Laura Ashley-Timms

Laura Ashley-Timms is recognised as one of the UK’s top Executive Coaches and a global expert on embeding coaching into organisations. She is the co-creator Operational Coaching®, the STAR® model (2010) and the multi-award-winning STAR® Manager program (STARmanager.global).

She is a highly skilled thought leader and keynote speaker on how to leverage Operational Coaching® behaviors across organizations to drive commercial results and improve productivity and engagement levels.

As the co-founder and COO of Notion, a multi-award-winning performance improvement consultancy established in 2000, Laura has led the team to win a string of awards for innovation, learning design and academic partnerships and for its work with FTSE and Fortune 500 clients, including Personnel Today magazine's prestigious Learning & Development Supplier of the Year award in 2021.

Laura learned about the power of coaching from her early childhood career in international sports and began coaching others by the time she entered Oriel College, Oxford (as one of the first females to attend that college). She gained not only an MA (Oxon) but also an ‘extraordinary full blue’. With over 30 years of international business experience, living and working in the USA, Europe and Asia (and a decade of that spent in the retail sector), Laura has a strong focus on pragmatism and results. She is the architect of many of Notion’s client programs and is responsible for the outstanding quality of engagements.

Laura is the co-author of The Answer is a Question - The Missing Superpower that Changes Everything and Will Transform Your Impact as a Manager and Leader. She is also an avid blog writer and co-writer and producer of ‘Maintaining Coaching Excellence’ and ‘Business Success Strategies' and has created unique academic management qualifications to support all leaders and managers to become better people managers.

She's a mother of 3, and proud to be a real ‘Cockney’ having been born in London within the sound of the Bow Bells.

Book Laura for your Next Event

Laura is a recognised writer, speaker and podcast guest. She is a frequent voice on coaching, management and leadership. She has extensive experience delivering high-value keynotes and is comfortable commanding a large audience.

She is a leading authority on creating sustainable Coaching Cultures that move organisations away from outdated command and control models toward environments of high engagement and autonomy. Her focus on improving management capability and embedding coaching behaviours as the key driver to transforming performance, productivity and engagement is a key theme.

Laura delivers sessions that are transformational, actionable, and underpinned by academic proof, ensuring a high-value, memorable session for your delegates. She doesn't just share ideas; she equips your audience with the proven framework to immediately elevate their leadership style.

"I loved the concept of this session and content. Great session."

Keynote at ATD's annual conference on delivering a sustainable coaching culture

"This was seriously impressive. A great session. Superbly delivered. Was one of the highlights of the event."

Keynote to senior HR leaders on delivering a coaching culture

"We were fascinated by Laura's insights and expertise. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive."

Author talk to Hymans & Robertson's internal book club

Laura is available to speak at business conferences and corporate events on various subjects, including leadership and management performance, coaching culture and Operational Coaching®.

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