Change-driven. Growth-minded. Hope-filled.

Laura Dowling works as a leadership development consultant, executive coach, and facilitator building a world where leaders connect before they command.

She partners with individuals, teams, and organizations navigating transition, from emerging executives finding their voice to leadership teams rebuilding trust. Her work integrates Harvards’ Adaptive Leadership Framework, Gallup CliftonStrengths, emotional intelligence, neuroplasticity, and systemic team coaching to create the clarity, alignment, and agency required for sustainable performance.

As the Founder and Principal Consultant of LD Performance Consulting, Laura designs long-term leadership partnerships (typically 6–8 months) that go beyond workshops and into transformation. 

Over the past decade, she’s worked with thousands of clients across sectors: private and public organizations, tech companies, healthcare systems, higher education, Olympic athletes, nonprofits, rural communities, and faith-based organizations spanning three continents.

Her approach is relational, strengths-based, and deeply human. She believes that leadership development isn’t about fixing what’s broken, it’s about unlocking what’s already there. And that sustainable change requires slowing down, building self-awareness, and creating the conditions where people can lead from their authentic strengths rather than performing a version of leadership that isn’t really theirs.

Laura holds the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designation with the International Coaching Federation and six globally recognized coaching certifications, including Gallup CliftonStrengths™, RocheMartin Emotional Capital Report, The Blueprint™ ToolSet, and Lego® Serious Play®, Solution-Focused Coaching, Constellation Coaching, and Change Enthusiasm Global. She’s a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Art and Practice of Adaptive Leadership Executive Education Program. Her academic background in Sociology, Psychology, and Population Health, combined with her career as an international athlete, shapes her understanding of what it takes to perform at the highest levels without burning out.

Purpose-Driven & Grounded.