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Advisors and other leadership groups respond to key Association initiatives.

• International Advisors
• 2007-08 International Accreditation Program Expert Panel
• 2008 Ethics and Integrity Committee
• Other Past Groups

International Advisors

These esteemed experts from around the world offer the WABC president and CEO key advice and recommendations as well as access to high-leverage networks and connections.    

Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland (Australia) is an experienced businesswoman, company director, manager, corporate coach, trainer and facilitator who has worked with companies to support them in meeting their challenges over many years. She has a strong understanding both of business principles and adult learning principles. This together with her deep knowledge and experience of the coaching process make her a powerful agent of change. More about Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland.
Errol P. Mendes (Canada) is a lawyer, author, professor, adviser and executive coach to NGOs, corporations, government and the United Nations. His teaching, research and consulting interests include corporate law and governance, global governance, international business and trade law, constitutional law, international law (including anti-terrorism laws and policies) and human rights law and policy. He has been a Project leader for, conflict resolution, governance and justice projects in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and India. More about Errol Mendes.
Gary Ranker (United States) has been an executive coach since 1989, making him one of the pioneers in the field. He has been listed in Forbes magazine as one of the top five executive coaches. He has also been selected by the Financial Times to be one of 50 worldwide Thought Leaders. The unique specialty Gary is best known for is coaching clients to analyze their corporate political environment and develop concrete strategies to achieve goals. It is for this expertise that he is well known and respected. Dr. Ranker's clients include GE, Sony, AIG, Harcourt, and Goldman Sachs, among others. More about Gary Ranker.
Laurence S. Lyons (Larry) (United Kingdom) has coached hundreds of senior and high-potential executives. Job titles of the very many individuals Larry has coached include CEO, CFO, COO, regional and divisional board members, as well as high-potential fast-track middle-managers. Larry excels in situations which are strategically challenging and politically sensitive, and in cases where accurate feedback may not be available. Larry specialises in the introduction, design and implementation of large-scale executive coaching and change management programs. More about Larry Lyons.
Marshall Goldsmith (United States) is a world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive, measurable change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. Recently, the American Management Association named Marshall as one of 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years. His work has been featured in a Harvard Business Review interview, Business Strategy Review cover story (from the London Business School) and New Yorker profile.  More about Marshall Goldsmith.
Maya Hu-Chan (United States/China/Taiwan) is an international management consultant, executive coach, speaker, and leadership development educator. She specializes in global leadership, executive coaching, and cross-cultural business skills. Harvard Business School has chosen her book “Global Leadership: The Next Generation” to be one of the Working Knowledge recommended books. This book was translated and published in Chinese.  More about Maya Hu-Chan.
Philippe Rosinski (Belgium) is an expert in executive coaching, team coaching, and global leadership development, sought after by leading international corporations. His international corporate clients include Unilever, Chubb Insurance, Baxter Healthcare and IBM. He is the author of Coaching Across Cultures (Nicholas Brealey Publishing/Intercultural Press, 2003) and his pioneering work in bringing the crucial intercultural dimension into the practice of coaching has won him worldwide acclaim. More about Philippe Rosinski.

Former International Advisory Committee Members

2007-08 International Accreditation Program Expert Panel
WABC Accredited^®

Do you offer training tailored specifically to business coaching? Do you want our emerging profession to know that your program is credible, reliable and relevant? Then advertise your excellence with WABC’s new international accreditation program. The WABC Accredited
designation tells the world that your business coach training program has undergone independent, professional assessment to ensure that it meets our rigorous international standards.

Our expert review panel has completed its evaluation of our proposed accreditation program to ensure that it is relevant, meets our strict standards and can be marketed around the world. The program is now being piloted. The WABC Accredited designation will be available in 2008.

ABRACEM (Brazil)

The Brazilian Association of Executive and Business Coaching (ABRACEM), located in Sao Paulo, Brazil is developing national standards including an Executive and Business Coaching Certification Program. ABRACEM is represented by its president, Rosa Krausz, who brings 30 years of experience as a senior consultant, teacher, writer and seasoned executive coach. She also serves as Director of Intelectus, a consulting, training and executive coaching firm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. More about ABRACEM.

 Adler Professional Schools, Inc. (Canada)
 

Adler School of Professional Coaching, Inc., (soon to become Adler  International Learning, Inc.) has been offering their Professional Coaching Certificate Program since 1998. The program focus is on positive change in the context of work, and participants typically include HR professionals, organizational consultants, coaches, as well as managers and leaders. Adler's program is represented by Melinda Sinclair, original architect, program advisor, instructor, supervisor, and examiner of this certificate program. In addition to her design and facilitation work for the Adler School of Professional Coaching and Adler Corporate Services, she is an executive coach, consultant, facilitator and educator with thirty years experience working in a knowledge-based environment. More about Adler.

BeamPines | Middlesex University
Master's in Executive Coaching (United States)

BusinessCoach.com (United States)

BusinessCoach.com offers two distinct programs, business coaching services and business coach training services. Their training program teaches the exact methodology and step by step process they have used with their clients for over 18 years. The four day training is designed to teach students the art of business coaching, how to interact and engage potential clients, how business coaches work in specific business areas, how to create organizational and transformational change and how to operate a successful business coaching practice. Since 1989 BusinessCoach.com has been represented by its founder and president, Gary Henson. With over 30 years as an entrepreneur, he gave up a successful career in commercial real estate to pursue business coaching and has been committed to transforming businesses and lives ever since. More about BusinessCoach.com.

