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Starting a new business or leadership role?
Are you feeling daunted about getting started, and want some quality time with other women leaders to work on your plan? That’s exactly what we do at Reflect, Reset, Realign: A Clarity Day for Women Leaders. Let me give you a real example from the last Clarity Day in March. X came feeling the weight of launching a new business and the stress of not being sure of the exact strategy to use. During the day, she discussed her planned business model with other leaders and business

Claire Platt
7 days ago1 min read


Lessons in Chemistry
Through my work as a leadership coach and women’s leadership network founder, I hear about the barriers that women face on a daily basis, which is why you absolutely need to add ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus to your reading list. The novel is set in the US in the early 1960s and tells the story of an extraordinary woman. Elizabeth Zott is a chemist, at a time when women weren’t expected to have careers, and when some universities still didn’t admit women. First of a

Claire Platt
7 days ago2 min read


Making a Change at the Clarity Day
Does making a CHANGE in your business or career feel impossible… But so does staying exactly where you are? You’ve thought about it endlessly: - while you’re trying to identify new strategies to scale your business, - or simply survive in your leadership role. - or figuring out how you will get that promotion - while you are struggling to keep up with all the workload. You might even have a dream, but you aren’t sure about how to make it happen. So the days fill up with being

Claire Platt
May 62 min read


Devon Women's Leadership Network Clarity Day: Connection
Have you ever left a training day with 6 pages of notes you never have time to implement? That's because most training days have NO impact. Because your issue isn’t a lack of ideas. It’s that as a leader, you’re often working on them alone. It’s you who: -has to carry the can for the performance of your team or business, -has to have that difficult conversation with your team member who just isn’t pulling their weight, -has to check that your clients are receiving a consisten

Claire Platt
May 52 min read


Are you a leader?
Being a leader is NOT about ❌ Having a smart office ❌ Leading a team of 300 ❌ Speaking on stages to large audiences ❌ Or the corporate suit Leadership comes in ALL different shapes and sizes It could be when you’re: ✔️ running your own business, ✔️ backing yourself even when it feels scary ✔️ making complex decisions, ✔️ supporting and advising clients, ✔️ holding responsibility for outcomes that matter, ✔️ working alone, or managing a small team ✔️ leading yourself through c

Claire Platt
Apr 302 min read


Leaders can have fun too!
Just because you carry so much responsibility, it doesn't mean that you can't have fun too. Something special happens when women come together… The conversation deepens. The guard drops. And then, quite unexpectedly… There’s laughter. Real, full, unfiltered laughter. This is what "Reflect, Reset, Realign: The Clarity Day" for Women Leaders looks like. Women encouraging each other. Women lifting each other up. Women generously sharing their wisdom, their experiences, their “I’

Claire Platt
Apr 271 min read


Feeling Compromised?
Have you ever felt that your personal values are being compromised at work? Have you ever felt conflicted due to having to compromise on something you hold dear? As a middle or senior leader, there are a myriad of ways in which our values can be tested and potentially compromised. Some of these are everyday occurrences that test our boundaries, such as disagreeing with a colleague’s decision. However, other value compromises are significantly more challenging and may have a

Claire Platt
Apr 104 min read
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