A B O U T
Drew Knowles
B. App. Sc. (HMvt)
Drew has over two decades in the area of human performance and behaviour. He has coached, consulted and advised thousands of business owners, CEOs and Execs all over the world on how to behave better in any situation, with anyone.
He has also 20 years of experience in public speaking, delivering workshops, seminars and keynotes to over 20,000 people all over the world in NZ, Australia, Singapore, the Philippines, the UK, Dubai, and the USA.
Until 2015, Drew had his own consultancy as a Mind Coach specialising in chronic stress and its effect on performance, working with CEOs and Execs of some of NZ’s largest companies. He also wrote monthly from 2012-2015 on this topic in M2 magazine.
In 2015 he became Vice President and one of the five partners of the global company Influential U founded in California in 2009. Since being an Executive at Influential U, Drew has been primarily responsible for programme delivery, client management and global business development. He’s been integral in growing it to have clients in 10 countries and launching a licensing model in January 2023 to help scale Influential U.
This has now allowed Drew to transition back into focussing his time where he brings the most value - one-on-one coaching/consulting/advising and speaking engagements. He works primarily with Founders, CEOs and Execs, and Senior Leaders of companies with 100 employees or more, and the effectiveness of their teams.
He remains a stakeholder in Influential U Global with a Master License to deliver their proprietary frameworks while supporting the training and development of the other Licensees and the quality of their delivery.
We all have to deal with other people to get our needs, wants, aims and aspirations achieved. Whether you know you are behaving badly in some situations with certain people or you know that sometimes your behaviour does not get the best quality outcome, we can all behave better and improve the quality of our and others’ lives.
Behave Better
Whether dealing with our business colleagues, customers, spouse/partner, friends or kids, we have moments when our reactions and choice of words, tone, or actions are not how we are committed to behaving. We are often too stressed, and overwhelmed and can’t control our behaviour or we just don’t have our hands on the levers and dials as to why we behave that way. I help you understand YOU, why you behave the way you do, and show you how to behave better, in any situation, with anyone.
With Anyone
Through my process of intimately working with you (and often the key people and teams that support your success), we will have you become like Neo at the end of the Matrix movie when it comes to managing your own behaviour. While doing this personal work on you, we will also be examining all the people and environments you are influenced by, rely on and need to perform in to ensure that you can behave your best in any situation, with anyone. I take a whole-human approach to help you reach your aims and aspirations while ensuring you are living a wholly satisfied and balanced life.
In Any Situation
A R T I C L E S
Drew has been a regular contributor to M2 and M2WOMAN magazines - New Zealand and Australia editions.
S P E A K I N G
Drew is no stranger to public speaking - having presented seminars, courses, programmes and presentations to well over 20,000 people throughout New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Asia, Dubai and the United States.
Drew was one of the keynote speakers at the July 2019 M2 Success Summit in Auckland, as well as a guest speaker a Kea Inspire 2015 - Wellington.
