Saturday, July 5, 2008

SOC, Thomas Leonard's passing, more disappointment.

While I was ruminating over the passing of Thomas Leonard, Feb 11th 2003, I found this on the internet. Just wanted to say, thanks a lot to CEO Dave Buck for keeping the vision of Thomas in tact and taking care of the coaching community as a whole. Thomas sure picked the right person to succeed him. Taken directly from the 'school of coaching news':

Friday, February 14, 2003

A few of you have also expressed concern over long-term plans for the School of Coaching and its component schools. By way of response, allow us to reassure you in the simplest of terms:

In keeping with Thomas' vision - for the School of Coaching to be the largest, most comprehensive and most progressive coaching school in the world - we are proceeding with his plans to deliver these promises to you.


Yeah, right Dave. Thanks for making this happen for us. We're in good hands. For those of you who don't know, a goodly amount of 'schools' (creativity, leadership, others) Thomas Leonard planned on offering in exchange for high dollar 'lifetime' memberships ($4495 tops) never appeared. They were never developed or acted on by Dave Buck nor were they replaced with anything similar like Thomas had in mind. Where did all that lifetime membership money go? Perhaps there should be an forensic audit to satisfy the massive gap in accountability here. You decide.

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