Leading Through Change | Leadership & Change | Claire Brumby

Leading
through
Change

Is your organisation navigating significant change – and are your leaders equipped to bring people with them?

Growth, restructuring, transformation, new leadership, integration, cultural change and new ways of working can all demand something different from the people expected to lead them.

Your leaders may need to communicate decisions they didn’t make, manage resistance they can’t simply remove and maintain performance while their teams are dealing with uncertainty.

I help organisations strengthen the human side of change, developing leaders who can respond with greater self-awareness, communicate with clarity, build confidence and trust, and create greater ownership for what happens next.

Because successful organisational change isn’t only about what the organisation does differently. It’s about how its people think, behave and lead differently too.

Lead Change Confidently

Why me?

I’m Claire Brumby, a leadership speaker, trainer, ICF accredited coach, bestselling leadership author and experienced commercial leader. I help organisations and their leaders navigate change with greater clarity, confidence, resilience and ownership.

Change has been a constant throughout my own career. Across more than 30 years in business, leadership and entrepreneurship, I’ve led teams, built and exited my own multi-million-pound FMCG business, navigated significant change myself and worked with leaders and organisations facing periods of challenge, growth and transformation.

What I’ve learned is that organisational change is rarely just about a new strategy, structure, process or system. Ultimately, change happens through people.

Leaders are often expected to create movement while still delivering business as usual. They may not have every answer, yet their people are looking to them for clarity, confidence and direction. Uncertainty, resistance, pressure and change fatigue can quickly get in the way.

My work focuses on the human side of organisational change – helping leaders understand their own response to change, communicate with greater clarity, challenge old patterns and lead themselves and others forward when what feels familiar starts to shift.

Whether your organisation is navigating growth, restructuring, transformation, new leadership, integration, cultural change or changing expectations, I help leaders move beyond simply managing change to leading through it.

Because the question isn’t only “What needs to change?” It’s “Who do we need to become to lead what comes next?”

 

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Change doesn’t happen because somebody announces it. It happens when people start thinking, behaving and operating differently.

Yet people don’t experience change as a strategy or project plan. They experience uncertainty, disrupted routines, changing expectations, new relationships, loss of control and questions about what the change means for them.

That’s why successful organisational change needs more than a plan. It needs leaders who understand the human response to change and recognise the impact their own behaviour has on the people around them.

I help leaders understand resistance rather than simply push against it, communicate when they don’t have every answer, maintain focus through uncertainty and create greater ownership for what happens next.

The aim isn’t to remove the discomfort of change. It’s to equip people to move through it.

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Change can create uncertainty, resistance and pressure – even when people understand why it needs to happen.

What happens next…

1. Understand the change

We start with what is happening in your organisation, why the change matters, what you are seeing in your leaders and people, and where things may be getting stuck.

2. Define the outcome

Together, we identify what your leaders and people need to think, communicate or do differently – and what successful movement through the change would look like.

3. Design the right intervention

Depending on your needs, I can support you through a keynote, interactive workshop, facilitated leadership session, leadership development programme or individual and group coaching.

4. Turn insight into action

Whatever the format, the focus is practical: helping people translate insight into different conversations, decisions, behaviours and actions back in the organisation.

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What my previous clients say...

Claire has the amazing ability to give you that ‘aha’ moment and make everything simple, clear and actionable. I’m amazed at how much my business has changed in just one year! And how much I’ve changed and the way I’m running it! From confusion and overwhelm, with Claire’s guidance and came out the other end with so much more clarity, confidence and I’ve learned so much. I will continue to work with Claire. I can’t recommend her highly enough for anyone serious about building a business.

Diana Murphy | Nourish Awards

I contacted Claire when I had reached a point with my business where I needed to adapt to a new challenge and make key decisions to enable me to achieve my goals. I was completely overwhelmed and out of my comfort zone despite having been successfully awarded a new opportunity. Claire’s calm, warm and efficient approach was just what I needed to focus on my new priorities whilst still delivering on my current remit. She has an eye for strategic planning and a great way of breaking the process into ‘bite size’ pieces to take away the overwhelm. I enjoyed the first session and would recommend anyone needing a business coach to invest in themselves and work with Claire.

Barbara Bray MBE | ALO Solutions

We have been working with Clare for just under 6 months.  Our business has grown and was successful, but we needed a plan to get us to the next stage, to be challenged and guided.  Working with Claire has given us a very clear focus.  We have made decisions quickly and it has given us a very clear direction, we are able to decide and take action in between each session, ready for the next decision at the following session.

We have indeed stepped up and are ready for the next phase of growth in our business.  We know exactly where we are headed and are looking forward to getting there.  We had many choices to make when choosing a coach to work with. Claire has been exactly what we needed for our business, as well as being lovely to work with.

Caroline Gowing | Founding Director | Pink Spaghetti PA Services

I asked Claire to provide mentoring support to members in my online membership group, The 6 Figure Club for help in their strategy’s. Claire delivered on this, using her strategic skills and business experience, the feedback from the members has been nothing short of amazing, I highly recommend Claire to any business wanting a mentor, strategy or performance coaching.

Sháá Wasmund MBE | Changemaker | Speaker | Mentor | Author

We have been working with Claire for several months now and she has really helped us to take our business to a new level.  She has encouraged us to move forward with projects we have been procrastinating on for many years and has helped us to crystalise our strategy and focus for the coming year.  She challenges some of our ideas and helps us to work through problems.  Her experience in the commercial world has been really valuable and we are thoroughly enjoying working with her.

Vicky Matthews | Founding Director | Pink Spaghetti PA Services

Working with Claire has been a really important part of starting my new business.

She is a brilliant mix of business strategist, mentor and cheer leader who above all has helped me believe in the potential of my business and put the steps in place I need to make it happen.

Claire has a wonderful way of keeping you fixed on the bigger picture at the same time as letting you explore the finer details.

Above all, Claire has given me the confidence I really needed to grow and take my business to the next level.

Heather Carr | Founder | Kill It with Quizzes

Nottingham Trent University
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BBC
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The Business Book Awards Finalist 2019
National Mentoring Awards Nominee 2019
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Doncaster Chamber
Daily Mirror
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Brad Burton
Arla
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Dragons' Den
e-factor Business
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London Metropolitan University
DISC
International Coaching Federation
Associate Certified Coach