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This post is updated from February 11, 2008.
When you think of the International Coach Federation, Coach U, the International Association of Coaches, and CoachVille who’s name comes to mind? The visionary behind all of these was Thomas Leonard. Generous and competitive, Thomas was a synthesizer of ideas.
I remember hearing about his Attraction Program in 1997 and signing up knowing that it would be co-created by Thomas with the attendees. His R&D (research and development) team was where anyone could get in on the ground floor in creating something new.
The coaching field lost a pioneer when Thomas died unexpectedly on February 11, 2003 with many projects and ideas left unfinished. Unbelievably, this was seven years ago! You can view more about Thomas at his website at http://www.thomasleonard.com/which says, “It looks like God wants some coaching and he’s called for the best. We’ll miss you, Thomas.”
Vikki G. Brock, PhD, EMBA, MCC
Team Lead, Coaching History
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Never met and never communicated with Thomas, but he was the driving force behind creating the personal coaching process that gave birth to the entire coaching industry.
Hopefully we can finish what he started.
Aahh, Thomas – miss his voice so! And am delighted that Andrea Lee has picked up the thousands of colorful, loose threads of his creative mind to disseminate to those who missed a unique opportunity to experience a mind that was truly active and productive 110% of the time.