Thomas J. Leonard

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'''Thomas J. Leonard''' (July 31, 1955 - February 11, 2003) was a major contributor to the development of personal coaching.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E7DE163CF930A25754C0A9659C8B63&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=1 Coach or Couch, Choose Your Therapy]. ''New York Times''. Published: July 13, 2003.</ref> He was an [[Erhard Seminars Training|EST]] employee in the 1980s<ref>Jane Renton, "Coaching and Mentoring: What They Are and How to Make the Most of Them". ''The Economist Newspaper''. Ltd.,2009, pgs 8 & 27.</ref> and founded Coach U, the [[International Coach Federation]], Coachville, and the International Association of Coaches as the manager of its accounting department.<ref name="est">[http://www.wernererhardinfo.com/related-links.html Related Links]. Werne Erhard, Work and Ideas. Retrieved 8 July 2015.</ref> He participated in the foundation of the Coaches Training Institute deeply.<ref name="est"/> He was the founder concerned with establishment of the other companies and organizations of coaching.<ref>[http://www.coachville.com/tl/thomasleonard/bio.html Thomas J. Leonard: Bio].</ref>

==Notable contributions to coaching==
*Writing 6 coaching-related books, along with 14 internally published works available exclusively to the coaches at Coach University.
*Founding the [[International Coach Federation]] in 1995.
*Starting [[TeleClass.com]] in 1998. Teleclass.com is a virtual university with over 20,000 students, offering over 100 [[teleclass]]es 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.<ref>Mills, Byron, author. ''Computer Retail Weekly'', Issue 41, 2007.</ref>
*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'', [[Charles Scribner's Sons|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==
*[[Werner Erhard and Associates]]
*[[Erhard Seminars Training]]
*[[Landmark Worldwide]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.coachville.com/ Coachville]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060423171527/http://www.topten.org/ TopTen.org]
*[http://www.coachu.com/ CoachU]
*[http://www.certifiedcoach.org/ International Association of Coaching]

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