Coaching Pioneers: Laura Whitworth and Thomas Leonard

V Brock International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2009

This article about two pioneers in the field of organizational coaching — Thomas Leonard and Laura Whitworth — is based on the author’s interviews with more than 170 senior practitioners in the field — including interviews with one of these two pioneers (Whitworth). Offering anecdotes from her interviews, as well as her own personal acquaintance with Leonard and Whitworth, Vikki Brock serves up many insights about the early days in this field, as well as about the distinctive characteristics exhibited by these two founders and rule-breakers.