CPQ™ Professional Glossary - 50 Terms
Institutional short definitions for the most-used coaching and CPQ ecosystem terms
1. Usage Rule
Document basis: CPQ institutional files and diploma cards, Discover Your Professional Path in Coaching, Ethics of Coaching Law, and CPQ's published professional content. New numeric or procedural requirements not already fixed in the source materials are presented as proposed CPQ internal policy for external review, not as a claim of recognition or equivalence by another body.
These are CPQ operational definitions for consistency, editorial work and assessment. They do not replace legal, medical or academic definitions where a term is regulated in a jurisdiction.
2. Fifty Terms
01. Coaching
A structured conversational partnership supporting awareness, choice and action without taking ownership of the client’s decision.
الكوتشينج
02. Coach
A practitioner who uses coaching skills within declared competence, professional boundaries and ethical requirements.
الكوتش
03. Client
The person or team receiving coaching and retaining ownership of decisions and responsibility for choices.
العميل
04. Coaching Session
An agreed period of professional work with a purpose, context, boundaries and reviewable outcomes.
جلسة الكوتشينج
05. Coaching Agreement
An agreement defining goals, roles, confidentiality, fees, communication, cancellation and service scope.
اتفاق الكوتشينج
06. Professional Presence
The coach’s capacity to remain attentive, flexible and non-defensive during the session.
الحضور المهني
07. Awareness
An increased ability to notice patterns, assumptions and options that were previously unclear.
الوعي
08. Active Listening
Listening for meaning, context, tone and silence while checking understanding without imposing premature interpretation.
الإصغاء الفعّال
09. Powerful Question
A concise, non-leading question that expands thinking, surfaces an assumption or turns awareness into choice.
السؤال القوي
10. Feedback
Specific information or observation offered respectfully to support learning without judging personal worth.
التغذية الراجعة
11. Action Plan
Client-owned steps with timing, review criteria and accountability.
خطة العمل
12. Accountability
Reviewing what the client committed to and learned from action or non-action without punishment or rescuing.
المساءلة
13. Psychological Guidance within Coaching
Use of supportive psychological knowledge to understand behaviour and awareness without diagnosis, treatment or unheld licensure claims.
الإرشاد النفسي ضمن الكوتشينج
14. Cognitive Awareness
Noticing relationships among thoughts, interpretations, emotions and behaviour to expand choice.
الإدراك المعرفي
15. Behaviour Change
Designing experiments, environments and cues that support new behaviour or reduce unwanted behaviour within non-clinical scope.
تعديل السلوك
16. Neuroplasticity
The nervous system’s capacity to change with experience and learning; used by CPQ as an educational concept without therapeutic claims.
اللدونة العصبية
17. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
A communication and self-development framework used in some coaching contexts; CPQ does not present it as medical treatment or a substitute for clinical evidence.
البرمجة اللغوية العصبية
18. Mental Flexibility
The capacity to revise assumptions and change strategy when new information or context emerges.
المرونة العقلية
19. Intrinsic Motivation
Motivation linked to meaning, choice and values rather than external reward or pressure alone.
التحفيز الداخلي
20. Self-Awareness
The ability to notice one’s thoughts, emotions, biases and their influence on choices and behaviour.
الوعي الذاتي
21. Business Coaching
Coaching within business, decision and leadership contexts while remaining distinct from technical consulting.
كوتش الأعمال
22. Executive Coaching
Coaching for leaders requiring clear organisational contracting, confidentiality and stakeholder management.
الكوتش التنفيذي
23. Coach Educator
A practitioner qualified to design and deliver coach education and assess learning against defined standards.
معلّم الكوتشينج
24. Mentor Coaching
A development process focused on coaching performance and competencies through review and feedback.
منتورينج الكوتش
25. Professional Supervision
A regular space to review cases, ethics, practitioner impact, blind spots and professional learning.
الإشراف المهني
26. Continuing Professional Development
Documented post-qualification learning that maintains competence, ethics and current practice.
التطوير المهني المستمر
27. Scope of Practice
The boundaries set by education, competence, law and contract on what a practitioner can safely provide.
نطاق الممارسة
28. Professional Referral
Directing a client to another professional or service when needs exceed coaching scope or require different expertise.
الإحالة المهنية
29. Confidentiality
Protecting client information from disclosure except with consent or a pre-explained legal/safety exception.
السرية
30. Conflict of Interest
A situation where personal or organisational interests may affect objectivity or trust and require disclosure, management or recusal.
تضارب المصالح
31. Dual Relationship
An additional relationship with a client that may increase exploitation, pressure or loss of objectivity.
العلاقة المزدوجة
32. Code of Ethics
A set of principles and conduct rules defining professional expectations and accountability mechanisms.
مدونة الأخلاقيات
33. Professional Credential
A professional status awarded after meeting education, experience, assessment and ethics requirements and maintained through renewal.
الاعتماد المهني
34. Certificate of Completion
A document confirming completion of a programme, module or educational assessment and not automatically a professional credential.
شهادة إتمام
35. Accreditation
A quality-assurance or recognition relationship applying to an organisation or programme and stated with its awarding body and scope.
اعتماد جهة أو برنامج
36. Professional Membership
Affiliation with a professional network or community with conditions and benefits separate from a credential or qualification.
العضوية المهنية
37. CPQ-T Tier
A level in CPQ’s proprietary professional credential system based on education, practice, supervision and assessment evidence.
مستوى CPQ-T
38. LCS™ Diploma
CPQ’s Life Coach Specialist education pathway; an advanced educational qualification, not an automatic professional credential.
دبلوم LCS™
39. CPD™ Diploma
CPQ’s integrated foundational Practitioner Coach diploma, distinct from the generic concept of continuing professional development hours.
دبلوم CPD™
40. PCA™ Diploma
CPQ’s Coaching & Psychological Guidance pathway with explicit coaching boundaries, referral and non-diagnosis requirements.
دبلوم PCA™
41. CTTA™ Diploma
CPQ’s Advanced Coach Trainer pathway for designing and delivering coach education and group training.
دبلوم CTTA™
42. CPQ™ Ecosystem
The system connecting CPQ’s professional organisation, academy, standards, credentials, knowledge, research and community.
منظومة CPQ™
43. Change Makers Club
A CPQ professional community providing membership, networking and activities; membership does not equal professional credentialing.
نادي صُنّاع التغيير
44. Electronic Verification
A public mechanism for checking a certificate or credential using a number or code recorded in the registry.
التحقق الإلكتروني
45. Practice Log
A dated record of coaching hours, clients and work type used as evidence for credential application or renewal.
سجل الممارسة
46. Performance Assessment
Review of a session or practice evidence against a published rubric measuring competencies and behaviours.
تقييم الأداء
47. Ethics Acknowledgement
A documented commitment to read and follow the Code of Ethics and provide truthful information.
إقرار الأخلاقيات
48. Individual Coaching
A coaching relationship between practitioner and individual client with agreed contract, confidentiality and goals.
الكوتشينج الفردي
49. Group Coaching
A coaching process for a group requiring explicit safety, confidentiality and role agreements among participants.
الكوتشينج الجماعي
50. Digital Coaching
Coaching delivered through digital channels with additional privacy, security and consent requirements.
الكوتشينج الرقمي