🚀Accelerate Your Leadership Transition in 90 days 💥Growth Strategist for Leaders Who Care 🎯Executive & Corporate Coaching 🎯Career Coaching For Frustrated Professionals Who Want to Get Unstuck

You didn’t start your business to feel stuck, stressed or overwhelmed. You had a vision: freedom, growth and work that actually mattered. Then it got complicated. Now it feels like the business runs you, not the other way round. 

If that resonates, I got you!

I make AI simple to save you hours and sleepless nights so that you can scale with confidence. I know what I’m talking about; I’ve been in your shoes.

Who I Help

Non-technical SME owners in professional services, creative industries and impact-led businesses who want to boost growth with AI but don’t know where to start 

How We Make That Happen Together

✅ AI Training & Training Days– hands-on workshops, keynotes and training days 

✅ The AI Growth Lab (12 weeks): Flagship program with weekly calls, assignments and accountability to bake AI into your daily ops

✅ Strategy Consulting: People | Processes | Leadership – Optimise your team, streamline operations, & strengthen leadership

✅ High-Impact Team Training Days – People & culture programmes grounded in GEDI, HumanWorksX and TAWDI to lift communication, collaboration, & performance

What You Can Expect

✔ Practical, tailored strategies that work
✔ A clear, actionable plan for your business & you
✔ A trusted partner who helps you scale with confidence

Why Trust Me?

With 25+ years of experience at the highest levels of business, leadership, & strategy, I bring real-world expertise, a global perspective, & a results-driven approach.

Key Credentials:

⏩ CPD Certified AI Trainer
⏩ Triple-Accredited Professional Coach
⏩ GEDI, TAWDI & HumansWorksX Accredited  
⏩ Senior Executive Leader (Sotheby’s, $500M+ in annual sales)
⏩ Co-founder & President, Metropolitan Business Association 
⏩ Member of the Professional Speakers Association Spain

What Clients Say

"Maria’s insight made a tangible, emotional, & financial difference to the company."
— Zoe Loveday, Managing Director, SSK

"Maria’s intervention was critical in accelerating awareness around opportunities ahead, resulting in significant positive change."
— Bruno Vinciguerra, CEO, Bonhams

Beyond work? You’ll find me

🤝 Volunteering 
🌍 Relaxing in Barcelona (in front of the latest Netflix show)
🐶 Hanging out with my husband, Yann, & our jack-a-bee, Cookie

📞 If you’re ready to stop spinning & start scaling, book a call to talk about how I can support you

Your business should serve you, not consume you. 
Let’s fix that!

Not ready yet? 
👉 Get my best tips: https://askmariakelly.ck.page

Maria Kelly

Julie Stars Coaching

Certified Transformative Coach offering 1:1 or group online coaching. Coaching is a conversation based approach to move you from where you are to where you want to be - so tends to be future-focused & action/change-orientated. I provide you with a confidential, non-judgemental, open, collaborative space to focus on your own thoughts, challenges, outcomes & goals. My role is non-advisory but my questions & reflections as your ‘thinking partner’ will help you on your personal discovery to get to the outcome you have brought to the session. Transformative Coaching goes beyond the surface indicators used in performance & development coaching, as it also delves deeper into a client’s inner world.

Due to my own career I am passionate about working with those in demanding industries like Adland to support them in their career, wellbeing & life events; unlocking their full potential to thrive in their professional and personal lives.

Plus I am experienced with helping midlife women who feel lost or stuck in a rut to find their spark again & get clear on what they want from life, what's holding them back & to feel empowered to create the life they want. 

Topics are brought by client such as:
• Career progression
• Building resilience & establishing a better work-life balance to avoid overwhelm & stress
• Navigating life events or transitions (e.g. maternity leave return, relationship breakdown or loss)
• Identifying & overcoming personal obstacles or beliefs holding you back
• Alcohol relationship
• Confidence or imposter syndrome 
• Establishing & taking action & responsibility towards achieving goals
• Managing difficult relationships or communication issues
• Time management & prioritisation
• Resolving difficult situations in an objective space with an impartial listening partner to dig deeper and open up new angles
• Feeling unfulfilled & going through life in autopilot - helping you going from surviving to thriving

Visit https://juliestars.wixsite.com/website

Transformative Coach

Publicis•Poke

Senior Account Director

Arc (within Leo Burnett, now Publicis)

Account Director

Stella & Dot

Ran my fun sideline business as an independent stylist for Stella & Dot, which is a boutique style jewellery & accessories company exclusively available online or via private style sessions. Stella & Dot made decision to exit the European market as of 7th April 2019.

Independent Stylist / business owner

Arc Worldwide (part of Leo Burnett)

Senior Account Manager (Freelance)

The Red Brick Road

CHI & PARTNERS

SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER (FREELANCE)

STEPHENS FRANCIS WHITSON / VCCP

Senior Account Manager

BROTHERS & SISTERS

BRANDCOM LTD

Marketing Executive/Office Manager

Are you an Agency leader who cares for the wellbeing of your employees? Do you want to attract & retain motivated, productive & resilient team members (knowing how costly staff stress, burnout & recruitment is)? In these unprecedented times, is the mental health of your people rising up on your priorities list to tackle proactively? 

If so, I can help with 1:1 or group coaching for your staff to unlock their full potential and thrive in their professional and personal lives; positively affecting how they show up at work & consistently contribute to your organisation. Topics are brought by client such as:
• Career progression. 
• Building resilience and establishing a better work-life balance to avoid overwhelm, stress and burnout. 
• Navigating life events or transitions (e.g. maternity leave return, relationship breakdown or loss). 
• Identifying & overcoming personal obstacles or beliefs holding you back. 
• Confidence or imposter syndrome. 
• Taking action & responsibility towards achieving goals.
• Managing difficult & prioritisation. 
• Resolving difficult situations in an objective space with an impartial listening partner to dig deeper and open up new angles.

WHY ME?
Having enjoyed a 19-year advertising/marketing career, during which time I became a mum and struggled to maintain a work-life balance, I am passionate about working with those in demanding industries such as Adland to support team members in their career, wellbeing & life events. As well as industry understanding and personable, down-to-earth style, I also bring my qualifications in Transformational Coaching (triple-accredited Diploma). This goes beyond the surface indicators used in performance and development coaching, as it also delves deeper into a client’s inner world. 

I love witnessing the realisations & big shift-changes that can take place for my clients during our coaching sessions:

* “I have a clear vision of what I am going to do to move forward. I have gained back control of my life.”

* “You gave me a helping hand when I felt like I was drowning in confusion but you did not rescue me. This actually gave me a lot of confidence to trust myself, believe in myself and trust that I can problem solve without having to walk away from my job or friendships.” 

* “Julie asks questions to get you to think differently about the problem & come up with your own action plan to work through it."

DM me or visit juliestars.com for details of my coaching packages for organisations or individuals (conducted online in English).

PS Middle-lane drinkers? Curious about Alcohol-Free life?

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