Luke Menzies

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Luke Menzies
LLM, Barrister (E&W), Solicitor (E&W), ICF accredited (ACC)
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Luke Menzies is an executive coach with a specialism in coaching lawyers, other busy professionals and business leaders.

He brings psychological and therapeutic coaching techniques into his work, with a focus on helping his clients find fulfilment, success and a better balance in their work and their life in general, by developing their self-awareness and emotional intelligence (EQ). Benefits include reduced stress, better professional boundaries, stronger communication skills and improved relationships. 

Luke’s approach to coaching mixes his highly commercial, business-savvy understanding of what it takes to be a successful lawyer with powerful coaching skills and a deftness in using evidence-based psychological and therapeutic techniques in a coaching format (e.g. ACT and IFS), which are also popular and effective with elite sports people.  You will also find him warm, friendly and a great listener. 

Luke quickly gets to the heart of what his clients want and need from their work and their life in general.  He is good at helping his clients understand themselves and their personalities better, and assists them in being able to honestly assess their strengths, weaknesses and what may be holding them back in their career or limiting their performance. 

Many clients find this type of coaching work with Luke to be a really transformative experience, leaving them considerably wiser as to how they tick and how to permanently increase their personal effectiveness.  It can provide them with skills that they will benefit from using for the rest of their life – at home and in their relationships, as well as being more successful in their professional career.    

Luke has a Master’s level coaching & mentoring qualification from a leading UK business school and several other professional coaching certifications. He regularly does further training in ACT, IFS and other psychological techniques suitable for use in deeper coaching work.  

He has been a Barrister (England & Wales) since 1996 and a Solicitor (England & Wales) since 2008. He is a specialist employment lawyer and continues to run his high-profile UK law firm, Menzies Law, in addition to his coaching practice. In 2018, he won a major UK national legal sector award for his work in gender pay gap and equal pay law.

Luke’s continuing dual practice as both lawyer and coach gives him great insight and regular opportunities to practice what he preaches!

Qualifications

  • International Coaching Federation® Certified (PCC)
  • ILM Level 7 (Master’s level) Certificate in Executive Coaching & Mentoring
  • Co-Active Training Institute (global)
  • Certified Psychological Coach (CertPsychCoach)
  • Certificate in Stress Management
  • Certificate in Performance Coaching
  • Positive Intelligence Certified Coach (CPQC)
  • Transactional Analysis 101 Certificate
  • ORSC Fundamentals
  • Counselling certificate Level 3
  • Certificate in Relationship Coaching
  • ACT training courses (various)

TESTIMONIALS

“Your coaching has been really beneficial to me over the past several months. You have helped me and the firm to develop across a wide range of areas including: managing client relationships, streamlining processes, and strategic marketing. I have been impressed by the way you can move very fluidly from one coaching topic to another. I have particularly valued too your encouragement, motivation and reassurance”
Owen MasonSolicitor, Vermeylan Law
“As a Sole Practitioner I greatly appreciated Luke’s help and the benefit of his experience and gentle guidance as I made significant decisions about my practice. I can strongly recommend him as a coach and mentor for lawyers in general and SP’s in particular.”
Stephanie PritchettSolicitor, Pritchetts Law LLP
“Thank you for opening up a whole new way of looking at things. I had some mediocre coaching in the past but you took me much deeper and were brave in not accepting the bluster and excuses I tried to give you – or rather gave myself – for why I wouldn’t tackle some big issues. I am definitely going to recommend you to others.”
HR Director
“Luke’s coaching is first-class. He has, gracefully and with encouragement, helped me to identify and talk through the areas that I really struggle with. The real underlying issue/s. And, once these are identified, Luke has steered me to think through how I can, practically, take a new approach to daily living and decisions which are impacted by my background. This has been very empowering. Luke has, as an entrepreneur, been there and done it. This gives his coaching real weight and integrity, and makes it much easier to trust in what he is doing (or as he would say, what he is helping me to do).”
- Lawyer/entrepreneur