 Multiple relationships and conflicts of interest Am aware of and discuss with all involved parties the implications of having multiple agreements and relationships, and the potential for conflicts of interest. This is essential when coaching someone with whom you already share a close relationship, yet long established relational patterns can reappear unexpectedly and complicate the coaching partnership before either of you realise what is happening. 3.2 Managing conflicts of interest Manage conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest with coaching client(s) and sponsor(s) through self reflection, coaching agreement(s), and ongoing dialogue. This includes addressing organizational roles, responsibilities, relationships, records, confidentiality, and other reporting requirements. With a loved one, navigating roles, responsibilities and confidentiality becomes a highly active and continuous process because the personal relationship continues in parallel, making boundary management far more demanding than in a standard coaching engagement. This standard makes it clear that coaches cannot coach their romantic partner, as the emotional dynamics and inherent intimacy make maintaining a neutral and professional coaching stance virtually impossible. 3.3 Resolving conflicts of interest Resolve any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest by working through the issue with relevant parties, seeking professional assistance, or suspending or ending the professional relationship. When the client is a loved one, suspending or ending the coaching relationship can strain the personal relationship and leave the coachee with a less than positive experience of coaching, making resolution emotionally and relationally complex. 3.6 Intimacy and romantic relationships Am mindful of the level of intimacy in the coaching relationship. I do not participate in any sexual or romantic relationship with client(s) or sponsor(s). If I detect a shift in the relationship, I take appropriate action to address the issue or cancel the coaching engagement. This standard makes it clear that coaches cannot coach their romantic partner, as the emotional dynamics and inherent intimacy make maintaining a neutral and professional coaching stance virtually impossible. 3.7 Role clarity Understand that ICF professionals often serve in multiple professional roles based on prior training and/or experience (i.e. mentor, therapist, HR specialist, assessor), and it is my responsibility to disclose to the client when I am acting in a capacity other than the role of an ICF professional. In a family setting, role switching happens easily and often without awareness, making it essential but difficult to recognise when you have slipped into a familiar personal role and to name it explicitly when it occurs. 4.1 Power and status differentials Am aware of and, in partnership with my client, actively manage any power or status differential between us that may be caused by cultural, relational, psychological, or contextual issues. Family relationships often come with deeply ingrained dynamics, and even if both people begin the conversation intending to set them aside, long standing patterns can reassert themselves instantly and undermine the equality needed for effective coaching. 4.2 Recognising limitations Recognize my personal limitations or circumstances that may impair my coaching performance or professional commitments. I will seek support if necessary, including relevant professional guidance. This may require suspending or terminating my coaching relationship(s). This requires a high degree of self awareness, as it means acknowledging when the existing relationship makes it impossible to coach well and being willing to take appropriate action when your capacity to coach effectively is compromised. When love and coaching collide Viewed together, these standards show just how many parts of the coaching agreement become vulnerable when the client is a loved one. Personal history, family roles and relational expectations can slip into the coaching space, and the coach is asked to manage confidentiality, conflicts of interest and power dynamics with exceptional care. The presence of an existing relationship places the integrity of the coaching partnership at risk and makes the work of demonstrating Core Competencies considerably more demanding. Naturally, we want to help the people we care about. Yet the closer the relationship, the easier it becomes for boundaries to blur, for confidentiality to feel complicated and for personal roles to colour the coaching space. The updated Code of Ethics asks us to manage all of these with care, and coaching a loved one makes that responsibility significantly more demanding. Gift Coaching: A Safe Way to Support Someone You Care About This is exactly why ReciproCoach runs Gift Coaching rounds. They allow you to give someone you care about the opportunity to receive coaching without taking on the risk or complexity of coaching them yourself. Your loved one is coached by your assigned ReciproCoach, and in return you coach the loved one of another coach. It is also not unusual for Gift Coaching engagements to evolve into continuing paid relationships. ReciproCoach Gift Coaching rounds happen twice a year, in December and April, with registrations for the next round closing in just a few weeks. Registrations close Sunday, 14 December. Please ensure your chosen recipient is willing and able to participate, and understands that they will receive four sixty minute sessions in exchange for you providing four sessions to another coach’s loved one. Overlapping personal and professional contexts make this far more challenging with a loved one, especially in informal family or social environments where agreed boundaries can easily blur and become difficult to maintain.