The WABC Team Coaching Competencies is the first-ever, global association-sponsored evidence-based professional competencies that define team coaching as a subspecialty of business coaching and specialized area of practice.
This list of competencies covers a wide breadth and depth of practice and is applied (at the appropriate level) to specified WABC Credentials and WABC Accredited® Programs.
To ensure clarity and to permit standard and fair evaluation, the competencies are arranged in a hierarchical structure—areas (3), categories (6), competencies (15) and competencies’ indicators (63). This approach lends both structure and flexibility to the assessment process.
WABC’s competencies cover the breadth and depth of professional practice expected of a proficient team coach. The competencies provide a framework against which individuals can map their training and experience.
Since 1997, WABC has been committed to defining and leading business coaching excellence. We’ve spent years on in-depth research, literature reviews and consultations with some of the world’s top business coaches and their clients to create evidence-based standards for professional business coaches.
In 2026, we engaged a WABC Research Team to undertake further investigation and research into team coaches. One result of this effort is the draft list of evidence-based team coaching competencies*. This list of competencies is based on the real-world tasks of team coaches in small and large businesses, governments, institutions, nonprofits–any organizations where they practice. From later-2026 to later-2027, this list will undergo further validation through our pilot accreditation process involving a select group of training providers from around the world. Once the pilot is completed, we’ll finalize and publish this list.
*The WABC Team Coaching Competencies also include appropriate competencies and competencies’ indicators from the WABC Business Coaching Competencies.
WABC reserves all rights in connection with the WABC Team Coaching Competencies, including the right to change, replace or discontinue.
