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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 ]
In 2006, The Australian Psychological Society founded the International Coaching Psychology Review (since 2006). [21] In 2008, The Journal Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice was formed. [citation needed] In 2009, International Society of Coaching Psychology founded the journal, Coaching Psychology International [22]
In 1998, Anderson was elected president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, [9] becoming the first African-American to hold the position. [1] [10] He was the founding associate director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he was in charge of social and behavioral science, and was the first director of the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR). [1]
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]
Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a coach, supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. [1] The learner is sometimes called a coachee.
John B. McLendon Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly white university and the first African American head coach in any professional sport. He was a major contributor to the development of modern basketball and coached on both ...
In 1894, E. Gard Edwards became the first paid head coach. [2] The hiring of professional coaches for the football team was controversial among large portions of the college community, including those who felt it was a poor use of college funds and faculty members who believed that the focus on athletics detracted from the ideal of a scholar ...
Carol A. Mullen is a Canadian-American professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, where she served as director of the School of Education and an associate dean for the college.