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 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 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 teenagers and proud to also be a real ‘Cockney’ having been born in London within the sound of the Bow Bells.

Keynote Speaker

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

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.

Watch Laura on stage...

"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

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

Keynote at ATD's annual conference on delivering a sustainable 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®.

For conferences, corporate speaking and podcast bookings, please get in touch.