Ways to Work With Claire
Three different moments in your career.
Each designed to meet you where you actually are not where you think you should be.
Career Clarity Session
For:
Professionals still in government or corporate roles who feel stuck, burnt out, or uncertain - but aren’t ready to resign or commit to a change just yet.
This is about:
Direction. Reflection. Perspective.
What it helps you with:
Understanding what’s really driving dissatisfaction
Deciding whether to stay, leave, or change direction
Exploring a new role without pressure
Making a grounded next-step decision
What it is:
A single, structured clarity session.
Best if you’re thinking:
“Something needs to change - but I don’t know what yet.”
What the session involves:
A 1 hour, one-on-one conversation with Claire.
Before we meet, you’ll receive a complimentary Gallup Strengths Assessment.
During the session, we take a look at:
your current situation
where you’re trying to get to
how your Gallup Strengths can help you decide on your next move
This isn’t surface-level reflection.
It’s a focused, structured conversation designed to help you think clearly and decide deliberately.
What You Will Walk Away With
a documented action plan for your next 6-12 months (not just ideas you have to remember)
honest feedback on what actually matters in your specific situation (and what you can stop stressing about)
a clearer view of what you’re capable of (and the pathway to get there)
confidence to make your next move (because you’ll know it’s the right one)
A full recording is provided so you can go back to it anytime.
What makes this different
I don’t approach this work from theory or platitudes.
I understand professional environments deeply - including the unspoken norms, expectations, pressures, and trade-offs that shape decision-making.
I don’t just talk about clarity.
I help you arrive at it.
The session holds space for both:
strategic thinking
and the internal friction that often blocks good decisions
Logistics and next steps
Book your session below.
If you’d like to share a CV or any relevant material beforehand, you’re welcome to - it’s optional, but often helpful.
Rescheduling is available up to 48 hours prior to your session.
After working together, you can expect to feel
confident about the direction you choose
clear on the steps ahead
able to make decisions without overthinking
equipped to move forward with focus and ease
You’ll leave knowing what to do next and why.
Investment: AUD$295 for 60 minutes of focused career strategy and a personalised follow up email action plan.
(Less than a billable hour. More valuable than months of overthinking.)
What People Say
“Having worked in government herself. Claire truly gets it. She understands the realities of constant restructures because she’s been there and that lived insight made her support feel genuine, grounded and incredibly validating.” - Director, NSW Government (transitioning to private consulting)
“In one hour I gained more clarity than months of overthinking on my own.” - Associate Director, Large Consulting Firm, Singapore
“I walked into the session feeling overwhelmed and walked out with a clear plan.” - Engineer, Local Government, Northern Territory
“Thank you so much Claire, our session was just the inspiration and motivation I needed to actually start doing the writing/storytelling I’ve been doing in my head for a very long time.” - Principal Transportation Adviser, New Zealand
BRIGHT SIDE
For New Consultant
For:
Subject matter experts who are technically brilliant and have decided to start their own consulting business.
This is about:
Confidence. Clarity. Community.
What it helps you with:
Learn exactly what you need to in your first year of consulting - and how to position yourself as the best in your field
Think like a business owner, act with clarity and create ease with positioning what you offer
Break free from burnout and stress with proven frameworks that create opportunities, repeatable business and balance
Leverage expert resources - cheat sheets, mapped-out easy yes offers, LinkedIn content ideas - shift from only being seen as a subject matter expert in only one field
What it is:
This is not a generic coaching program. It is a 6-month high-touch group coaching experience for new consultants ready to start strategically and sustainably, without the burnout.
Part custom strategy, part coaching, part community and accountability, this experience blends business growth with life design. Together we build the trifecta of a successful business: confidence, clarity, and community.
It’s the most intimate way I work with clients and I’d love to have you as one of our members.
Best if you’re thinking:
“I know there are gaps in what I need to start my own business, I just don’t know what they are.” - Marcus, Bright Side client
What Bright Side involves:
High-Impact Learning, Built for Your Growth
Before we start, you’ll receive a Clifton Strengths 34 Report.
We Then Start the Journey Together
a live onboarding call where we do all the set-up in one hour session (not 10 different emails to get things started)
a custom one-on-one roadmapping call with Claire (a comprehensive assessment of your strengths and opportunities, short and longer term needle movers for your first 12 months in business, a strategic positioning statement of what you offer)
6 high-impact modules released monthly - so you can learn, apply, and integrate without overwhelm. Accessible on any device, fitting into your day when you want to learn.
