Juliet Knott

Juliet has joined The Centre for Mentoring and Coaching as an associate following a rewarding career in housing management of 30 years, working her way up from the frontline to a senior leader in several Housing Associations and Local Authorities. Juliet led many strategic change programmes, implementing new service delivery models and engaging with major culture change programmes. She was noted for her results driven, clear focus, no-nonsense and solution focussed approach whilst bringing a very empathetic leadership style.

“ Juliet has been good at challenging my perceptions and through her direct questioning that light bulb moments have gone off in my head."

Juliet is now working as an executive coach with The Centre, enabling leaders and managers to achieve their organisational goals whilst finding a fulfilling work life balance. She has a particular interest in engaging organisations towards developing a culture of diversity and inclusiveness.

 "Your easy, friendly and professional approach made for a very strong and safe environment to talk"

As a coach, Juliet brings a capacity to quickly make a safe learning space, where clients find themselves opening-up and exploring issues in a profound way. Juliet brings natural listening and inquiry skills and a drive to find solutions to small and large scale problems; her focus on action enables clients to make rapid and sustainable changes. 

" Many a time, the answers have been there, but they have been buried and Juliet has been good at bringing this to fore through her probing and then asking me about a resolution.. Juliet is very professional and the sessions have left me feeling quite liberated."

Juliet completed the Master’s module in coaching and mentoring provided by a partnership through the University of the West of England, Bristol and The Centre for Mentoring and Coaching. As a manager, she brought a coaching approach to her performance management, and mediation techniques to resolving conflicts.

"Juliet is very good at pinpointing the crux of the issue in a matter of minutes, so that the discussion can focus on what changes need to be put in place at remedying the situation."

Juliet’s personal journey through surviving a life-threatening illness helped to evolve and strengthen key skills. In particular the ability to seek out the positives when dealing with challenging and difficult situations. This ethos underpins her own approach to life and influences her coaching style.