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 connecting business owners across North America with certified coaches who can help them grow.
Who Our Members Are
PBCA member-coaches are a deliberately diverse mix of professionals who chose business coaching as their craft. The community includes:
- Former executives who now coach business owners using decades of operating experience.
- Business advisors and consultants who folded coaching into their advisory practice or shifted fully into coaching.
- Specialized coaches with deep expertise in specific industries, functions, or growth stages.
- Career-changers from corporate, military, and entrepreneurial backgrounds who entered coaching with the structure and credential the CPBC program provides.
What unites them is the focus: every PBCA member is a professional business or executive coach, working with business owners and leadership teams to improve operating performance.
What Sets the PBCA Apart
Most coaching associations cover the broad profession — life, wellness, executive, business, and more, all under one umbrella. The PBCA is intentionally narrower. We focus exclusively on professional business and executive coaching.
That focus shapes everything:
- Our certification curriculum is built specifically for coaches working with business owners and executives, not generalized across coaching disciplines.
- Our tool library, frameworks, and engagement structures all serve business coaching practice — not adapted from life coaching or therapy.
- Our peer programs put coaches in conversation with other coaches solving the same kinds of problems, every month.
- Our directory connects business owners with coaches whose entire practice is dedicated to business outcomes.
How the Alliance Works
The PBCA operates through three connected programs:
- Certification — The 4-day Certified Professional Business Coach (CPBC) program credentials new coaches and creates the methodology baseline that every member shares.
- Membership — Certified coaches join as member-coaches with access to tools, monthly peer groups, conferences, retreats, and the coach directory.
- The Coach Directory — A searchable connection point for business owners looking for certified coaches who match their needs.
Members value independence — they run their own practices — while finding active support within the alliance. Joint coaching opportunities, referrals between coaches, 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) — professionals who have completed PBCA certification and run active business coaching practices. The community includes former executives, business advisors, specialized coaches, and consultants who chose to focus on business coaching as their primary discipline.
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 annual conferences and Master Coach retreats, and connects business owners with certified coaches through the PBCA coach directory.
How is the PBCA different from ICF or other coaching bodies?
The PBCA is exclusively focused on professional business and executive coaching. Where general coaching organizations cover life, wellness, and executive coaching together, the PBCA's certifications, tools, peer programs, and community are all designed for one discipline: helping business owners and executives improve operating performance.
Can I work with a PBCA member-coach as a business owner?
Yes. The PBCA Coach Directory connects business owners with Certified Professional Business Coaches who specialize in areas like sales, marketing, leadership, finance, strategic planning, and exit/succession planning.