- Chicago, IL
- Leadership/Success Speaker
- $4,900 to $17,900
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Laura E. Knights, LCSW
Work-Life Balance excerpt
Virtual session - Managing Emotions, Self-Care & Resilience during COVID-19
7 Tips for maintaining connection with your team while working remotely
Excerpt from "Package Your Expertise for Profit"
Laura Speaking at Chicago Women's Conference
Facilitating a vision and goal setting workshop
Facilitating staff retreat & planning session
Facilitating staff retreat at the University of Illinois-Chicago
Facilitating leadership training for AmeriCorps program
Laura speaking at self-hosted event
Break out session at women's leadership conference
Co-authored "The Power & Profit in Partnership"
Overview
I use my unique background in business & social work to equip audiences to do the “head & heart work” to succeed in business and in life. My engaging style allows me to lead my audience on a journey of learning and self-discovery on topics related to business success, leadership development, personal growth, and women's empowerment. I'm available for keynotes, workshops, retreats, and team building activities. A sampling of popular topics:
-LEADERSHIP-
Managing Stress & Self-Care (COVID-19)
Collaborative Communication
Ignite the Leader Within
Vision Mapping for Career & Life
-SMALL BUSINESS-
Confidence in Business
Package Your Expertise for Profit
The Power and Profit in Partnership
Reviews
3 reviews
Marta S.
July 31, 2018Personable! Knowledgeable! Great Motivator!
Laura Knights provided a series of leadership training sessions for AmeriCorps members which were very insightful and beneficial ranging from communication and conflict resolution skills, problem-solving and decision-making skills, to goal setting and core values.
We will definitely request Laura Knights to be a returning mentor for our incoming AmeriCorps members!!
Hired as: Leadership/Success Speaker
Laura E. Knights, LCSW
Thank you so much for your kind words, Marta! It was a pleasure working with you and your Members. I look forward to our continued partnership!
Ruby C.
July 29, 2018A True Leader in Leadership! A Must Have for Organizations
Laura Knights brings to the table the knowledge and guidance to help organizations build leadership skills in their teams. Laura has facilitated several trainings and events for us at the UIC Center for Literacy. She takes the time to speak with you about your organization needs, challenges, goals and helps build a plan to get you where you need to be. Her strengths include the ability to bring out effective communication, dealing with difficult conversations and decisions that will ultimately develop your teams and get your organizations on track. Thanks to Laura our team of 80+ was able to reflect and build on their communication styles, set goals for their individual programs, and reflect on how we all contribute to the success of the organization. This year Laura helped us build our professional development plans, improve transparency, and even helped us through building a wellness committee. Laura is invested in making sure her clients succeed and takes the time to schedule calls and in-person meetings to hold you accountable for the goals set.
Hired as: Leadership/Success Speaker
Laura E. Knights, LCSW
Ruby, it’s always a pleasure to work with you and your team. Thank you for these kind words! I look forward to future opportunities to partner with the UIC Center for Literacy.
Patricia S.
July 29, 2018Laura is an excellent presenter!
I loved the information and the way Laura presented it. She had some technical difficulties (PowerPoint projector) but she was so well prepared that she hardly missed a beat. That is the true test of someone who really knows their topic.
Hired as: Leadership/Success Speaker
Booking information
Price range: Contact for rates
About
Laura E. Knights, LCSW is an author, speaker, and life & business strategist that has been developing personal and professional development programs for the last 15 years. Her expertise and background in both business and as a licensed clinical social worker, uniquely equip her to teach others how to deal with both the "head work" and "heart work" required to succeed in business and in life.
As a life and business strategist, she helps service-provider entrepreneurs package their expertise for profit to increase their confidence, clarity, and cash flow. As executive coach and leadership development trainer, Laura connects with various corporate audiences to inspire them, strengthen their leaders and teams, and find common ground to lead them on a path of learning and self-discovery.
Laura received her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and Graduate Certificate in Non-profit Management from Washington University in St. Louis. She obtained her Master’s in Social Work from DePaul University, and has a clinical social work license in the State of Illinois. She is the Founder of the Dream Builders Mastermind Circle, a coaching and mastermind group for women business owners. She is a co-author of The Power & Profit in Partnership: An Actionable Guide to Help Solopreneurs Grow Their Business Through Joint Ventures, author of the Destined D.I.V.A. Christian devotional series, and a contributing author to The Entrepreneur Within book series. Additionally, she is the Principal Strategist for Knights Consulting Group, an employee engagement consultancy that assists corporations with team and leadership development.
Laura has always had a passion for inspiring individuals to discover their talents, unleash their full potential, and walk in their destiny. She has spoken to audiences ranging from 20 to
300 people. Her encounters with others through her speaking, training, and coaching, have been described as transformational, enlightening, life changing, and "an answer to prayer." Her engaging, fun, and down-to-earth communication style allows her to connect with her audience to find common ground, and to lead them on a path of learning and self-discovery.
For her work, she has been featured in JET Magazine, Rolling Out Magazine, WGN TV &
Radio, WVON Radio, and WCIU’s You and Me This Morning Show (Chicago). Learn more about Laura
and her work at (link hidden).
Services offered
Past booked events
August 2018
17
Friday
Vision Mapping Speaker at University
9:00am - 1:00pm
08
Wednesday
Work-Life Balance Lunch-n-Learn Speaker
12:00pm - 1:00pm
04
Saturday
Women's Business Event Speaker
9:00am - 1:00pm
July 2018
11
Wednesday
Work-Life Balance Lunch-n-Learn Speaker
12:00pm - 1:00pm
07
Saturday
Women's Business Training Speaker
9:00am - 1:00pm
June 2018
23
Saturday
Dream Builders Speaker
9:00am - 1:00pm
08
Friday
Women's Business Retreat Speaker
12:00pm - 2:00pm
06
Wednesday
Corporate Event
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Atlanta, GA
06
Wednesday
Work-Life Balance Lunch-n-Learn Speaker
12:00pm - 1:00pm
May 2018
24
Thursday
Virtual Workshop-Package Your Expertise
7:00pm - 9:00pm
19
Saturday
Women's Business Event Speaker
9:00am - 12:00pm
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