Claire Platt
Coaching & Consultancy

🤔 Have you ever seriously considered leaving a role you actually enjoy, simply to avoid a difficult conversation with your CEO, line manager, or trustees? I keep seeing the same pattern among senior executive women leaders. They are bright, trusted, capable and influential; yet they hesitate to voice concerns that are impacting their organisation, performance and wellbeing. Not feeling valued, an unmanageable scope of responsibility, unrealistic expectations, or the fear of

🎄 Our December Devon Women's Leadership Network events are nearly here… and I’d love you to join us. As we come to the end of the year, these final gatherings are a chance to pause, reconnect and enjoy the brilliant company of women leading across Devon’s public, private and third sectors. December always brings a relaxed, uplifting atmosphere and a welcome moment of breathing space, with some Christmas sparkle ✨ thrown in for good measure! Here’s what’s coming up: • Tuesday

It's almost the advent calendar season 🎄 , so I thought I'd share my last fortnight in numbers 😊 I've... 💜 Coached 9️⃣ fabulous clients 💜 Attended 2️⃣ AMAZING conferences: the West Country Women Awards Empowerment day, and the Sisters Talk Foundation 'She Leads Summit 2025' organised by the amazing Joanitha Ntangeki, PhD. 💜 Attended 1️⃣ super helpful marketing webinar 💜 Had 1️⃣ thought-provoking supervision session 💜 Attended 5️⃣ virtual meetings - shout outs to Lisa F

🤔 Do you ever cut off your nose to spite your face? Sometimes I think that the ‘Leaders Eat Last’ approach, coined by Simon Sinek, can lead to leaders depleting themselves. Whilst I totally agree with the idea of servant leadership, and serving our organisations and communities, there needs to be a caveat about not allowing this style of leadership to undermine leaders' wellbeing. How often as a leader have you had to deal with that ‘emergency’ immediately rather than to at

Are you dealing with the hidden costs of menopause? Are you a high achieving leader who has developed her career, through hard work, determination, intelligence, integrity and success? Are you the person who everyone looks to with respect, relying on you to direct, enable and support them through work and life's challenges? Have you noticed subtle changes to how you lead as you enter peri-menopause or menopause? Everyone talks about the visible symptoms of menopause, such as

Are you a people pleaser? If so, did you know it has a hidden cost? I've coached several leaders recently who strive to please their communities. They go out of their way to be kind and accommodating. They offer to help with tasks that others are working on. Their door is always open to colleagues They immediately respond to every request for help or advice. They sound lovely, don't they! And they are... ...But they are also exhausted and at risk of being burnt out. By const

I listened to a fascinating reflection yesterday from Emily Durbin a senior leader in an international accountancy firm. She described how earlier in her career, most of her managers were male, except for one woman, who fell far beneath her expectations. Now years later, she has realised that she was holding unacceptably high standards for that woman leader. She said that she realised that she expected MORE of this leader; to be more knowledgeable, empathetic, visionary,