Asari St Hill is a champion of equality, diversity, and inclusion who holds over 40 years of experience in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. Additionally, he is a seasoned business coach and executive trainer who is known for delivering insightful knowledge both on stage and in the boardroom. Having advised renowned organisations, such as the National and Irish Centres for Diversity, Asari is highly sought-after for a variety of speaking engagements.
Beginning his career in public service, Asari first worked at Brent Council and progressed through senior roles in this sector for many years. Notably, Asari was a Local Government Inspector at Audit Commission before spending 6 years as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Waltham Forest NHS PCT. Throughout these roles, Asari was able to build a foundation in house management and regeneration. Specifically, within early roles such as Regional Manager at St Pancreas Housing Association and as a Member of Audit and Risk Committee at Newlon Housing Group.
More recently in his career, Asari has built a successful practice as a Business Coach and Trainer with ActionCOACH, where he supports SMEs and leaders to scale sustainably whilst holding inclusive values. He is the founder of Just Leverage, which is a business that partners with organisations to embed EDI into business, offering guidance, support and audits. Also, Asari supported and helped guide the Friday Hill Tenant Management Organisation out of special measures during his term as Interim CEO, and he now serves on the Board of Directors.
Asari’s credibility as a speaker is furthered by his impressive track record of delivering EDI training and advisory services to many organisations such as NHS Trusts, Councils, and major corporations. He is renowned for being engaging and providing actionable insights through his keynotes. With decades of hands-on EDI expertise, paired with a practical mindset of a business coach, Asari can completely transform any organisation. If you or your organisation is looking to benefit from this level of experience, look no further than hiring Asari St Hill today!
Asari St Hill's official speaker topics are listed below:
- Inclusive Leadership
- Why We Need to Talk About Race
- Developing Staff Networks
- Developing an Effective EDI Strategy
- How to Deal with Bias and Unconscious Bias
- What True Diversity and Inclusion Means
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Asari is a very supportive, motivational, genuinely caring and thoughtful mentor and business coach. Asari has offered me fantastic networking opportunities, a wealth of information-packed free lectures, inspiring and thought provoking conversation and mentorship, plus always seeks to check in and maintain a good connection with me, even during the times we've not been working together; showing his true passion, personal interest and care for his line of work. Asari holds a calm but confident authority within the world of business and marketing, I'm grateful to have his support and wisdom to guide me." - Robyn, Marketing Manager
"I had the pleasure of working with Asari when I led Uppingham School through the process of achieving Investors in Diversity status. Asari offered expert support and guidance throughout the process. Asari has a wonderful style which puts everyone at ease. He is immensely knowledgeable on the topics of EDI and I thoroughly enjoyed working with him. I hope I have the privilege of working with him again in the future." - Denise, Chartered FCIPD
"Asari has worked with my team and I for over a decade. Throughout that period he has provided robust challenge to our thinking and approach in order to help us become more diverse and inclusive. A highly valued personal coach to me, and others in my team, he encourages us to challenge norms and conventions to create a culture where everyone can thrive. He is also a hugely inspirational speaker helping to embed important messages across the workforce." - Joe, Group Managing Director
"If you want to develop your business or personal goals using Asari is a no brainer. He is equipped with a range of tools and techniques to help you grow your business and also give you more time to enjoy your life and not be overrun by your business." - Curtis, Managing Director, Capital Waste LTD
"Asari has been my Business Coach for just under a year. In that time I have experienced a change in my thinking and how I value what I do. Even my family and friends have seen and felt the shift. I no longer see myself as 'just a therapist' treating my clients each day. Now, I see myself as a Business with more to offer in After Care products, plus giving advice and guidance on lifestyle, postural and health care, so that my clients can maximise the benefit of their treatments. I can visualise my B.H.A.G - Big Hairy Audacious Goal - and know that it, really, is within my reach. Asari has introduced me to several 'players' on my journey who have been and will be key to my success. Under his Coaching Programme, I know 'I can do this'!! Plus...his door is always open!" - Ilaine, Soft Tissue Therapist, ReZone
"Asari is an exceptional Executive Coach. Asari listened to my strategic business goals and challenged me to step outside of my comfort zone. As a Senior Leader I found it difficult to take time to ‘look in the mirror’ and reflect on my own performance. Asari provided the right balance of support and challenge to ensure that I held myself to account and achieved key business goals. I would highly recommend Asari’s Executive Coaching services." - Jennifer, Founder & CEO, Inclusion UK
"As a busy graphic designer I find it hard to find time to work on my business rather than in at times. Working with Asari on a 6 week course last year made me take time out to evaluate many parts of my business that I just take for granted. To begin with a business plan - who has a business plan!! Well I do now! Asari's 6 steps chart helped to identify areas of the business that needed attention and improvement, questions that many of us never ask and probably find hard to answer. Even for a small business many aspects are never identified until too late but with the insight that Asari’s coaching system covers, a detailed analysis is easily completed and problem areas uncovered. Asari asks you the right questions that help you to run your business more effectively and therefore delivers more profit and return, simplifying and clarifying your business management. I would highly recommend working with Asari to measure and plan your business, identify your goals and to take steps that will make it happen more effectively and more profitably. Asari’s coaching approach is definitely SMART: Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Results-orientated and Timed! Thank you Asari for your time and expertise that has certainly made a difference to my thinking and my business." - Angie, Visual Branding Consultant
