Thomas J. Leonard
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Thomas J. Leonard (July 31, 1955 - February 11, 2003 in Phoenix, Arizona) is considered a major contributor to the development of personal coaching.[1] In 1992 he founded Coach University,[2] and the International Coach Federation in 1994.[3]
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[edit] Notable contributions to coaching
- Writing 6 coaching-related books, along with 14 internally published works available exclusively to the coaches at Coach University.
- Starting TeleClass.com in 1998. Teleclass.com is a virtual university with over 20,000 students, offering over 100 teleclasses during any given week, delivered via conference call and RealAudio.
- Writing 28 personal and professional development programs which are used by coaches, training firms, and Fortune 100 companies.
- Being featured on over 100 hours of commercially available audio-tape sets demonstrating techniques and processes of coaching.
- Developing a popular website called TopTen.org, which contains over 1,000 (needs verification) Top 10 Lists on all subjects. (This is arguably one of the Internet's first article directories.[4]
- Founding Coach U, the oldest and largest professional coach training organization.
- Founding and managing of CoachVille.com as CEO. Coachville is a network and trainer of coaches a majority in the U.S.
- Founding the Graduate School of Coaching, a comprehensive coach training school (1000 courses in development), with 1400 students from 35 countries.
- Founding the International Association of Coaching, a professional coaching association.
- Publishing Today's Coach, a coaching industry ezine with over 30,000 subscribers.
[edit] Personal and professional development tools
- Personal Foundation
- Certified Strategist
- Toleration-Free
- Clean Sweep
- SuperSensitive Person
- A Perfect Life
- Certified Critical Eye
[edit] Books
- Working Wisdom
- The Portable Coach, Scribner, August 1998, ISBN 978-0684850412
- Becoming a Coach
- Simply Brilliant, ISBN 978-1929668007
- Coaching Forms Book
- The Distinctionary
- 28 Laws of Attraction, Scribner, December 2007, ISBN 978-1416571032
[edit] References
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E7DE163CF930A25754C0A9659C8B63&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=1
- ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/08/12/LV31696.DTL
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E6D9113CF93AA15753C1A9649C8B63
- ^ Mills, Byron, author. Computer Retail Weekly, Issue 41, 2007
