Laurence Hewitt: Coaching For Executive Excellence & Finding/Creating The Career You Love

Hi, I’m Laurence, an Executive Coach with 25+ years managing digital technology, marketing & sales teams, internationally, within companies like IBM, Viacom & Time Warner.

International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach, European Mentoring & Coaching Council Senior Practitioner with 17 years & 10k+ hours of coaching experience.

I have coached more than 600 clients, from 32 countries, from companies like Google, Amazon, BP, American Express, Lego, Virgin, Disney, NASA, HSBC, Meta, Blackrock and hundreds more.

Master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications and training in Organisational and Positive Psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

I started my coaching career 17 years ago, as an Agile coach at MTV Networks/Viacom, while also Senior Director of Operations, helping the organisation deliver compelling web sites, mobile apps and emerging technology. Later, I would work for IBM as an Agile and Executive Coach, helping Marketing, Sales and technical leaders around the world, achieve their strategic, professional and personal goals.

My coaching style is that of a “Mentor Coach”, providing a balanced combination of both advisement, based on my professional experience and asking powerful questions to facilitate the deep thinking that helps you progress toward your professional and personal goals. Having traveled to 58 countries and having lived in 12, I coach through a very global, culturally sensitive lens.

76% of my clients rate their coaching engagement as “Amazing” or “Life Changing”

Some Of The Areas I Have Helped My Clients Be Better At:

Time management
Prioritisation
Productivity
Work/Life Balance
Strategic Thinking & Planning
People Management
Imposter Syndrome
Confidence
Executive Presence
Raising Your Profile & Getting Noticed At Work
Public Speaking
Promotion & Career Progression
Stress Management
Career Success As An Introvert
Managing Up
Personal Branding
Anxiety

From My Former Clients

“My experience with Laurence Hewitt through the Better Up Coaching Program has been nothing short of amazing. From the first session to the last he coached me through some insecurities I had as a leader and in turn, bettered the larger team. He helped me gain confidence and work towards techniques that helped me grow as a leader. He also coached me to approach and empower my team to grow which has radically changed the day to day within my department. I will always look back on my time with Laurence with such gratitude.”
VP, Creative Marketing, major media company

“This year was certainly a testing one for me along with many others. And I must say, if I could survive these tough times, it is only because of Laurence. I underwent a lot of trauma and struggled to understand the underlying things and it was with your coaching that I started to see myself from within. Thank you so much for all your time throughout. I am glad for you lent your ears and coached me to combat my challenges. I am ever grateful to you for introducing to me the Stoic philosophy and for everything else you did. I wish to continue getting coached and gain strength from you in the coming year too. “ Business Agility Manager, major tech company

“Over the past few weeks I have been working to better empower my team members. Through Laurence’s guidance, I have been able to have those tough conversations with ease.” VP of Creative Marketing, large media company

“Laurence was fantastic & introduced me to a great technique to formalize my goals. Working with him thru the exercise was extremely helpful.” CyberSecurity Director at large media company.

“Working with Laurence helped me to reframe my outlook on working life. His guided approach helped me define what is meaningful about work for me, what criteria are important for me in my career progression, and how to improve my current working relationships.” Research Designer within large tech company

“Identification of my values and strengths has helped gain even more confidence in myself and having this self-awareness is really helping me identify the areas where i can be most productive and deliver efficient results.” Service Delivery Director, major media company

“In three sessions, Laurence brought me to an awareness of what was holding me back; something my therapist wasn’t able to do in two years!” Marketing Operations Manager in large tech company.

“Laurence coached me through 2023 during a very challenging period both in my personal and professional life. It is fair to say the experience with Laurence was life-changing. I went into the coaching expecting some professional development but got much more than that out of it in terms of understanding values, applying mindfulness, stoicism and other principles both at work and home. Through 2023 as things changed we were able to pivot the coaching experience to tackle the new challenges. Highly recommend working with Laurence.” Learning & Development Director