Laurence Knott: Coach to high-achievers taking the next step

Description

Thank you for checking out my profile. I'm an ICF-accredited coach with over 10 years of experience and 2000 hours of 121 and group coaching under my belt.

I coach thoughtful, high-achieving leaders and professionals navigating complexity, transition or greater responsibility. I help them understand what is really going on within themselves, their role and the system around them, so they can lead with greater clarity, confidence and freedom.

My clients often come to me because they are:

• Stepping into a more senior or demanding leadership role
• Considering a career change or entering a new chapter
• Successful but carrying too much responsibility
• Overthinking decisions or struggling with confidence
• Working within a complex, pressured or disorganised organisation
• Achieving externally but wanting greater balance and peace of mind

Many of my clients work in leadership positions across placemaking, public service, technology and finance.

WHAT MAKES MY COACHING DIFFERENT?

Alongside my coaching practice, I have more than 20 years’ experience in regeneration, economic development and public-sector leadership. I understand organisational complexity, competing expectations and the realities of leading within imperfect systems.

I don’t coach people as though they exist in isolation. Together, we explore four connected dimensions: you as a person, the role you occupy, the system around you and the story you are living.

My clients describe experiencing greater clarity, confidence and peace of mind through our work. They make stronger decisions, establish healthier boundaries, communicate more effectively and create meaningful progress without continually beating themselves up or trying to prove their worth.

HOW I WORK

My approach combines deep exploration with practical support. Our conversations will be warm, honest and sometimes challenging. I will listen carefully, help you recognise patterns that may be difficult to see alone, and support you in turning insight into action.

We may explore:

• What you really want from the next chapter of your life or career
• What your experience has taught you about your strengths and values
• Patterns such as overthinking, proving, controlling or carrying too much
• What belongs to you—and what does not
• The conversations, decisions and experiments that could create movement

I don’t impose a formula or arrive with predetermined answers. My coaching meets you where you are and helps you discover a way forward that feels both authentic and achievable.

Fundamentally, I help capable people make sense of complexity, reconnect with themselves and create their next chapter with greater clarity and possibility.

WORKING WITH ME

I offer a complimentary 45-minute discovery conversation so that we can explore what you want and decide whether we would work well together.

Sessions are available online through Zoom or in person at my coaching practice in Chorlton, Manchester.

I also provide corporate coaching, leadership-development programmes and team workshops across Greater Manchester
 
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I am committed to developing my knowledge and skillset as a coach on an ongoing basis. I employ various approaches to help you create the change you want in your life. My training has included:

Certified Narrative Coach (trained by Dr. David Drake)
Licensed Firework ™ Career Coach
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF)
Coaching Diploma (125 hours) (Optimus Training Academy), accredited by the ICF
Certified Culture Talk Jungian Archetype Personality Profiler
Certified Clarity Coach (trained by Jamie Smart)
Diploma in Cognitive Hypnotherapy (Quest Institute, trained by Trevor Silvester)
NLP Master Practitioner (trained by Andy Barton)
Innate Wellbeing Facilitator (rained by Rudi Kennard and Jenny Anderson)
iHEART Facilitator (trained by Terry Rubenstein and Jon Scott)

I draw on my extensive training and knowledge in Pure Coaching, Positive Psychology, Humanistic Psychology, Jungian Archetypes, Neuroscience, Transactional Analysis, Human Givens, Cognitive Hypnotherapy, NLP and the Inside Out understanding (aka the 3 Principles).