Thomas Leonard

Thomas J. Leonard (July 31, 1955 - February 11, 2003) is considered a major contributor to the development of personal coaching.

In 1992, he founded Coach University, a leader in coach training with over 7,000 coaches operating in 38 countries.

[edit] Significant accomplishments

Leonard's other accomplishments include:

Founding the International Coach Federation in 1994. The ICF is an association of professional coaches with over 130 chapters worldwide.
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 classes 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 audiotape sets demonstrating techniques and processes of coaching.
Developing a popular website called TopTen.org, which contains over 1,000 Top 10 Lists on all subjects. (This is arguably one of the Internet's first article directories."
Founding and managing of CoachVille.com as CEO. Coachivlle is a network and trainer of coaches worldwide with 20,000 coaches a members and graduates from 85 countries.
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 Certified Coaches, a professional coaching association with members worldwide.
Publishing Today's Coach, a coaching industry ezine with over 30,000 subscribers.

Leonard wrote 28 personal and professional development programs, including:

Thomas Leonard was the author of the following books: