Thomas J. Leonard
For other people named Thomas Leonard, see Thomas Leonard (disambiguation).
Thomas J. Leonard (July 31, 1955 - February 11, 2003) was a major contributor to the development of personal coaching.[1] He was an EST employee in the 1980s[2] and founded Coach U, the International Coach Federation, Coachville, and the International Association of Coaches as the manager of its accounting department.[3] He participated in the foundation of the Coaches Training Institute deeply.[3] He was the founder concerned with establishment of the other companies and organizations of coaching.[4]
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.[5]
- 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.
Personal and professional development tools
- Personal Foundation
- Certified Strategist
- Toleration-Free
- Clean Sweep
- SuperSensitive Person
- A Perfect Life
- Certified Critical Eye
Books
- Working Wisdom
- The Portable Coach, Scribner, August 1998, ISBN 978-0-684-85041-2
- Becoming a Coach
- Simply Brilliant, ISBN 978-1-929668-00-7
- Coaching Forms Book
- The Distinctionary
- 28 Laws of Attraction, Scribner, December 2007, ISBN 978-1-4165-7103-2
See also
References
- ↑ Coach or Couch, Choose Your Therapy. New York Times. Published: July 13, 2003.
- ↑ Jane Renton, "Coaching and Mentoring: What They Are and How to Make the Most of Them". The Economist Newspaper. Ltd.,2009, pgs 8 & 27.
- 1 2 Related Links. Werne Erhard, Work and Ideas. Retrieved 8 July, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas J. Leonard: Bio.
- ↑ Mills, Byron, author. Computer Retail Weekly, Issue 41, 2007.
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