BusinessCoach Inc. (Japan)

BusinessCoach Inc. currently offers corporate training services to high-profile companies in Japan, joint coaching seminars with Nikkei Venture Magazine and Nikkei Business Associates, and one-on-one and group business coaching. BusinessCoach Inc. is represented by its founder, Kaoru Hosokawa, one of the most well-known business coaches and active writers on business coaching in Japan. More about BusinessCoach Inc.

Capital Estratégico (Mexico)

 

Capital Estratégico is a leading coaching firm located in México City since 2001. It specializes in business coaching for executives and salespeople through different coaching training programs. Its coaching programs are the only ones in México endorsed by the Universidad Gestalt de las Américas. The firm has been coaching executives in more than 25 different enterprises, such as Merck, HSBC, ProceSAR, Orión, TNS Gallup, Transitions Optical, Medical Dimegar and ITESM. Capital Estratégico is represented by its founder and CEO, Enrique López de los Ríos. He is an experienced company director, manager, corporate coach, trainer and facilitator with a diverse international background.

Coaching de Gestion Inc. (Canada)


 

Coaching de Gestion Inc. has been providing coach training and professional coaching services for ten years. Coach training programs are tailored for those wanting to become professional coaches as well as for those managers wanting to incorporate coaching skills into their management practices. Training programs, offered internationally in the French-speaking community, are highly practical with an emphasis on simulations and feedback, case studies, debates, and coaching to ensure the highest degree of assimilation. Coaching de Gestion Inc. is represented by its director, Nadine Fortin. A coach, trainer and experienced manager in the hi-tech community, Nadine specializes in coaching managers working in technical fields. More about Coaching de Gestion Inc.

International Coach Academy (Australia)
 

International Coach Academy (ICA) is a global coach training school, delivering high quality professional coach training through teleconferencing and a unique online learning community. ICA is represented by its CEO, Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland, an experienced businesswoman, company director, manager, corporate coach, trainer and facilitator with a diverse international background. More about International Coach Academy.

Keith To (China)

Keith To is a highly experienced businessman, coach, trainer and facilitator with over sixteen years of extensive senior management experience after serving with Xian Zong Lin International Ltd, Star Telecom Ltd, Apple Shop Ltd and 7-Eleven. Keith will be developing new business coaching programs in this emerging region. More about Keith To.

Meyler Campbell (United Kingdom)

Meyler Campbell is a leading provider of business coach training for senior organisational leaders and freelance executive coaches. Corporate clients include Boston Consulting Group, London Business School, McKinsey, and Procter & Gamble, and many leading European business coaches are Graduates of our Programmes. Meyler Campbell is represented by its Managing Director, Anne Scoular. As a Diplomat, Citibank-trained international banker, and organisational psychologist, Anne also teaches coaching at London Business School, and is active in research and writing in coaching. More about Meyler Campbell.

Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring (United Kingdom)

The Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring (OSCM) has been offering programmes since 1997. OSCM programmes provide a range of high quality, rigorous academic and practical qualifications at Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels. All the programmes are professionally accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and/or credit rated academically by Oxford Brookes University. OSCM programmes also meet or exceed the UK National Occupational Standards issued by the UK Qualification and Curriculum Authority. The programmes are continually upgraded to keep pace with the developing profession, backed up by respected research, and therefore represent a widely acknowledged leading edge reputation internationally. OSCM is represented by Eric Parsloe, the CEO of The Oxford Total Learning Group and the founder of the Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring, one of the UK’s leading professional qualification organisations. More about OSCM.

South African Institute of Research into Coaching 
(part of Resolve Encounter Consulting) (South Africa)

Resolve Encounter Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a professional consulting business that offers human and organizational development solutions to corporations and medium sized businesses in the form of: Individual and Team Coaching Services, Team Development Interventions and Training Programmes. Our business is committed to transformation in South Africa and draws on a fully diverse group of staff and associates in delivering our services. The Institute is represented by Executive Director, Dr. Sunny Stout Rostron. Sunny is an international performance consultant and executive coach, with a wide range of experience in leadership, strategic business management and communication. She is one of the founding members and President of COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of South Africa) which is aligned to the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and the WABC. More about Resolve and the Institute.

2008 Ethics and Integrity Committee
Positions still available.

Members of this committee are very seasoned business coaches with substantial experience and a demonstrated record of maintaining impeccable integrity, confidentiality and impartiality. Committee members are available to receive and respond to any ethics inquiries, concerns, or complaints from our members, or their clients.

Ethics and Integrity Chair Phyllis Campagna (United States), President of XSEL Performance Strategies, has been an active business coach for over fourteen years. Located in the Chicago Metro area, she has provided support and guidance to dozens of executives and small business owners throughout the country, specializing in assisting individuals in defining and implementing their professional and personal objectives. The heart of her work is to meld clients, goals and talents into an effective and ethical plan of action. More about Phyllis Campagna.
David Lane (United Kingdom) brings over twenty years of extensive international experience as a professional coach to senior management, including CEO levels, and as a consultant on organizational development for major corporations. He has also provided international research forums and benchmarking projects. More about David Lane.
Keith To (China) is a highly experienced businessman, coach, trainer and facilitator with over sixteen years of extensive senior management experience after serving with Xian Zong Lin International Ltd, Star Telecom Ltd, Apple Shop Ltd and 7-Eleven. More about Keith To.
Margaret Miller (Canada) has over 30 years of business experience, twelve years at the senior management level, and a diverse range of professional accreditations. From her director level positions in finance, administration and Human Resources to founder and principal of her own coaching and consulting group, Margaret has gained a broad range of experience in the working world while mentoring others in the workplace.  More about Margaret Miller.

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