— Get to Know Me

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Alignment is the highest leverage asset there is. I am Laura Thomas, a senior strategy practitioner with fifteen years of experience advising founders, CEOs, and ambitious women on how to grow without breaking what matters underneath.

For fifteen years I have worked at the intersection of three things most people separate: creative direction, team leadership, and commercial analytics.

I founded and ran a multi-seven-figure creative agency, advised more than 500 brands across luxury, wellness, tech, and lifestyle, and chaired the 30 Percent Club. The work compounds. So do the relationships.

What I learned the hard way is that any growth without internal alignment isn't sustainable, in business or in life. When the brand, the strategy, and the execution align, businesses last. When the woman, the work, and the life align, she lasts.

Today, that conviction shapes everything I do. I advise founders, CEOs, and senior teams as a Fractional CMO and Brand Advisor. I work privately with ambitious women building what's next. And I built The Aligned Woman Co. to scale the same methodology to women everywhere.

CHAPTER ONE

MY EXPERTISE & Credentials

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I have spent fifteen years leading brand strategy, creative direction, and high-level marketing across global organisations and fast-growing start-ups. I founded and ran a multi-seven-figure creative agency. I have sat in the boardrooms where the decisions actually got made, and I have led the senior teams who had to deliver against them. I am a published author, a keynote speaker on female leadership, and the former Chair of the 30 Percent Club, the collective of senior executives advancing women into leadership. The work has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, Glamour, Business Day, and The Times. I hold a specialised degree in Brand Communications and I am a Certified Director. I am also internationally accredited by the American Board of NLP as both an NLP Practitioner and a Timeline Therapy Coach. The qualifications support the methodology. They are not the methodology.

CHAPTER TWO

WHAT I Do

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Three doors. One conviction underneath.

For Businesses: Fractional CMO and Brand Advisor — Brand, strategy, and creative direction in one senior partner. Built on The Aligned Operating Model.

For Women: Senior Advisory and Coaching — Private engagements for ambitious women building what's next. Built on The A.L.I.V.E. Method.

For Organisations: Speaking and Leadership Programs — Keynotes, workshops, and the Aligned Leader Program. Built on The A.L.I.V.E. Method, at organisational scale.

CHAPTER THREE

THE Aligned Woman Co.

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The Aligned Woman Co. is the platform I built to scale the work to women everywhere. It is where the methodology lives outside the private advisory engagement.

Self-paced courses, masterclasses, and the Aligned Woman Blueprint, the foundational program built on the five stages of The A.L.I.V.E. Method.

The methodology is the same one I use in private practice. The architecture does not soften when it gets bigger.

— Why work with me

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Fifteen years. Multi-seven-figure agency founder. 500+ brands across luxury, wellness, tech, and lifestyle. Former Chair of the 30 Percent Club. Featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, Glamour, Business Day, and The Times.

Those are the receipts, here is what they actually mean.

I have done the work I am asking you to trust me on. I have built the teams. I have run the agency. I have sat in the boardrooms making the calls and lived with whatever came next. Most people in this space have either consulted without operating, or coached without ever building anything. I have done both, at scale, for fifteen years, with the scars to prove it.

That is the brain you are hiring. The methodologies are just the language for what I learned along the way.

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Why work with Laura

Some of the clientsI've worked with

HBO
British Airways
Best 10
Mask Group 2
Ubank
Bio Sculpture
The Diamond Channel
MTN MoMo
Barron
Coca-Cola
Oracle
Trova
EY
RockCorps
Dermalogica
Fertily
HBO
British Airways
Best 10
Mask Group 2
Ubank
Bio Sculpture
The Diamond Channel
MTN MoMo
Barron
Coca-Cola
Oracle
Trova
EY
RockCorps
Dermalogica
Fertily

Hundreds of businesses from around the world have trusted me with their brands

Laura has an extraordinary gift for translating messy ideas into clear, compelling vision.

She doesn't just 'get' what's in your head, she elevates it beyond what you thought was possible. Her blend of strategic insight, creative brilliance, and intuition is unmatched. I can't recommend her highly enough.

— Wendy Mahoney | Newmella Holdings

Partnering with this team has been transformative for Ubank.

We have never experienced such rapid and consistent elevation of our brand. Their strategic alignment of both our internal and external communications, coupled with their ability to manage high-level partnerships, has significantly advanced our business objectives, even earning us industry recognition. Their professionalism, dedication, and impact have been exceptional. We highly recommend their services.

— Luthando Vutula | CEO, Ubank

This was a complete inside-out transformation of a business established for over 30 years.

Taking on this project was no small feat. The strategy and rebrand not only needed to resonate with our customers, but also with both internal and external stakeholders. Laura's presentation of the new brand direction received immediate buy-in from our external partners and was successfully rolled out internally to ensure alignment at every level. This rebrand combines visual appeal with real-world functionality, driving both engagement and execution.

— Kevin Vyvyan-Day | CEO, Barron

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