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Tim Gallwey - The Inner Game and origins of modern coaching

Timothy W. Gallwey (born 1938 in San Francisco) is an outstanding thinker in the field of personal development, professional development,...

Socrates - the first good coach in the world?

Socrates (469-399 BCE) is, next to Plato and Aristotle, considered the greatest philosopher of antiquity. Was he also the first coach?

David Clutterbuck - the father of modern mentoring in Europe

Professor David Clutterbuck is described as the father of modern mentoring. He is one of the most prolific writers on management in Europe.

Did coaching come before Christ?

To talk about the oldest sources of coaching, I suggest starting with a trip to Greece and going back in time about 2,400 years.

Sir John Whitmore - the father of business coaching

He is the co-creator of the GROW coaching model, which has been recognized as the foundation of business coaching. And he coined the term...

The history of coaching

According to Wikipedia, the first use of the term coach to refer to the concept of trainer appeared around 1830 at the University of Oxford