Laurence Clarke

Coaching Profile

40 years managing businesses in manufacturing, marketing, and consultancy along with an academic career in education, small business growth and creativity.
During the last 30 years, Laurence has provided OD consulting with Taylor Clarke for clients in the Oil and Gas, Electronics, Financial Services, Higher Education, Drinks, and Third, Sectors. He predominately works with senior teams and executives.

Coaching Experience

Laurence has been coaching senior executives for the past 25 years concentrating on high potential individuals, senior executives that want space to think, and those whose organisation has lost confidence in them
Provides both episodic and intensive coaching to help people release leadership potential and help executives work out the way forward, and in the intensive cases, help them to be more user friendly
Best successes as a Coach:
1. Supporting a senior leader to transition to a role on the executive team when it seemed they would not make it;
2. Turnaround of senior executive from “nightmare” to “a delight to work with”;
3. Turnaround of executive from “need to get rid of him” to “rising star”;
4. Helping a senior executive who felt he was blocked for promotion to tackle his perceived limitations and gain the CEO role.

3 words that have been used to describe Laurence as a Coach

Training and Qualifications Relevant to Coaching

Comments from Laurence’s Coachees

“I thought Laurence was just fantastic, he shows real interest in the client and created a real human connection, despite the coaching taking place over teams.”
“I would and indeed have recommended Laurence to other executives. He is the most talented coach I have worked with to date. He has a sound understanding of the issues and pressures which individuals in such roles face on a daily basis.”
“I generally feel a true sense of clarity when I come out from a coaching session with Laurence. I also find it astonishing he doesn’t seem ever to offer an opinion. He seems to be able to create an effective framework in order to identify problems and solutions.”

Laurence’s Specialisms