ABOUT WABC FULL MEMBERSHIP

Type of Membership

WABC Full Membership is our professional advanced level membership for individuals. It recognizes those who are experienced business coaches, who are active practitioners in the field and who represent many professional roles (e.g., leader, manager, internal or external business coach, external consultant).

Granting Institution  

WABC Full Membership is granted by WABC, headquartered in Canada.

HOW TO EARN WABC FULL MEMBERSHIP

You are eligible for WABC Full Membership if you:

• Are actively engaged in business coaching in alignment with the WABC Business Coaching Definition;
• Are providing business coaching services (e.g., one-on-one or team coaching) and possibly other related services and activities (e.g., business coach training, speaking engagements, publishing and/or research about business coaching);
• Have enrolled in or successfully completed an appropriate formal evidence-based business coaching training program or assessment (WABC Accredited^® programs highly preferred)**;
• Have in place appropriate business coaching service agreements with your business coaching clients, coachees and/or business coach training participants;
• Have at least 3 years of business coaching experience (includes coaching in the private, public and nonprofit sectors);
• Have at least 7 years of business or organizational experience (includes coaching and non-coaching work in the private, public and nonprofit sectors);
• Have provided business coaching services to at least 15 recipients in the last 3 years;
• Prove, with verifiable references, that you have provided business coaching or business coach training to 5 recipients in the last 12 months. Your 5 references can come from:
  • EITHER 5 business coaching clients and/or coachees
  • OR 3 business coaching clients and/or coachees plus 2 business coach training participants

You can gather these 5 references yourself or ask your employer (or the person managing your coaching contract) to submit declarations about your references. Instructions and templates to fulfill this references requirement will be provided.

• Have a reputation for integrity and sound character;
• Agree to abide by the Terms of Membership, the WABC Code of Business Coaching Ethics and Integrity, the WABC Professional Standards for Business Coaches, the Terms and Policies and any other standards, terms, conditions, rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines that may be adopted; and
• Meet other requirements that may be established from time to time by WABC.

Your application must include a current résumé/CV or outline verifying your background experience. 

*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. 

HOW TO MAINTAIN WABC FULL MEMBERSHIP

You must continue to meet the qualification standards by renewing annually. The renewal process is quick and may be completed online.

HOW TO LIST WABC FULL MEMBERSHIP

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.

Credential Verification

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 Full Member). For full details, refer our Credential Verification Policy.