Professor David Clutterbuck
Maidenhead, England, UK
Co-founder, European Mentoring and Coaching Council; Distinguished Principal Research Fellow, The Conference Board
Co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, Distinguished Principal Research Fellow in Human Capital at The Conference Board, and co-editor of the Routledge EMCC Masters series.
Why this placement
He introduced supported developmental mentoring to Europe in the early 1980s and is credited by Thinkers50 with introducing what became 360-degree feedback. His publication record spans four decades and includes Coaching & Mentoring: A Journey Through the Models, Theories, Frameworks and Narratives of David Clutterbuck (Routledge).
Co-editing a scholarly series for other practitioners, rather than only publishing his own work, is precisely the generosity marker the methodology looks for. Inducted as a Thinkers50 Coaching Legend (2024).
Editorial notes and exclusions
- A claimed EMCC award is excluded: he co-founded the EMCC and holds a lifetime office there, so it is not independent recognition.
- His 2021 Thinkers50 appearance was a longlisting, not a win. Book counts range from 65 to 77 across four sources; none is printed.
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