Become a Luminous Leader™

Hi I’m Clare the founder and head coach here at Clarety. In my first career in Advertising I was great at what I did and talented in my craft so I rose up the ranks leading the communications strategic planning for brands like Coca Cola and Nestle. I worked hard and was promoted without asking for it and I was gradually given more people to manage. Although I had all the skills I needed to succeed as an individual, I wasn’t trained, or given any blueprint, or model for leading a team successfully.

In my final role leading an agency I had a deep desire to positively impact the people who were working under me and I had a natural affinity for building relationships, but I didn’t really know what I was doing. It felt like throwing spaghetti at the wall and hoping some stuck!

I thought in order to succeed I had to work more hours and give all of my time and energy to the team. I put my life and relationships on hold to become a better leader. I was working ridiculous hours, fighting fires and trying so hard to hold the team together that I started to lose sight of who I was.

I became disenfranchised and got off track with why I was doing it. My work life balance sucked and I was exhausted all the time. My confidence dropped, I was constantly second-guessing myself and imposter syndrome regularly kicked in.

Forced into a burnout-fueled career-break, I started working with a leadership coach who helped me to find myself again. We worked on gaining clarity on my career path and who I wanted to be as a leader. We worked on reinstating work-life boundaries and regaining my energy. We worked on rebuilding my confidence and finding my voice so that I could own my own career destiny again.

I began to realise that there IS a blueprint to stepping up in leadership which isn’t about more hours to work it’s about clarity, focus and self-care. I rose up as a leader, it became easier, I became more energised and my team elevated as well.

Hi my name is Clare and I have a deep passion for creating workplace environments where people can grow and thrive, rather than tread water to survive. I believe we need to shift the
‘work-takes-all’ stress and burn out paradigm and shift to a place where leaders are supported to be healthy, high performing and a more luminous version of themselves.

My passion for luminating leaders begins with my own story. The seeds of Clarety were sown back when I was one of those people just ‘surviving’. To the outside world I had it leading the communications for brands like Coca Cola and Nestle and ultimately leading an agency in my early 30s. My focus was on driving business success and meeting the needs of others and I sacrificed my own health and relationships to do this. I became disenfranchised, stuck on the ‘hamster wheel’, and my confidence dropped and my light dimmed.

I saw many people around me feeling the same way. Un-inspired, not-engaged and ultimately, leaving corporate life.

Forced into a period of rest and reflection I started to question the way I was leading in my life. It stirred something inside me. I began to think, ‘What if life and business doesn’t have to be this way?’. ‘What if you could put your own personal wellbeing first and turn the light’s back on?’ ‘What if operating from a more energized place can deliver stronger results in business?’.