John Whitmore
Performance coaching pioneer and author
Sir John Whitmore was a British racing driver who became a pioneer of workplace coaching. He co-created the GROW coaching model and wrote Coaching for Performance.
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British Born 1937 in Grays, United Kingdom Died 2017
About John Whitmore
Sir John Henry Douglas Whitmore, 2nd Baronet, was born on 16 October 1937 and died on 28 April 2017. Before he turned to coaching, he worked as a professional racing driver. After leaving racing, he developed performance coaching for use in business and leadership. He co-created the GROW model and founded Performance Consultants International. He also helped in the early creation of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and served as a Trustee of the ICF Foundation until his death. The ICF gave him its President's Award for his lifetime's work. His book Coaching for Performance is the best known of his writing on performance coaching.