Are you a senior leader whose tired of feeling underutilized, overworked and undervalued?
It’s time to be recognized for your contributions, receive competitive compensation, and have the professional impact you know you’re capable of.
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Change can be daunting,
but if often enough you're...
● misled
● talked over
● discredited
● blocked from advancing
● excluded from knowledge sharing
● have others taking credit for your ideas...
You’re either going to break down or have to break out.
Especially if you’re loyal, or deep down you’ve bought into the myth that it’ll be more of the same every where else.
The good news is there’s a growing horizon of workplaces offering great opportunities, and one of them is looking for exactly what you have to offer.
No matter how stuck you feel - there’s a way through.
Over the last 15 years, I’ve worked with senior leaders across many industries, including tech, healthcare, energy, finance, human resources, education and data science.
There are two things I know for sure...
You're not alone in your experience, &
every career change begins with a decision that it's time to...
Be recognized for your contributions
Feel integrated into a thriving culture
Receive competitive compensation
Get back to your best self - do your best work
Are you feeling...
Worried The Grass Isn't Greener
You're worried your next choice will put you in a worse situation.
Effects of the Glass Ceiling
You're underutilized in your current organization, blocked from advancing.
Lower Confidence
You're asking "what if it's me?" - feeling unsure about what's next or how to position competitively.
Exhausted
You exude a calm, got-it-together confidence at work - but at home you're exhausted & distracted.
It's Time To Thrive Again At Work!
Win stakeholder buy-in & needed resources; be a valued part of a leadership team.
Deep Down You Know
NOW is the time to reclaim your power and vitality - and enjoy your work and life again.
You're in the right place.
Check out the results happening inside our programs:
From confused and exhausted to balanced, fulfilling next-level role.
Jennifer: Vice President, Retail Pharmacy
Jennifer was feeling deeply confused about her career. She was exhausted from roles that drained her, and had lost touch with what she wanted.
I worked with her to get to know herself again, and clarify what she really wanted and needed in her next role. She rebuilt confidence in core strengths and transferable skills that energized her, and we positioned her for success.
Jennifer advanced into an exciting leadership role in a culture that gave her flexibility and balance, and valued her contributions.
“If you’re looking to truly transform your future, Clara is the place to start.”
Anxious, burned out senior leader advances into global role with better compensation.
Allison: Senior Manager, Global Benefits
Allison came to me anxious and overworked. In a high stress, draining culture with an unsupportive, unpredictable boss and drowning in tactical responsibilities - she didn’t feel valued, and her personal life was on hold.
I helped her re-prioritize important goals, rebuild confidence, and engage an executive search for a role where she could shine.
Allison landed a global leadership role in a new, exciting industry with a rapidly growing company.
“I couldn’t have made this move without Clara's compassion and guidance.”
Lands director level role at renowned global brand in only 4 months.
Matthew: Creative Director, Branding & Digital Agency
For two years, Matthew was stuck in a downward spiral, burning through savings, and searching for a full-time job. Self-doubt and disorganization were sapping his energy.
I helped him define his focus, reconnect with his strengths, and re-engage his network. We built momentum, and re-positioned him for a role that compensated him for his writing and brand strategy experience.
Within four months he landed a leadership role.
“With Clara on my side, I had 2 terrific job offers within 4 months, one of which I was thrilled to accept.”
Engineer lands a senior leadership role in only 6 months.
Sundar: Staff Security Engineer, Software
Sundar lacked motivation. clarity and focus. He was going through job seeking motions and not getting interviews.
I helped him reconnect with his true career vision, which reignited his energy and motivation. Then he engage in a highly personalized executive search strategy and was excited to quickly land an exciting senior leadership role.
“I was looking for a job for many months and not getting anywhere. Disappointed, in fear, doubting myself and making the wrong impression on hiring managers, I hired Clara as my coach... We worked on strategies; she helped me remember and identify my strengths and then assisted me in approaching the process from a place of empowerment! It was the best investment I made. Within 6 months, I found a great job and was happy to accept it.”
Data science director advances into mission-driven leadership role, building internally recognized team.
Sy Bor: Head of Data Science, Global Financial Services
Sy Bor was stuck in an IC role - struggling with insomnia, chronic back pain, and a disloyal manager.
In demand partly because of his MIT PhD and Fortune 100 background - he wanted to break away from expected roles and do more mission-driven work.
I helped him re-prioritize his health, clarify what he really wanted, and position competitively.
Sy Bor rebuilt his confidence and landed a leadership role overseas, where he built a team and drove a company-wide initiative that gained cross-functional buy-in across eight core departments within a renowned firm.
“Clara helped me finally go after mission-driven leadership opportunities.”
Anxious, overworked senior leader clarifies true career aspirations and moves into an exciting new role.
Jackie: Staff Security Engineer, Software
A chronic overachiever and perfectionist [her words], Jackie was burned out, losing sleep, anxious and overworked in her role as team lead.
Old patterns and conditioning drove her professional decisions. She was striving for unreachable goals and aspiring to an identity of ‘archetypal boardroom boss’ that was depleting her.
