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Leadership
Step into a new role, develop confidence, handle difficult relationships and shape an authentic leadership style.
Coaching for leadership, change and professional growth
Find clarity.
Build confidence.
Move forward.
Clarity Coaching
Strategic coaching for people navigating leadership, career decisions, transitions and demanding professional lives. I can help with your personal and professional goals.
EMCC Global Practitioner Level Coach · 2026 | Level 5 Coaching Professional
What coaching can help with
When you know something needs to change, but the way forward is not yet clear
Coaching gives you protected thinking space. Our conversations are confidential and supportive: I listen with curiosity, ask questions and help you think more clearly about what you want to change and how to get there.
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Career transition
Explore a crossroads, progression, a new direction or the next stage of your working life.
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Confidence & boundaries
Understand what is holding you back, communicate what you need and act with greater self-belief.
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High-stakes work
Think well when the environment is complex, pressured or politically difficult.
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Work-life integration
Clarify priorities, energy and practical changes that make work more sustainable.
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Purpose & growth
Clarify values, recognise strengths and decide what meaningful progress looks like for you.
Who I work with
People who want to turn reflection into change
I have particular insight into healthcare and medicine, and have coached people from other professional backgrounds.
I work with emerging professionals and experienced leaders who are willing to examine assumptions, consider new perspectives and take responsibility for the choices they make.
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Healthcare professionals
Doctors, senior nurses, allied health professionals and colleagues navigating demanding roles.
Doctors, senior nurses, allied health professionals and colleagues navigating demanding roles.
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New and established leaders
Developing confidence, influence and an authentic leadership style.
Developing confidence, influence and an authentic leadership style.
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Professionals at a crossroads
Considering transition, progression or a new direction.
Considering transition, progression or a new direction.
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People navigating hierarchy or under-representation
Building voice, confidence and purposeful next steps.
Building voice, confidence and purposeful next steps.
About Me
A coach shaped by leadership, medicine and complex organisations
I am Dr Clare Rees, a qualified Level 5 Coaching Professional and an expert Consultant Paediatric Surgeon in a major London teaching hospital. I have coached colleagues across different professions and specialties for more than four years, alongside a career in leadership and complex decision-making.
I bring curiosity, perspective and an understanding of high-stakes environments; you remain the expert in your own life and decisions.
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EMCC Global Individual Accreditation (EIA) — Practitioner levelAccredited in 2026.
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Level 5 Coaching Professional — DistinctionEnd-point assessment completed in 2026.
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Four+ years of coaching practiceAcross different specialties and professions.
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Healthcare leadership experienceClinical leadership, teaching, research, patient safety and service improvement.
My approach
Attentive, curious and focused on what matters to you
I do not believe that people fit neatly into a single coaching model. I use a flexible toolkit to help you take responsibility for your own decisions.
My role is not to hand you answers. It is to create the conditions in which you can discover better ones. I will give you my full attention.
Goal-focused coachingClarify what you want and turn insight into purposeful next steps.
Thinking EnvironmentCreate uninterrupted space and high-quality attention so deeper thinking becomes possible.
Solution-focused and strengths-based workLook beyond the problem to possibilities, resources and the future you want to create.
Reflective and creative toolsUse perspective, visualisation and metaphor where they genuinely help you see differently.
Challenge with careTest assumptions and patterns without judgement while keeping you in control.
How it works
A straightforward coaching relationship
Coaching works as a series of purposeful conversations. You share the areas where you want to grow or develop; I listen with curiosity and ask questions that help you find clarity and develop a plan.
Introductory conversation
A complimentary 30-minute conversation to understand what you are looking for and whether working together feels right.
Agree the focus
We clarify goals, boundaries, confidentiality, expectations and what useful progress would look like.
Coaching sessions
A typical engagement is four to six sessions, adapted to your goals and circumstances.
Review & next steps
We reflect on what has changed, what you have learned and how you will sustain progress.
Coachee feedback
What people have valued
Feedback from people Dr Clare Rees has coached during her professional development programme.
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“Clare is such an attentive listener. I found her coaching style highly motivating and felt refreshed after all of our sessions.”
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“The coaching came at a vital time… it gave me a focus, helped me see the situation afresh and supported me to find my strength and purpose again.”
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“Clare is very good at reflecting things I say back to me and making me see alternative ways of interpreting interactions and conversations.”
Trust & boundaries
A confidential space, with clear expectations
Good coaching depends on trust, clarity and professional boundaries.
I am governed by the Global Code of Ethics for Coaches, Mentors and Supervisors. Coaching is not therapy, medical treatment, legal advice or clinical consultation.
ConfidentialSessions remain private, subject to agreed safeguarding, legal and ethical limits.
SupportiveI support your thinking rather than telling you what to think or do.
Coachee-ledYou retain responsibility for your decisions, actions and goals.
Ethical practiceClear contracting, boundaries and reflective professional practice.
Start with a conversation
What would greater clarity make possible?
Begin with a complimentary 30-minute conversation to explore what you want from coaching and whether we are a good fit.
Introductory conversation30 minutes · no obligation
Typical engagement4–6 sessions · frequency agreed together
FormatOnline coaching, with in-person arrangements by agreement
Request an introductory conversation
Tell me briefly what you would like to explore. Please do not include medical or other highly sensitive information.