Kind Words

From my side I want to thank you for the time spent with me on the 6 free coaching lessons. I have gained a lot with your help. I have had coaching before and on every occasion we get to address certain points in my life.

With your coaching I learned that it is OK to let the past go. I have found peace in my surrounding. I have also learned how to get the reigns on my life and my personal life has gained with this. I am more systematic and have started to make big changes in my own life. I have learned to set goals and how to achieve them.

On a personal side I have started working on my health and I am still motivated and looking forward to the year ahead. Thanks for all your help. I know life has pushed you in a different path than what you probably planned, but I believe there is a bigger force behind this.

I have had my own consulting business for the last 17 years and in working with my clients, I was usually the one asking the questions. My coaching sessions with Larry, whom I have the fortune of knowing professionally for many years, were a great experience. The process Larry went through and the questions he posed got me to think about myself, my beliefs and the decisions I was making about my own life and the direction I was taking.

Everyone needs a coach and working with Larry was fantastic. Through discussion and his insights, he changed my perspectives and beliefs that for too long had driven my behaviour. I would highly recommend working with Larry. He has a wealth of knowledge and personal experience, and as a coach he walks the talk. I am confident he will have a positive impact on your life.

I had the pleasure of working with Dr van Niekerk since 2001, in a non-clinical relationship. I met Dr van Niekerk at a public talk I was giving on Leadership and Strategy. Soon after, we connected to offer the veterinary fraternity in Johannesburg a way to enhance their managerial skills and develop their practices.

At the initial meeting, we enrolled 22 veterinarians in the non-profit Institute of Veterinary Practice Development (IVPD). Dr van Niekerk displayed his foresight and drive in developing this organisation into one with over 170 member hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The IVPD not only provided professional practice input, but also united the various practices to give them greater financial options.

IVPD was driven relentlessly by Dr van Niekerk in addition to his various professional commitments. His creativity, ingenuity and commitment are a truly rare phenomenon. I consult to medium and large companies in 14 countries, and have nowhere come across such exceptional ability focused on any extra-professional endeavour as displayed by Dr van Niekerk.

Dr. Larry has not only changed my career perspective as a veterinarian, but also my understanding of who I am as a person. I believe that compassion fatigue and imposter syndrome are rampant phenomena within the veterinary industry.

When these states arise, they can cloud your decision-making and shatter your confidence as a professional. Without dedicated professionals like Dr. Larry who understand the profession and the individuals who work within it, there may never be such a unique platform for professional and personal development for veterinarians.

My sessions with Dr. Larry have brought me personal development that I can recognise, control and harness on a daily basis. Our sessions are very productive because he always asks the right questions that evoke self-realisation, and they are casual and humorous. I am grateful for having someone as professional yet caring and down to earth to talk to, and cannot recommend him highly enough as a career and life coach.

I feel truly fortunate to have worked with Dr. Larry during my first few months in practice. As a young Asian female entering the veterinary industry, I had felt the effects of imposter syndrome and anxiety quite heavily.

My initial discussion with Dr. Larry was so relaxed and comfortable. Within our chat, I had learned a significant amount about myself and the ways I had been ineffectively communicating. I felt a crucial shift in mindset quickly, and was lucky to continue through his 6-hour personal coaching session.

Dr. Larry's ability to connect with people is one of his superpowers. In a short space of time, I felt a dramatic change surrounding my anxiety at work and in everyday life. I know this would have taken me years to work through myself. I would highly recommend Dr. Larry to any new grads facing similar struggles in a fast-paced or high-pressure profession. It is worth investing in yourself and becoming the ultimate you with Dr. Larry.

Life has certainly changed since I started working with Larry 6 months ago. I was hoping for Larry to be some sort of guru, to tell me how to succeed. This didn't happen. Instead, what I got from Larry was exposure to the world of how people think.

With just three sessions and some thinking time in between, I was able to start identifying my drivers, the things that made the world go around for me. With these in place, I was able to start making changes in my life towards creating my "Ideal Day". Since then, my work and living arrangements have changed and I am able to approach decision-making in a whole different way. I am taking a much more active role in the driving seat of my life, directing it rather than being a passenger.

Don't expect Larry to tell you how to change. Expect to be shown how to help yourself. The latter is much more powerful. If all that can happen in three sessions, what can happen over years of learning? Let's find out.

Dr Larry truly delivers. He really opened my eyes and shifted my perspective on my life and the world in a way beyond what I could have imagined. I met Larry at the end of my second year as a new graduate small animal vet, and it was easy to share the career and life challenges I was facing.

He allowed me to pave the way back to YBP (Your Big Picture), the ultimate reason why I became a vet in the first place. Larry has a way of helping you identify what you already have in your toolbox and jumpstarting you so you can get back on the path of making your goals and "ideal day" a reality.

I lost touch with Larry over the pandemic, but his lessons and guidance remained ingrained. Now, almost three years later, I have solidly made it back onto the path I was always meant to be on. My mind is clear and my ideas are coming so quickly I have to use Siri to jot them all down. Larry's service is invaluable. That wizard knows just how to help you become who you're truly meant to be.

I got the opportunity to get to know Dr Larry's work as part of my recruitment process. Being a Pacific Islander from Fiji, I was never exposed to such assessments. It was very new to me and initially made me slightly nervous.

After the first stage of assessment, I received a 21-page document with my results. As a 25-year-old, there seemed to be a lot more to me than what I made myself believe. I realised that to move forward and grow, one must first learn and understand themselves.

My first session with Dr Larry was early in the morning. He walked me through the information smoothly and made me feel comfortable enough to express myself, even my deepest fears. Just in one session he helped me work on emotions I had buried deep inside, which may have been holding me back. Working with Dr Larry helped me professionally and in my personal life. I feel content having gone through this exercise and express my deep gratitude towards Dr Larry.

Thank you, Larry, for the wonderful coaching experience over the last 7 weeks. I have been with ICI for 12 months, inspired by other people's coaching journeys and feeling I had a long way to go to match any of that.

Working with you, I found that I can in fact be a coach, and I can work through blocks that were slowing me down. I felt good after each of our sessions knowing that I was making progress, that I could see the blocks, name and accept them as real, and act on them. I found your coaching inspiring: your easy manner to establish rapport, the depth of your coaching skills and methods, and the insight into how to combine professional pride with coaching excellence. Precisely what I needed to move forward.

I would recommend your professional service to any other professional struggling to shine personally and through their business. Thank you very much.