"Thank you Asari for the fantastic, focussed support you provide in your weekly Mastermind Groups. They have really helped me to focus on my lead generation, conversion and overall growth strategy for both my yoga and events businesses. I will always recommend you and your expertise to my contacts and wider network." - Michelle, Head of Programming
"I was introduced to Asari at a time when I needed help with my business marketing. I had one to one mentoring and coaching sessions which helped me to find direction and to develop the strategies in planning a structured marketing plan. Asari was also very clear about the plot elements that he thought needed more work. I have been attending Asari’s Business Masterclass and seminars have been life changing." - Natalie, MD, Acacia Management Facilities Ltd
"Good standing, extremely insightful and a fantastic mentor!" - Michaelene, Founder, Leaders in Health and Tech
"Having been coached by Asari over the last year I’ve had some major increases in my finances, including 2 secured 3 month contracts getting exactly what I set out as a Goal. He has more than tripled what I invested in coaching. He is calm, goal driven yet does this in a fun and relaxed way enabling me to take full ownership of my business and actions I take. I love the group coaching sessions and the fact that I can call on him for individual sessions as and when needed. Finances are simpler to understand and I finally have systems in place to sell my packages as a coach. Highly recommend him as a Coach for businesses struggling with sending the right message, attracting their ideal clients and breaking through or even exceeding their financial goals. Thank you so much Asari for EVERYTHING—I mean that." - Neusa, International Speaker & Coach
"As the founder of a small start-up company based in central London, I have attended several of Asari's business development workshops. These have always been professionally run and have provided me and my team with really helpful insights around how we approach various aspects of our business. I would absolutely recommend Asari as a business growth expert—Asari has an honest and engaging demeanour which really worked for my team and myself. I plan to spend further time with Asari going forward." - Chris, Founder, Excel Trainer
"Asari provided invaluable guidance with practical & measurable solutions that enabled us to move our business forward during a challenging period." - Peter, Composer
"The exemplary level of training delivered to our senior management team by Asari St-Hill was second to none. His insights and out-of-the-box ideas really gave us something to think about. Getting a glimpse of our business through his eyes has been invaluable and motivated us to push on harder than before. Through this training course we were able to take an objective view of our business, which has allowed us to pin-point our weakest areas so that we can set clear objectives for our management to strive towards. It also demonstrated to us that over the course of the last three months, we have been more successful than in the whole previous 12 months. It has been an inspiration to see our success charted and has further galvanised our desire to push forwards. Working with Asari was truly inspiring, and we all had a great time. His clear, concise and measured approach helped highlight where we were going wrong, and his expansive tutelage allowed us to come up with some fantastic new approaches that we will be implementing immediately. We are focused now more than ever and would like to thank Asari for all he has done." - Sebastian, Co-Founder, THE SOUNDPROOF LTD
"Asari is an excellent speaker who is apt at capturing the mood and appetite of an audience. He facilitates meetings well, he has an ability to tease out many diverse thoughts and ideas and thus engage all participants. I have known Asari for over 10 years and have always found him inspiring and completely supportive in all my endeavours. He works hard to maintain his specialist knowledge of equalities and diversity which he has put to good use to help drive forward this agenda." - Kamal, Group HR Director
Feedback from Virtual Events:
"Asari and I met through business networking. He was recommended to me from a fellow trade partner of mine. I was thinking about working with a coach for a while at that point. Asari impressed me with his relaxed, positive approach and structured way of working. I booked a session for 12 months of business development, and we met last week online. Given the current situation due to the Coronavirus, we were also discussing short term planning for the next few weeks. In those couple of hours, I experienced Asari as focused, understanding and caring, and extremely positive and pro-active. His coaching programme is well structured and offers actionable steps easy to follow. I already started working through the strategy we established and I am very much looking forward to seeing the results. I hope to be able to work with Asari in the future and would highly recommend him to everyone who's looking for an active coach offering a systematical professional approach with a hint of humanity." - Evelina, European Architect
- 2024 – Board Member, Friday Hill TMO
- 2024 – Interim CEO, Friday Hill TMO
- 2020 – Advisor, Irish Centre for Diversity
- 2012 – Inclusive Leadership Coach, National Centre for Diversity
- 2011 – Business & Executive Coach, ActionCOACH UK
- 2010 – Began work as Independent EDI Trainer
- 2002 – Non-Executive Director, Waltham Forest NHS PCT
- 2000 – Local Government Inspector, Audit Commission
- 1998 – Regional Manager, St Pancras Housing Association
- 1995 – Began public service at Brent Council
How to hire Asari St Hill
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