Laura Watkins
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Partner
Laura specialises in helping clients develop their own leadership skills and those of their organisations. Her particular focus is on how adults develop their effectiveness to lead change and how to accelerate this development. Since founding The Cognitas Group, she has designed and launched leadership development programmes. She has also worked with senior leadership teams to clarify priorities, boost execution and improve relationships.
Laura is particularly interested in helping others to access opportunities, for example through education. She has advised many education non-profit organisations and is vice-chair of governors at her local secondary school.
Before Cognitas:
Laura was a principal at The Trium Group. She built the London office and led consulting engagements to design and deliver leadership programmes, build senior executive teams and support clients in leading cultural change. Her clients included AXA, a major high-street bank, HM Treasury, the European Investment Bank, Lifelong Learning UK and Barclays Global Investors. Laura also spent six years at McKinsey where she joined as a generalist consultant and later specialised as a leadership/organisation expert.
Laura holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Cambridge University and a BA in physiology and psychology from Oxford University. She has several psychometric/coaching qualifications. She speaks fluent English and French.
When not at work:
Find Laura up a mountain, out for a run, on a bike, eating with friends, reading or writing.
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