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 alan fine
alan fine -lrb- writer -rrb-

alan fine -lrb- born june 12 , 1953 -rrb- is an author , executive coach , consultant , and speaker .
fine began his career as a tennis coach in the united kingdom .
in the late 1970s he worked with graham alexander and sir john whitmore using timothy gallwey 's inner game theory as part of their coaching process .
an outcome of their work was the development of the grow model -lrb- goal , reality , options , way forward -rrb- .
fine has coached athletes in europe and the united states .
they include davis cup tennis team member buster mottram , professional golfers ' association -lrb- pga -rrb- member stephen ames , cbs golf commentator and ryder cup participant david feherty , and pga european tour members colin montgomerie , phillip price , paul lawrie , bradley dredge and david llewellyn .
he has also worked with professional squash player phil kenyon , the british olympic fencing team , and the welsh amateur golf team .
in 1985 , fine founded a professional-training and organizational-consulting firm , insideout development , llc .
at insideout , he consults with individuals and organizations to increase their performance .
additionally , he provides executive coaching and leadership training .
fine 's firm trains more than 25,000 people annually on his coaching process .
the company was recently recognized as one of training industry 's top 20 leadership training companies .
fine is the new york times bestselling author of `` you already know how to be great '' : a simple way to remove interference and unlock your greatest potential .
he also authored `` golf : play to win '' with david feherty and `` insideout golf '' , and is a contributing author to `` coaching for leadership '' by the drucker foundation .
in addition , fine has contributed articles to forbes , `` the new york daily news '' , `` the globe and mail '' , `` golf world '' , `` golf international '' and other publications .
in february 2012 , `` you already know how to be great '' was featured by the 12 books group as the featured book of the month .
