People Decisions.
Made Better.
Helping founders and growing businesses make better decisions about the people they hire, lead and rely on.
From your first employee to an established leadership team, I bring 25+ years of recruitment, business and coaching experience to the people decisions that shape what happens next.
How can I help?
FIRST HIRE
Hiring your first employee?
Get clear on whether you’re ready, what your first hire needs to do and how to make the right decision from the start.
BUILDING YOUR TEAM
Making your next hire?
Build a clear, repeatable approach to attracting, assessing and onboarding the right people as your business grows.
LEADERSHIP & COACHING
Need space to think, challenge and decide?
Coaching and strategic support for founders and leaders navigating people, growth and the decisions that come with both.
EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS
What’s really happening in your business?
Independent insight into your people and leadership team, turning what’s really happening into focused action.
ABOUT LAURA
Experience matters.
So does perspective.
I’ve spent more than 25 years working with people, businesses and the decisions that shape both.
I’ve built businesses, led teams, recruited thousands of people and coached founders and senior leaders through growth, change and conversations that aren’t always easy to have.
That means I don’t look at people decisions from one angle. I understand the commercial reality, the leadership challenge and the human impact.
Sometimes you need advice. Sometimes you need challenge. And sometimes you just need someone independent enough to tell you what they see.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Better people decisions change businesses.
HIRING
“Through Laura’s technique I felt I had all the information I needed. She asked the question that ultimately gave us a lucky escape.”
Paul
Construction
FOUNDER SUPPORT
“Every time we needed to make a big decision, we gave Laura a quick call. She went through everything thoroughly and after the call, the decision was made.”
Mystery Retreats
Business founders
EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP
“Laura is brilliant, very knowledgeable in all aspects of business, coaching and mentoring. She is very easy to get on with whilst also managing to ask the hard questions and hold you to account!”
Frank Bamber
Serconnect
NEED HELP WITH ONE DECISION?
One focused hour.
One clear way forward.
Got a people, leadership or business decision taking up too much headspace? Bring it to a Power Hour and we’ll work through it together.
NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
Start with the decision in front of you.
Whether it’s your first hire, your next hire or a leadership challenge, sometimes an independent perspective is all you need to decide what happens next.
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Helping founders and growing businesses make better people decisions.