Jonathan Passmore

Jonathan Passmore is a Chartered Psychologist, author and executive coach. He holds 5 degrees and 2 professional qualifications. He is ranked no.17 on the Global Gurus Coaching Thought Leaders list, and has won multiple awards for his work as a coach, author and researcher from the British Psychological Society, EMCC, ABP and AC. 

Jonathan is the author of 30 books, including Becoming a Coach: The Essential ICF Guide, The Coaches Handbook, Excellence in Coaching, Coaching Researched, Mindfulness at Work and WeCoach – a comprehensive handbook of some 250 coaching tools , as well as over 100 scientific papers. He also edited the 2 million work, eight volume series of Wiley Blackwell Handbooks on Industrial and Organisational Psychology.

He has authored over 100 scientific papers and book chapters on themes of mindfulness, coaching competencies, coach outcomes and pioneers the development of approaches such as Motivational Interviewing ACT and mindfulness  into their application into the coaching arena. He is the editor of the International Coaching Psychology Review, the premier peer reviewed journal for coaching research and reviews papers for journals including Positive Psychology Journal, Coaching: An International Journal and The Coaching Psychologist. 

In addition to his academic practice Jonathan has remained an active coach, with clients including government politicians, celebrities, managers and leaders. 

Jonathan has held a number of senior positions over the past decade, as non-executive director, chairman and as a senior consultant at IBM Business Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a Professor at Henley Business School, where he set up the university’s triple accredited executive coach training programme, a team coaching programme and supervision training. He is now Senior Vice President for a leading global coaching firm.