The partnership between a coach and their client is built on trust and a shared commitment to achieving the client's goals. However, the closeness of this connection could potentially lead to blurred boundaries, which can be detrimental to the coaching process. Coaches must therefore maintain healthy boundaries with their clients to ensure that the client is the one doing the 'heavy lifting' to reach their goals, rather than the coach.
Below, 16 members of
Forbes Coaches Council
share strategies coaches can use to maintain appropriate boundaries with clients.