Laurence Knott

I am a life coach with over 10 years of experience supporting people to make progress with their ambitions, overcome obstacles, and truly become leaders in all areas of their lives.

My work focuses on helping people win the inner game of life so that they can thrive in the outer game of life.

I predominantly work with three kinds of people:

1️⃣Middle-aged leaders and entrepreneurs who have achieved great material and outer success but are looking for greater balance, happiness, health and fulfilment in their lives.

2️⃣Passionate and committed professionals and founders who find themselves stuck on their professional journey towards senior leadership or growing their business, characterised by anxiety, self-doubt, lack of confidence and a lack of clarity on their unique assets and traits. This group want to contribute to something bigger than themselves and to express their unique voice.

3️⃣Young creatives (who are often neurodivergent) who find themselves struggling to harness their many skills and talents to pursue the career of their dreams and lack the belief that they can achieve what they really want in life, with fear and a lack of self-worth the major hurdles to committing to and staying on the path. 

My approach is client-centred and draws on my wealth of training in coaching, NLP, cognitive hypnotherapy, positive psychology, neuroscience, transactional analysis and spiritual approaches to life, including The Three Principles.

With everyone I work with I help to create Clarity of mind, the inner Confidence to act with courage and unwavering Commitment to mastery, action and growth.

I offer packages ranging from a one-year life transformation programme to short career booster programmes.

I work online on Zoom and see many clients face-to-face in my home in central Chorlton, Manchester.

I also run a range of workshops on topics such as leadership, self-sabotage, stress, performance, communication and team building; recent clients include Future of Greater Manchester, EY Foundation, Pro Manchester and Bruntwood.

I am a founder member of the Elevate network and active in the Pro Manchester network.

When not doing the job I love, you'll find me:

🥗Cooking and hosting dinner clubs
🎸Playing and singing in my Manchester covers band 10 Gallon Trilby
⛰Walking in nature and hiking in the hills
🏌🏿‍♂️Playing golf to a reasonable standard

I have created a free Life Audit guide that I can send to you. DM me for details.

I also publish a regular LinkedIn newsletter on The Game of Life. https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/playing-the-game-of-life-7061604294893948928

Whether you want to develop your career, grow your business, have better relationships, feel more confident in yourself or live a healthier and more enjoyable life, our work together can help you gain the clarity and focus to make the progress you desire. 

I can help you move from:

stress to success.
frustration to ease.
confusion to clarity.
procrastination to committed action.
doubt to quiet yet assured confidence in all aspects of yourself.

I offer three distinct programmes that range from three to six months in duration:

1)              LEADER- I
 
You have either recently been promoted and want to develop your leadership presence and impact or have been leading a team or SME and are struggling to achieve balance and a consistent level of healthy high performance (less stress, more success).
 
This programme is for you if you want to grow as a person and as a leader whilst achieving results that get noticed, feel rewarding to you and are sustainable.
 
You know that leading and inspiring those around to a higher standard of excellence can only come from leading yourself from a self-aware, authentic and values driven place. You want those who you lead to step up, taking greater responsibility and accountability so that you can focus on the bigger picture.
 
You know you have so much potential, so much you want to achieve and wonder:
 
 If not now, when?
 
2)              CAREER IGNITION
 
You are feeling unfulfilled or dissatisfied with where you are at in your career, and want to reach the next level, make a sideways shift or take the courageous step to move in a completely new direction*.
 
You are aware of (but perhaps undervalue) the many talents and abilities you have but these are either not fully expressed or recognised by the team or organisation you currently work in.
 
You may feel stuck or frustrated and feel overwhelmed by the multiple possibilities that exist for you. You are also conscious of wanting to make the right decisions, but at the same time don’t want to live with regrets of not stretching yourself. Fear and insecurity cloud your ability to gain clarity on the vision and accompanying bold actions that will move you in the direction of what will bring you more meaning and fulfilment in your life and career.
 
The cost you are currently paying is one of comfortable complacency, which contaminates your wider life including your relationships, health and general wellbeing.
 
Fundamentally you want to ignite the spark of inspiration that will motivate you to stretch yourself out of your comfort zone and take the boldest next step to create a career you love.

