Welcome to Coaching and Motivation Limited

Thanks for visiting the ‘About Us’ page! We are delighted that you’ve come here to find out more about who we are, what we do and why we do it! 

Coaching and Motivation Limited is a personal and professional development and coaching company based in Devon that was created by Jonny and Emily Lawson. Emily’s background is in HR and Jonny was a teacher for nearly 20 years prior to setting up this company. Despite these very different careers we have both always been obsessed with helping people to fulfil their true potential and achieve sustainable success on their own terms and we set up this company to allow us to do just that. 

Throughout our lives we have both noticed that far too many people don’t understand what they truly value and therefore set goals and, ultimately, lead lives that are based on outdated or irrelevant societal tropes about what success looks like and which are totally out of sync with who they actually are as human beings and who they want to be. We are absolutely adamant that it doesn’t have to be this way. We are unwavering in our view that it is completely possible to understand what you actually value and start living in accordance we these values rather than living by other people’s values and unquestioned external definitions of ‘success’. This is, in our view, the absolute key to sustainable High Performance in both individuals and in Teams. People who know themselves, and who live according to that knowledge, lead meaningful lives which are powered by genuine motivation. This means that they are motivated to go about their work in a way which is manifestly different to their demotivated colleagues. Motivation is energy and if you direct that energy in the right way, at the right time, you can't help but achieve greatness in what you do as a by product of your high energy approach. Crucially, if you understand what motivates you, you can constantly replenished your motivation levels by choosing to work in a way which honours your motivational preferences. This avoids the Burn Out which so often accompanies short term pushes for High Performance. This is obviously critical at an individual level but we are totally adamant that High Performing Teams are made up of High Performing Individuals so all our work with organisations starts with the same relentless focus on helping the people in your Team know and understand themselves before we begin to focus on the specific organisational goals you have in mind. Organisations that invest in their people as people consistently outperform those that do not and we want to help you create a culture where High Performing Teams are the norm because your people know that you value them and thus want to work for your organisation and are motivated by the work you are doing together.

Every single thing we do here at Coaching and Motivation is, ultimately, aimed at this one overarching and powerful mission to help people lead lives which are aligned to their own values and powered by genuine motivation. Given our different backgrounds, training and skill sets Jonny and Emily go about this mission in very different ways but we both have this single goal in mind in all that we do. We use a range of tools and coaching strategies to achieve this goal which will be tailored to your personal or professional needs based on where you are currently at and once we have helped you or your Team work out your values and your definition of success all our work is focussed on helping you set challenging yet achievable goals that are aligned to this vision of who you as an individual or as a Team want to be and become. 

We’d love to be part of your journey towards this type of sustainable High Performance so please feel free to contact us at info@coachingandmotivation.co.uk to discuss how we can help you on this epic journey!  

If you want to learn more about us as individuals then you can find more information on Jonny and Emily on our individual profile pages.

We look forward to hearing from you and beginning our journey together! 

Jonny and Emily