Laura Ashley-Timms, Director of Business Coaching
Laura is the Director of Coaching for Notion and the force behind the outstanding quality of Business Coaching and Mentoring that Notion offers. She is highly experienced, having coached for over 15 years, delivering dramatic results for her clients every time.
Her background is diverse and ranges from senior level corporate experience within Marks and Spencers, to working in the entertainment industry, in the high profile family business Ragdoll (makers of the Teletubbies).
During her decade in the retail sector she had bottom line budget responsibilities ranging from £90-£180m, managing teams of up to 80 people, and delivered year on year growth (turnover and profit) in every role for 10 consecutive years. Her career to date has been truly global in nature living and working in USA (twice), as well as Asia and Europe.
Exposed to coaching throughout her life, initially as a top level sportswoman and later in the Business arena, she is passionate about what coaching can do to accelerate performance and results. Her practical and direct approach is challenging whilst her sense of fun ensures that the overall coaching experience is very enjoyable.
Laura predominantly works with MD’s and Board of Directors in companies interested in significant growth. In addition to her excellent overall Business Coaching skills she also has specialist experience within the Retail, Manufacturing, Licensing, Branding and Marketing sectors.
Laura particularly enjoys working with entrepreneurs and as such has worked with an extensive number of MD's and Business Owners of SME's delivering top class coaching with a focus on business growth (she sets her clients high standards and has testimonials evidencing annual growth between 40-100%).
She also regularly designs and develops large scale coaching programmes including 1-to-1 Executive Coaching, Coach Training, Supervision and Group Mentoring programmes. Recent examples include programmes for Royal Mail, Birmingham City Council, Invest NI, Enterprise4all and NWDA. These likewise typically achieve outstanding results, an example can be found in our case study on Birmingham City Council.
Laura is passionate about raising the standard of Coaching throughout the industry and has designed a number of audio coaching programmes (in collaboration with her colleague Martin Goodyer). The first of these is designed to help both Business Owners develop their business and their skills as a leader, Business Success Strategies, the second programme, CPD for Coaches, is designed for Coaches, who work part time internally within their organisations or professional full time coaches to undertake continual professional development, and challenge themselves to further improve their skills. More information about both these programmes is available on our website.
Laura is a Licensed Business Practitioner of NLP, an accredited Coach with the Coaching Academy, MBTI trained, has an MA from Oxford, is a Columnist for Total Licensing, a Business Owner, Wife & Mother of 3, part time property developer and a real ‘Cockney’ by birth!
If you would like to schedule a no obligation ‘chemistry’ session with Laura either:
Call the office today on 0845 456 8217
or
Email her on: Laura@BusinessCoaching.co.uk
You can also download a Pdf version of Laura Ashley-Timms' Biography
Laura has been featured in a number of magazine articles, the most recent of which was when she was asked to coach a NatWest client and his team for the day in 'Business Sense', the magazine for NatWest and RBS business customers. A copy of the article can be downloaded here or you can watch snippets of Laura in action during the day of filming...
Laura’s Clients include:
Training Companies
Design Agencies
Media Companies
Property Developers
Technology Companies
Event Companies
Internet Companies
Travel Companies
Manufacturing Companies
Art Galleries
Professional Consultancies
Solicitors
Financial Service Firms
Health and Fitness Clubs
Public Sector Organisations
What Laura’s Clients say about her:
Laura continuously receives glowing testimonials from her clients. Below are some examples of specific quotes that her clients have said about her.
Please note, we are always happy to supply specific references should you require them.
SME’s and Business Owners:
“Marshmallow Creative and Notion have proved to be a scrumptious combination!
Taking action and seizing an opportunity are now part of my daily to-do list. Working with Laura has changed the way I think as a business leader enabling me to put plans in place which take both myself and the Marshmallow brand to the next level - thank you Laura!” Michelle Sommerville, MD, Marshmallow Creative
“Laura, I would like to record my appreciation of your excellent business coaching over the last 12 months. I have found your understanding of the ‘business problem’ refreshing and the strategies we have developed together have given my business renewed purpose and direction.
On a more personal note, the ability to simply share my concerns with a business minded peer has given me more peace of mind! With the recession beginning to bite I am certain that your involvement with this business means that we are better placed to ride it out and succeed in the future.” Peter Sabel, Managing Director, The Merit Badge & Regalia Com
pany
“I became more focused, improved my presentation and grew the business by 40% in a year” David Holland, MD, Savant Ltd
“I have stopped being a workaholic, take better care of myself, and my sales will still double this year!” Charlotte Wilson, MD, Pure Events
"Working with Laura has been invaluable to me personally and my business; the greatest discovery for me through coaching was that the biggest barrier in my business was me! And in order to move on and achieve my life goals and ambitions the first thing I had to change was my attitude to myself, not a fast process but one which I can work on everyday." Sarah Wiseman, MD, Sarah Wiseman Galleries
“The year I spent working with Laura enabled me to focus on the big picture. By delegating more, I am delivering ambitious growth targets and expanding my business into new areas!” Keir McConomy, MD, Spear.com.
“Laura is a great individual who is highly motivated and with a lot of experience in dealing with people. She has helped get me back up to the motivated individual I was! I would thoroughly recommend her.” Chris Davy, MD, hartglobal.co.uk
“Laura Ashley-Timms has given me the confidence to know that I can make the right decisions for my business and build on my success! Thank you.” Denise Penn, MD, X-Squared London
“Laura Ashley-Timms has forced me to confront and re-evaluate previously held convictions and to focus on critical factors that have helped me to determine my future objectives.” Managing Director, Philip Harris Associates
“Laura Ashley-Timms quickly helped me realise what I really wanted to achieve, both in my business and personal life, and to believe that it was possible…. Laura is always there to give me a guiding hand and help me realise that, by following my action plans, I’m still on the right path to fulfilling my dreams. Laura makes you work hard but is considerate and flexible too. She is always prepared to discuss issues or concerns as they arise and to change what has been planned at the drop of a hat.” Solicitor, Birmingham
What Laura says…
“If you are serious about being better than you are now, maximising your potential, your wealth and future success then take the action of meeting with me. I guarantee it will be an enjoyable and incredibly productive meeting.”
Laura’s areas of Expertise:
- Coaching Entrepreneurs for Business Growth
- MD’s and/or Board Facilitation re Business Strategy
- Licensing and Branding
- Retail and Product Development
- Internet Marketing and Communication
- Large scale Coaching Programme Design
- Understanding Client needs and helping to match you to the best coach in our team
More about Laura’s Books/Products..
Laura is the architect of Notion's acclaimed Business Success Strategies Programme. This is a monthly programme covering all aspects of Business Growth for Entrepreneurs and allows businesses of all sizes to start their coaching journey at a fraction of the price of traditional coaching, without compromising the quality of the coaching.
Laura has also created a leading edge CPD Programme for Coaches, Maintaining Coaching Excellence, in collaboration with Martin Goodyer, to help coaches of all abilities and experience continually improve their performance and raise standards throughout the profession.
The 12 Secrets to Guarantee your Business Success is another of Laura's products and is a 3-CD set highlighting some critical areas to focus on if you want to become more successful.
There are also many examples of Laura's articles on the website including examples of her column for Total Licensing.
Laura also writes the majority of our Business Tips, which are sent out fortnightly. Do sign up if you haven't done so already.
More information about both these programmes is available in the relevant section of the website.
If you would like to schedule a no obligation ‘chemistry’ session with Laura either:
Call the office today on 0845 456 8217
or
Email her on: Laura@BusinessCoaching.co.uk
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