*For those looking to step in a whole new direction I am a licensed Firework ™ Career Coach. The Firework ™ methodology offers a structured process made up of three phases: Explore, Dream and Discover, where I guide you through carefully designed set exercises to reveal your vision and next steps in your career change that will bring you fulfilment, happiness and sense of purpose. 

 3)              LIFE TRANSFORMATION
 
You have a strong feeling that there is so much more to life and you are fearful of settling for mediocrity. When you look at the different dimensions of your life nothing particularly stands out as being excellent. It can feel like life is either coming is at you or is passing you by.
 
When you ask yourself what you really want, you feel stumped or unsure. Those close to you offer well-meaning advice and suggestions but nothing is really landing. You want to give yourself permission to dream, to rediscover your inner spark and that joie de vivre that you have lost touch with.
 
You look at people around you who seem to be thriving and feel you are missing out in some way, and ask yourself:
 
Surely there is more to life than this?
 
You are aware that taking a stand for yourself and gaining clarity on who you want to be will open a doorway into a life less ordinary. It’s time to fully own your power to transform yourself and start creating a more meaningful impact whilst experiencing greater joy, freedom and love in your life.
 
You know deep down that if you can transform your inner world, you can create the life you’ve always dreamed of.

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Clients report that I bring presence, warmth and spaciousness to the coaching conversation which facilitates a strong sense of ease – this helps you gain the insight, clarity and courage to take the next step.

I tailor your coaching experience and the support I offer to your unique set of needs, and I am comfortable working within a neurodivergent context.

Our coaching will be led by your agenda, focusing on what you want to be different. 

First...

• IMAGINE BEING TRULY HEARD AND SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME (IF NOT EVER)
• IMAGINE TELLING ME EVERYTHING WITH NO FEAR OF BEING JUDGED
• IMAGINE STEPPING OFF THE TREADMILL OF LIFE, OUT OF AUTOPILOT AND TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE ONCE AND FOR ALL

How can I help you?

I love my work as a coach, to which I have made a lifelong commitment to mastery, learning and growth. Coaching is part of my life's purpose, creating magic through powerful conversations and partnerships with clients who inspire me.

I work on Zoom and in person at my home practice in Chorlton, Manchester.

I see myself as a reflective and evocative coach who offers a safe and inclusive container for clients to explore what matters most to them. Through presence, deep connection, and embodied leadership I create a powerful space for my clients to ascend to their full potential. Through my wholehearted commitment to my clients, I seek to inspire greatness and draw out genius. I am solution and future-focused and I support my clients to step into their full power as leaders of their own lives.

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).

What happens next?

I invite you into a 60-minute phone call to simply connect and explore what you want to be different in your life. We can then arrange an initial no-obligation (free) life transformation coaching session. Many clients find this initial session both powerful and of immediate benefit. Thereafter there are two courses of action:

a) We part ways, you go back into your world having gained clarity and insight that moves you into action.

b) We convene to explore together what a powerful coaching partnership could look like based on what you want to be different in your life.

Call me today on 07540 845 390 or send an email here.

• Tangible results such as a new job, a change in career or improved income
• Greater sense of ease and enjoyment of life
• Greater productivity and more energy and enthusiasm for life
• More deep and meaningful relationships
• More ease in handling stress and the ups and downs of life
• More abundance and results in career and business
• Inner peace with self and the past

"What got you here, won't get to the next level."

As we get older our priorities begin to change. I help successful people take stock, reassess and make either major or subtle changes that set the foundation for a happy and healthy next phase of life.

Other clients are ambitious, hungry and tomorrow's leaders. I help these clients build a compelling vision aligned to their deepest values and to start taking the massive action required to create impact, success and prosperity.

My fee ranges are based on income and circumstances - I reserve a few spaces for clients on low income / younger age (under 30), please ask about this when you enquire.

I have five packages:

• One Off Clarity / Mind Spa session 
• 6 Week or 3 month Career / Life Booster 
• 6 Month Personal Leadership / Life Transformation Package - (18 sessions (3 / month) and unlimited ad hoc support) 
• 2 Day life transformation immersion in Chorlton, M'cr - (with a pre and follow up session included)
• 1 Year Life Transformation

If you live locally to Chorlton, I would be very happy to conduct some of our sessions walking in the local nature reserve (the Ees), weather permitting of course.

Who are you being?