Weekly live group coaching calls for direct support, accountability, and personalised guidance.
Get access to exclusive “Ask Me Anything” sessions, so you never feel stuck.
Mini growth labs and clinics to learn in real-time, on relevant topics for the moment.
Stay connected with a private, supportive community of like-minded consultants on the same path.
What you’ll work away with:
Clearly named consulting offers you can explain without overthinking
A price you feel confident saying out loud
A mapped list of real stakeholders you know exactly how to approach
A simple outreach and positioning plan you can repeat without reinventing the wheel
The deeper shift?
You stop procrastinating with polish - and start taking the actions that actually lead to clients.
Why Now?
Most new consultants don’t fail because they’re bad at what they do. They stall because they spend their first months perfecting logistics - websites, branding, backend systems - while avoiding the uncomfortable (but necessary) step of putting themselves in front of real decision-makers.
If you delay this phase:
pricing gets set without real-world feedback
offers get shaped around fear instead of demand
and you risk taking work that isn’t aligned just to feel secure
This is the moment to build the right foundations - the ones that lead to your first win, not just a polished presence.
What makes Bright Side different
Bright Side isn’t built on borrowed frameworks or motivational language.
It is a purposeful group coaching session where you are supported through the most challenging, rewarding and supportive stage of your career.
It’s built by someone who has:
left senior roles due to burnout
rebuilt a career through consulting
navigated uncertainty, self-doubt, and commercial reality first-hand
worked with complex organisations across government and industry
tripled her growth in three years
BRIGHT SIDE
The Collective
This membership is for independent consultants who don’t need more motivation they need perspective, judgement, and a place to think clearly.
Bright Side Collective is a ongoing thinking space for independent consultants who want support, perspective, and grounded decision-making without noise, hustle, or performance.
This isn’t a program to complete.
It’s a place to stay supported while you’re consulting in the real world.
A place to think clearly, sense-check decisions, and not do this alone.
Who it’s for
Bright Side Collective is for people who:
are consulting or actively building a consulting practice
have a service based business that feels stuck
don’t need motivation, hype, or pressure
want perspective when decisions feel murky
value judgement, clarity, and calm confidence
want ongoing support without intensity or burnout
learn new systems and processes that will save you oodles of time
access to pitch winning proposals and partnerships
You’re already capable.
You just don’t want to operate in isolation.
What we focus on
Inside the Collective, the focus is on:
sense-checking decisions as they arise
pricing, positioning, and client situations in real time
navigating uncertainty, growth, and self-doubt
staying grounded as work ebbs and flows
maintaining confidence without overextending yourself
planning offerings that rely on you not being “on the tools”
How the membership works
The Collective offers:
monthly group sessions focused on decision support and perspective
space to ask questions without performance or posturing
access to Claire’s judgement and lived experience
a low-noise environment designed for people who think for a living
No pressure to show up a certain way.
No expectation to be “on”.
You use the space as you need it.
What Bright Side Collective is not
This membership is not:
coaching
a mastermind
a high-energy accountability group
a channel that never stops
It’s a thinking room, not a stage.
Membership to the Bright Side Collective brings together a diverse network of independent consultants who can leverage each others experiences to build bigger and better offerings to a more diverse client base.
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
Because Claire has lived the transition not just advised on it.
She didn’t leave government with a neat plan or a polished brand.
Claire walked away from a senior role, rebuilt from the ground up, and learned, in real time, how to translate experience into consulting work that was both commercially viable and personally sustainable.
She’s since built a consulting practice working with organisations including Amazon, Austroads, Deloitte, the ACT Government, the New Zealand Government, and industry leaders not by hustling harder, but by thinking differently about value, positioning, and judgement.
Claire’s work isn’t theoretical, she has a rare ability to translate policy, human behaviour, technology and strategy.
She knows:
what it feels like to be excellent and exhausted
how underpricing and over-delivering creep in quietly
how confusing the consulting world can feel from the inside
and how damaging it is when people are told to “just back themselves” without structure
Her approach is grounded in:
lived transition experience
deep understanding of public sector and corporate systems
real-world consulting decisions
and pattern recognition built over years, not borrowed frameworks
Claire doesn’t teach confidence as a mindset.
She builds it through clarity, capability, and sound judgement.