Helping business

leaders, teams

and individuals

reach their

true potential

 What we do

Strategic

HR Support

Leadership &

Management

Development

Insights Discovery

 

Who is Claire?

MCIPD qualified, with over 15 years experience, Claire Soutar 

has worked alongside teams and executives across multiple sectors

including FMCG, Communications, Financial Services,

Charity and Recruitment.  Claire spent several years

as a Senior HR Business Partner within a Global Communications Agency

where she led the HR team across APAC and EMEA. 

Later she moved to a newly created Head of HR role

within a Financial Services organisation which involved initial set-up of the HR function and implementation of organisation-wide people strategies.

Claire works as a Business Consultant and Leadership and Management Trainer, helping business leaders and teams develop robust, commercially focused people agendas that drive growth and change. Her approach is honest, pragmatic, curious and fun.  Claire gets to the heart of any business issue and delivers practical solutions. In addition to the above, Claire is also an experienced Executive Coach and Insights Discovery Practitioner.

My Approach

I will help you engage and develop the best people to meet and exceed your business goals. 

I get to know my clients and become part of the team from the start. It is important for me to understand your goals, key drivers and get a feel for what’s happening in your business. My approach is:

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Engage

I work with clients to develop clear and realistic plans in order to motivate existing staff and engage the right people for what they want to achieve.  

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Advise

I will partner with business owners and their senior leadership teams to ensure you are making sound commercial decisions where people planning is concerned.

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Develop

Lastly, I will work with you to design and deliver effective management and leadership programmes to develop the people within your business.

  • “Claire is one of the most pragmatic, smart and capable HR consultants that I have had the pleasure of working with. She has an ability to build influential relationships that allow her to communicate and advise in a way which creates immediate credibility and value whilst getting your problems solved. She is also great fun to work with!”

    Paula Meir - paulameir.com

  • “We’ve worked with Claire for over three years now and she has an unswerving ability to make every session engaging and thoughtful and how to unlock the very best out of people. Her canny charm in framing the issues and picking up on areas to work on has made her a real asset to our business and we often look to her as our go to on how best to structure and build our teams at Madano.”

    Michael Evans - Managing Partner at Madano

  • “I was given Claire’s details by an ex-colleague when rolling out Insights Discovery. I can now see why she was the first person that sprung to mind when asking for a trainer. Claire is organised, energetic and emotionally intelligent and had been a joy to work with. We’re not done yet though! Having completed AXON, we’re now working with Claire in a sister agency in our network.”

    Antonia Katsambis - HR Director AXON

  • “I have recently had the pleasure of working with Claire through coaching and the introduction to Insights Discovery which has been so incredibly valuable both personally and professionally. Claire has a wealth of coaching experience with excellent sound advice in a confident and friendly approach. A huge asset to any individual or organisation, I would strongly recommend working with Claire.”

    Maria Raimondi - Director at CWT

Who I work with