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FOR LINE MANAGERS EVERYWHERE

TRANSFORM YOUR LINE MANAGERS IN JUST 6-MONTHS

STAR® Manager is a proven management transformation programme that gives all line managers and academics the critical Operational Coaching® skills they need to measurably increase:

  • Team Performance
  • Collaboration
  • Retention
  • Inclusion
  • Engagement
  • Performance
  • Innovation
  • Productivity

GUARANTEED ROI   |   MULTI-AWARD-WINNING   |   STATISTICALLY PROVEN BY LSE

Dr. Michela Tinelli
London School of Economics & Political Science

“Managers who learned to apply the STAR® model increased their time spent coaching by 68%”.

Everyone Should Consider This
"STAR® is a programme that everyone should consider using. However well you think you know yourself and however good your management style is this programme helps you to find areas for improvement. It will help not just you but the people around you to become better empowered"
Helen Freeman, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
Improved Relationships
"STAR® has been a very positive experience on me, I now ask questions a lot more instead of telling. This has led to an overall positive impact on the team as they are now more involved, contribute more at meetings and bring options to the table when there is an issue."
Centre Manager, LSE
More Effective Manager
"I feel I am a more effective manager as I've seen a turn-around to delivery from staff and the quality of the outcomes in our research portfolio. My staff feel I have become more approachable too."
Alfred Amambua Ngwa, Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Best Thing That's Happened To Me
"I have transitioned from a being a technical expert to manager and this training has been the best that happened to me in my new role. It has not only given me the tools to do my job well, but is an impactful way to support employee development by giving them all the tools and resources they need to do their job well to achieve team objectives."
Ousman Secka, Head of Laboratory Management (Gambia)
Effective Methodology with a Sound Underpinning
"I have learnt plenty, enjoyed the course which is fun and gained an effective methodology with sound logic underpinning it. The reflective learning pedagogic approach is also really helpful for me to see how I am progressing."
Rick Walker, University of Exeter
More Engaged Team
"My team are more engaged and taking responsibility for moving projects forward. I have noticed that more people are now saying "ooo that's a good question" to me! And I love this response!"
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Improving Management Approach
"I have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this programme. The exercises have been very helpful in improving my management approach, and have given me a lot of insight into what makes an effective manager."
Head of Programme Delivery, LSE
Positive Influence on my Team
"The STAR® Coach Programme made me really think about my priorities in my role, what type of a manager do I want to be, how can I be a positive influence on the team? The programme explores all of this and more and I feel I have made lots of progress and now incorporate coaching into my daily work significantly more than I used to."
Charlotte Bailey, University of Exeter
Developing My Management Style
"I've always felt that I had a good leadership style of management, but I've learnt that really I was just offering my suggestions and ideas rather than encouraging others to establish their own solutions. It's been a great start to developing my management style and I feel much more comfortable in helping to enable others to make solution focused decisions on a daily basis."
Laura Drinkwater, University of Exeter
Everyone Should Consider This
"STAR® is a programme that everyone should consider using. It will help not just you but the people around you to become better empowered"
Helen Freeman, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
Improved Relationships
"This has led to an overall positive impact on the team as they are now more involved, contribute more at meetings and bring options to the table when there is an issue."
Centre Manager, LSE
More Effective Manager
"I feel I am a more effective manager as I've seen a turn-around to delivery from staff and the quality of the outcomes in our research portfolio. My staff feel I have become more approachable too."
Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Best Thing That's Happened To Me
"I have transitioned from a being a technical expert to manager and this training has been the best that happened to me in my new role."
Ousman Secka, Head of Laboratory Management (Gambia)
Effective Methodology with a Sound Underpinning
"I have learnt plenty, enjoyed the course which is fun and gained an effective methodology with sound logic underpinning it."
Rick Walker, University of Exeter
More Engaged Team
"My team are more engaged and taking responsibility for moving projects forward. I have noticed that more people are now saying "ooo that's a good question" to me! And I love this response!"
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Improving Management Approach
"I have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this programme. The exercises have been very helpful in improving my management approach, and have given me a lot of insight into what makes an effective manager."
Head of Programme Delivery, LSE
Positive Influence on my Team
"The STAR® Coach Programme made me really think about what type of a manager do I want to be, how can I be a positive influence on the team? I now incorporate coaching into my daily work significantly more than I used to."
Charlotte Bailey, University of Exeter
Developing My Management Style
"It's been a great start to developing my management style and I feel much more comfortable in helping to enable others to make solution focused decisions on a daily basis."
Laura Drinkwater, University of Exeter

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Some Case Studies

Developing managers communication skills

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Shaping the Future of Management Development in the Academic Sector

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Listen to Laura Ashley-Timms talking through the UK Government funded study on STAR® Manager, evaluated by the London School of Economics & Political Science.

Academic study evaluated by LSE

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In this short video, two academics from the University of Exeter share their insights into why the STAR® programme is particularly effective for academics looking to develop their leadership & management capability.

5 Ways to Engage Academic Colleagues in Learning and Management Development​

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Is it finally time to tackle the main reason your managers aren’t coaching?

We all know that our Leaders and Managers struggle to find the time to coach their teams. Let’s turn this around with a proven new management approach – not coaching, this is Operational Coaching®

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STAR® Has Been Proven to Work in a Major Academic Study

The STAR® programme was academically evaluated by the UK Government and the London School of Economics and was proven to develop leaders and managers to quickly and easily acquire the critical skills they need to measurably increase engagement, retention, collaboration, innovation, performance and productivity within 6-months.
The study overview and results are published in the management book The Answer is a Question and in the Journal of Work-Applied Management.

STAR® Has Won Multiple Awards...

“This is a learning evaluation strategy that thoroughly measures impact beyond learner satisfaction. The results show that the STAR® development program can be a worthwhile investment of training budget, with strong ROI figures to back that up.”

Judges comments, Learning Impact Awards 2024

“The government-funded study took place in two cohorts…results were analysed by independent academics and statisticians and show the broad potential that embedding this new model has for all managers and leaders…Judges were impressed with the results it achieved.”

Judges comments, Personnel Today Awards 2021

“It’s delivering measurable results across many sectors: academic, retail and banking; generating significant benefits including dramatic improvements in productivity and team engagement with increased innovation, problem-solving and retention.”

Judges comments, Learning Excellence Awards 2021

Learning Tech Awards 2021 Winner

“This is one of those projects that feels almost too good to be true! It was very refreshing to see a project that put people objectives on par with commercial objectives.”

Judges comments, Learning Technologies Awards 2021

Qualifications & Certifications

Our programmes include a range of Ofqual Coaching & Management qualifications and global certifications from Levels 3 to 6, including award-winning fully digital and virtual blended solutions that require minimal written submissions and are extremely affordable.

Our STAR® programmes are also available for UK military personnel to utilise their ELCs against.

Notion is a Performance Improvement Consultancy

In addition to delivering our STAR® Manager programme we also offer a range of other services to transform organisations to fully embed coaching cultures and create EPIC® workplaces (Engaging, Productive, Inclusive & Collaborative) including:

Executive Coaching

1-to-1 Executive Coaching for your Senior Leaders and Academics

Internal Coach Training

Pragmatic training to give you highly skilled internal coaches ready and able to undertake formal coaching assignments

CPD & Supervision

CPD and Supervision (1-to-1 and Group) programmes for your Internal Coaches

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