WABC offers two levels of professional membership for business coaches at various stages in their careers–newer and part-time to experienced. The WABC Affiliate Member Standards are advanced standards for qualifying and requalifying for WABC membership, based on business experience and coaching experience. You will refer to these standards when you’d like to know what’s required to become a WABC Affiliate Member intended for newer and part-time business coaches.
WABC Affiliate Membership is our professional entry-level membership for individuals. It recognizes those who are emerging, new and part-time business coaches and who represent many professional roles (e.g., leader, manager, internal or external business coach, external consultant).
WABC Affiliate Membership is granted by WABC, headquartered in Canada.
You are eligible for WABC Affiliate Membership if you:
Your application must include a current résumé/CV or outline verifying your background experience.
* Means you intend to provide business coaching services over the next year, or are in the first 3 years of a business coaching practice, or have fewer clients than required for WABC Full Membership™.
** If you have not enrolled in or successfully completed an appropriate formal business coaching training program or assessment (WABC Accredited routes highly preferred), then you may be asked to participate in a membership eligibility interview.
You must continue to meet the qualification standards by renewing annually. The renewal process is quick and may be completed online.
Current holders of this membership may list it in several ways. Please log in to your dashboard for further guidance and access to applicable WABC logos.
At WABC, we support credible business coaches, and another way we do this and maintain our high standards as a professional association is through our credential verification service. This service requires members who hold academic degrees or professional designations from organizations other than WABC to have those credentials verified by us if they wish to list them in materials that display WABC trademarks (e.g., WABC logo, WABC Affiliate Member). For full details, refer to our Credential Verification Policy.
REVISED DATE NOTE:
This revised edition reflects both improved text and changes within the “HOW TO EARN WABC AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP” section. Specifically, the changes are:
** If you have not enrolled in or successfully completed an appropriate formal business coaching training program or assessment (WABC Accredited routes highly preferred), then you may be asked to participate in a membership eligibility interview.
LEGAL:
WABC reserves all rights in connection with the WABC Affiliate Membership Standards, including the right to change, replace or discontinue.