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Thomas J. Leonard (July 31, 1955 – February 11, 2003) was a personal coach. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was an EST employee in the 1980s [ 3 ] and founded Coach U, [ 4 ] the International Coach Federation , Coachville, and the International Association of Coaching [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
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In a 2009 article, [3] John Whitmore claimed that Max Landsberg coined the name GROW during a conversation with Graham Alexander and that Whitmore was the first to publish it in the 1992 first edition of his book Coaching for Performance. [4] Landsberg also published it a few years later in the 1996 first edition of his book The Tao of Coaching ...
[1] [2] In 1951, John Lawther of Penn State University published Psychology of Coaching. [3] in 1967 Curtiss Gaylord published a book titled Modern Coaching Psychology, the first book to use "coaching psychology" in its title [4] [5] In 1970, James William Moore published The Psychology of Athletic Coaching. [2] [6]
Coaching psychology is a field of applied psychology that applies psychological theories and concepts to the practice of coaching.Its aim is to increase performance, self-actualization, achievement and well-being in individuals, teams and organisations by utilising evidence-based methods grounded in scientific research. [1]
The business practices of the life coach industry have also stirred controversy. [34] [35] Unlike a psychotherapist, there is no required training, occupational licensing, or regulatory oversight for life coaching. [34] Anyone can claim to be a life coach, and anyone can start a business selling "certificates" to would-be life coaches. [34]
Coaching trees are common in the National Football League and most coaches in the NFL can trace their lineage back to a certain head coach for whom they previously worked as an assistant. The phrase "coaching tree" has also grown to refer colloquially to any idea or set of ideas originated by an individual or group.
Business @ the Speed of Thought [1] is a book written by Bill Gates and Collins Hemingway in 1999. It discusses how business and technology are integrated, and explains how digital infrastructures and information networks can help someone get an edge on the competition.