Claire Platt
Coaching & Consultancy

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,

🤔 Do you ever doubt that you're the right fit for the Devon Women's Leadership Network events? If so, then you're not alone... Emma...

Over the past month, I’ve coached three different leaders who’ve all been grappling with the same challenge: not budgets, not behaviour,...