Advisory & Coaching
Direct access for founders and senior leaders.
You come to me with the real problem, not the version you’d put in a board paper. I sort it out, hold you accountable, and make sure you actually move. Retainer model.
Laura Mercurio
Executive AI Transformation Partner
Advisor · Speaker · MC · Mentor · Framework Builder
Most businesses don’t have an execution problem. They have a decision problem. And no one has named it yet.
A short fit call with Laura. We sort whether speaking, advisory, or mentoring is the right next step.
I’ve spent my career inside the rooms where the big decisions get made, and avoided. I know what good leadership looks like. I also know exactly what it looks like when it goes wrong.
Now I’m turning everything I’ve learned into frameworks, conversations, and rooms that help founders and senior leaders think more clearly, decide faster, and actually execute.
Leaders aren’t failing. Decisions are.
Founders work harder than ever. Leadership teams are full of smart people. Strategy documents are thorough. And still, six months later, someone asks:
So what actually changed?
That gap isn’t an execution failure. It’s a decision failure. And it has a name.
This is Decision Debt™
Decision Debt™ is what builds when leadership decisions are delayed, avoided, or revisited repeatedly, while the business keeps moving.
It doesn’t announce itself. It shows up as stalled strategy, misaligned teams, and the same conversation happening in every meeting.
Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
How I work with people
Two jobs, two paths. Event organisers book the stage. Founders and senior leaders work with me directly.
For event organisers
Book Laura to speak
Topic, formats, and runtime below. Forward this to a committee or sponsor. Built from 20+ years in the room. Not a slide deck someone else wrote.
- Topic
- Decision Debt™: why transformation stalls even when leaders are trying.
- Formats
- Keynote, workshop, leadership offsite, CEO forum, board briefing.
- Runtime
- 30–45 minutes + Q&A.
Speaking & Keynotes
A keynote that makes leaders uncomfortable in exactly the right way.
Aimed at rooms that already have the strategy deck. The uncomfortable bit is the point.
MC & Facilitation
The MC who gets the room going.
Sharp, direct, and yes, actually funny. I read a room fast and keep things moving. Events, panels, leadership forums, and conferences across government, tech, and financial services.
Short fit call to talk through the brief and whether I’m the right person for the room. Email if you need something written for a committee first.
For founders & senior leaders
Work with me directly
Workshops & Intensives
In the room, solving real problems.
Not a training course. A working session built around your team’s actual situation. I use the CDE framework (Clarity, Decision, Execution) to get leadership teams unstuck and moving.
Mentoring Program
The HOW, not just the what.
You know what you’re capable of. What you need is someone to help you structure it, package it, and actually make it happen. I work with a small number of people 1:1 and in group format: six weeks, real problems, real progress. No fluff, no generic advice.
Email Laura directly to register your interest. A dedicated expression of interest page is on the way.
The frameworks I’ve built
Three proprietary frameworks built from 20+ years of real-world executive leadership, not theory.
Decision Debt™
Every deferred, avoided, or poorly executed decision creates debt. It compounds. Most leaders don’t see it until they’re drowning in it. I help them see it early and clear it fast.
Pattern Literacy
The ability to read recurring organisational patterns before they become problems. Not instinct. A learnable skill that separates good leaders from great ones.
Portfolio Leadership
Most leadership models assume you’re running one thing. Most leaders are running many. I’ve built a framework for people who live in that reality.
AI Transformation starts with a decision problem
AI Transformation isn’t just a technology problem. It’s a leadership and decision problem.
I help senior leaders and boards navigate AI end-to-end, covering strategy, structure, decisions, and execution.
Most organisations have the tools. Few have the clarity to use them well.
“Most leadership problems aren’t complicated. They’re just uncomfortable. I help people get comfortable with the uncomfortable bit, so they can actually move.”
20+ years advising at executive and board level across BlackRock, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Astellas Pharmaceuticals, AMP Capital, CareSuper, global consulting firms, and founders and startups building from scratch.
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Banking · M&A · Infrastructure · Government · Consulting · Startups
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Creator of Decision Debt™ and the CDE framework
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Board director · C-Suite advisor · Founder advisor
Next step
Most businesses don’t have an execution problem. They have a decision problem. One calendar with Laura. Book a call, or email if writing first is easier.
Founders & senior leaders
Strategy agreed, nothing moved. Book a call. We’ll sort whether working together is the right next step.
BOOK A CALLShort fit call with Laura via Calendly. You pick a time; we confirm if this is the right next step.
Prefer to write first? laura@lauramercurio.com
Event organisers
Speaking, MC, or facilitation. Topic, formats, and runtime are in the Book Laura to speak section. Book a call, or email a brief if you need something for a committee first.
BOOK A CALLShort fit call with Laura for the speaking brief. We talk through topic, format, and whether I’m right for the room.
Event brief or committee notes: laura@lauramercurio.com