About the Alliance
The Professional Business Coaches Alliance unites diverse experienced coaches and consultants across North America, fostering a tight-knit community that shares tools, strategies, and collaborations. Members, including former executives, service providers, and specialized coaches, engage in joint coaching, forums, and monthly calls, valuing independence while finding support within the alliance, catering to various coaching practices and goals.
Our Mission
The Professional Business Coaches Alliance exists to unleash professional expertise by certifying and developing business and master coaches. We do that by training new coaches through the Certified Professional Business Coach (CPBC) program, supporting member-coaches with proven tools and an active peer community, and helping business owners find a PBCA Certified Business Coach.
Who Our Members Are
Our members consist of experienced business people with varying backgrounds. The community includes:
- Current and former business owners, retired executives, and corporate vice presidents.
- Professional service providers — accountants, lawyers, business brokers, financial advisors — and business consultants who have added business coaching to their suite of services.
- Specialized coaches, including those who work with small businesses in their local communities and others who provide their services nationally or internationally.
Many of our coaches have deep six-figure coaching practices, while others work with just a few clients and are using business coaching as a lifestyle endeavor. The PBCA is for business coaches only.
The PBCA Difference
How is the PBCA different from a coaching franchise?
- PBCA members do not report income; your income is your business.
- PBCA members do not pay royalties; you keep every penny you earn.
- PBCA members are not limited by territorial restrictions; you can coach anyone you want to coach.
- PBCA members are not bound to long-term contracts; even membership is month-to-month.
- The PBCA exists to help you promote your own brand; the name and logo you will promote is your own.
- Our peer programs put coaches in conversation with other coaches solving the same kinds of problems, every month.
How the Alliance Works
The PBCA operates through two connected programs:
- Certification — The 4-day Certified Professional Business Coach (CPBC) program provides the foundation of the PBCA concepts, so that we all speak the same language.
- Membership — Certified coaches join as member-coaches with access to tools, monthly peer groups, community calls, the Annual Conference, and Master Coach Retreat content and notes.
Looking for a coach? Contact us and we will help you find a PBCA Certified Business Coach.
Members value independence — they run their own practices — while finding active support within the alliance. Joint coaching engagements, special project work, and shared learning across the network are normal parts of how members operate.
Joining the Alliance
The path into the PBCA begins with certification. Completing the Certified Professional Business Coach (CPBC) program earns you the credential and makes you eligible to join as a member-coach.
If you’re an experienced business coach, advisor, or executive considering coaching as your next chapter, the application is the place to start. If you’d like to talk through whether the PBCA is the right fit for your practice, request a meeting.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Professional Business Coaches Alliance?
The PBCA is a membership organization for certified professional business coaches. Members include experienced business coaches, former executives, advisors, and consultants who serve business owners and leadership teams across the United States and Canada.
Who are PBCA member-coaches?
PBCA members are Certified Professional Business Coaches (CPBC). Members include current and former business owners, retired executives, and professional service providers; some run deep six-figure coaching practices, others work with just a few clients.
Where is the PBCA based?
The PBCA is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Our member-coaches operate practices throughout the United States and Canada, serving business owners and leadership teams across North America.
What does the PBCA do?
The PBCA certifies business coaches through the CPBC program, supports member-coaches with proven tools and methodology, facilitates peer learning through monthly mastermind groups, hosts the Annual Conference and the Master Coach Retreat, and helps business owners find a PBCA Certified Business Coach.
Can I work with a PBCA member-coach as a business owner?
Yes. Contact us and we will reach out to find you a PBCA Certified Business Coach, whether your challenge is sales, marketing, leadership, finance, strategic planning, or exit/succession planning.