I support both my short and long term clients to create mastery goals and to get crystal clear on their intentions. Whether it’s a new job, a change in direction, or growing into oneself and finding greater balance and peace, we can use words as a powerful vehicle of self-expression.

My coaching is founded on the following principles:

• You are unique, there truly is no one else who thinks and feels the way you do.
• Your experiences, challenges, traumas, stories, highs and lows, and personal history may have shaped who you are today, but they do not dictate is what is possible for you now and in the future.
• You have access to an infinite source of creativity, resourcefulness and resilience inside of you, which is only ever one thought away.
• The outside world cannot control how you think, act and feel.
• Words like impossible, difficult, scary, stuck, confused, uncertain are all made of thought and are not fundamentally true.
• When our thinking changes, our reality and what becomes possible for us changes.
• The more we fall down, the quicker we learn to get up. There is no failure, only information and feedback.
• Action is where we learn, where the rubber meets the road, where results are created.
• An open mind, a state of curiosity, a growth mindset and a thirst for learning all make for a good life.
• We are all Kings, Queens and Sovereigns in the making. We have control over our own destinies and the shape of our inner and outer kingdoms, we simply need to choose into and not fear our powers.
• Honesty, humility and kindness are the values of true leaders.
• Self-awareness, taking absolute responsibility and truly owning yourself are the master keys to personal transformation and evolution.

What is it like working with me?

• I bring presence, connection, wisdom and peace to our conversations, my state of being evoking a sense of calm, quietness and space for clarity of thought
• I create a safe container for you, to be listened to like you have never been listened to before.
• I meet you where you are at, I honour your uniqueness, I respect who you are in the fabric of your being.
• I will celebrate you, challenge you, provoke you all in service of bringing out the best in you.
• I will be endlessly fascinated by how you think, act and feel the way you do. I am in your corner, I am on your team.
• I will invite you to step outside of your comfort zone, to be daring, to be bold, to no longer fear your shadows.
• I will be unerring in my belief in you.
• I will bring love, respect, humour, joy, artistry and magic to our coaching relationship.
• Thorough pure coaching conversations, visioning, visualisation, journaling and stories our work together will create the foundations for your success.

I invite you into a 45 minute exploratory call to establish what it is you really want to change, what might be holding you back. You book in with me here or contact me directly by email or phone:

https://calendly.com/laurenceknott/45min

And a quote I live by:

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: 

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”

W.H. Murray

I also run workshops on resilience, wellbeing, team building and peak performance for businesses. When social distancing measures have lifted I will be running workshops in my home in Chorlton.

Testimonials

I had the pleasure of working with Laurence for over 12 weeks helping me unravel and explore my core beliefs, values and purpose. Laurence naturally created a welcoming, calm, and non-judgmental atmosphere during our first session which made it easy for me to open up and delve deep into what I was searching for.  If you are wanting life-changing and inspiring conversations, along with experienced coaching, I can't recommend anyone better than Laurence. Thank you for everything, truly.

Sophie Adams, Operations Manager, 2B Talent Solutions

I have been working with Laurence during lockdown. It has been a incredible experience helping me to understand how my own mind works and how we build our own life experience. We examined a number aspects of my life both professional and personal in a very calm and thoughtful way. I can definitively recommend him.  Harmesh Jassal, Strategic Manager Planning and Building Regulations at  Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Working with Laurence has been a fantastic experience for me. He has helped me both for Sports Performance and also for Business development as well as general self improvement. His way of thinking and depth of experience has really helped me focus on being calmer and being far more in control of my environment. I highly recommend Laurence and his coaching.
Peter Armistead, South Manchester's top residential Property Developer

The last 12 months have surfaced challenges in every aspect of my life, from parenthood to business direction, with my values and leadership tested on a moment to moment basis. Laurence has helped me to utilise this experience to deepen my commitment to leadership and to further my search for authentic self . Laurence is helping me to develop the clarity and perspective that facilitate the journey of self mastery - he is an essential partner on the journey to being a better Director, Dad, partner and human being.
John Kenny, CEO of Valeo Management Europe

Laurence's coaching has enabled me to gain a much higher level of self-awareness, confidence and resilience. He is very perceptive, asking the right questions to help you take action.The coaching sessions with him have been extremely insightful and helpful for my professional development. Maria Rodrigalvarez Trapero - Senior Account Executive, Enterprise at BigCommerce