Through our work together she reconnected with parts of herself she’d left behind, turned down a poor-fit promotion, and moved on to a great-fit new role with better compensation.
“Since working with Clara I’m incredibly happy to say I’ve moved on to a new role at a company that meets my core needs and values - not just my core 'should-wants'; and compensates me better!”
Maybe you've tried:
● Listening to podcasts and audiobooks
● "I'll deal with this later" thinking — "later" never arrives
● Therapy or one-size-fits-all career programs
● "Spray-and-pray" approach to job applications
● Reading LinkedIn articles
● Working harder
But none of it has worked.
There's a better way.
If you’ve tried all your best ideas and are still struggling to move forwards, it might be time to find expert support.
What's needed to go from where you are to where you want to be?
The Executive Career Catalyst Program
In my signature career advancement program we walk step-by-step through the following framework:
Step 1: Clarity System
Go beyond role requirements - dive deep to clarify your core skill set, competitive differentiator, and an energizing 360° vision that integrates with your life and personal priorities.
Clarify if you can advance in your current role.
Prepare to move forward with clarity and confidence.
Step 2: Authority System
Confidently own and clearly communicate your value.
Know how to position and message your competitive advantage.
Identify exactly what you must have to succeed in your next role.
Learn how to recognize a great-fit role and culture.
Step 3: Vitality System
Learn and integrate simple mindset and nervous system regulation practices -- increase feelings of grounding and calm.
Implement small changes to improve your immediate home and work environments.
Prioritize nourishing self-care activities - find quality time to do what you enjoy with those you love (this includes you).
Step 4: Optimize System
Streamline responsibilities, and resolve energy-draining dynamics in your current role; freeing up time and energy to focus on professional advancement.
Nurture and expand your network, engaging in a highly effective executive search strategy that aligns with your time, personality and values.
Uncover hidden opportunities.
After 15 years of loyalty, landing multi-million dollar deals but feeling professionally stagnant, Jessica joined my Executive Career Catalyst Program. She moved to a new city, advanced into a senior leadership role, and bought her dream home.
Jessica’s Story
From Sales Lead, Oil & Gas; to Senior Leader, Clean Energy.
A successful fifteen year career in a male-dominated oil and gas company, Jessica was respected, trusted and unable to advance.
The challenge:
Jessica was badly in need of change into a value-aligned industry, to advance in seniority and influence, and move back to a city she loved. She felt nervous about multiple big leaps, being far from family and friends, and was missing a plan she felt grounded in.
After 15 years of loyalty, Jessica was unsure where to start - I Supported her to:
● Clarify what was missing.
● Remember and own some valuable, under-utilized skills.
● Explore alternative industries and areas of passion and interest.
● Rebuild confidence in under-valued leadership and negotiation strengths.
This strong starting place empowered her to consider and apply to senior roles she would have skipped over in the past.
Next, we focused on her confidence, and building a viable strategy and plan - I helped her:
● Clarify the role she wanted; plus resources and culture she needed.
● Negotiate with her current employer, protecting her current role while moving forwards.
● Prioritize multiple goals (work, moving, health, dating, spiritual community) into manageable steps.
● Process deeper emotional and mindset layers as she took steps forwards with these changes.
Jessica wanted more influence, and to be a sought-after expert in a culture where she felt she belonged - I supported her to:
● Expand her network in the new city.
● Position competitively for the role she wanted, upleveling from the role she had.
● Interview strategically, not wasting time on poor-fit, or almost-fit opportunities.
● Stay committed to her true goals.
● Find creative solutions when faced with complex challenges.
● Know how to recognize the "right" opportunity when it showed up.
The Result:
Jessica dived in, took consistent brave action, and step-by-step moved herself confidently forward.
She successfully moved, was head-hunted for a great opportunity in a more aligned industry sector (with better compensation), and landed a role using a broader range of skills that energized and played to her strengths.
Jessica designed her schedule to include occasional trips back to visit people she loved.
Within months, a calmer, happier, more fulfilled Jessica was walking her dog in the hills around her new home, reconnecting with friends now close by, and excited to buy her dream home.
“Working with Clara, I found a role that enabled me to use new and expanded skills, move to a city that I love, and purchase a beautiful home - crossing big dreams off my bucket list.”
With my strategies, support and accountability you'll:
✅ Get 360° clarity on what you want, and what you're best-in-class at.
✅Own and clearly communicate your value.
✅ Position competitively as you re-engage and expand your network.
✅ Let go of what drains you and supercharge what you're best-in-class at.
✅ Learn an effective executive strategy to find the role you want.
✅ Identify and engage allies.
✅ Uncover exciting opportunities hidden in plain sight.
✅ Rejuvenate your energy and wellbeing.
✅ Resolve draining elements of your current role.
It's time to thrive professionally - get back out on the hiking trail, enjoy drinks with friends, re-vitalize your health, and land a role where you're a sought-after leader in a value-aligned organization.
It's time to make a decision!
Don’t stay stuck in stop-start for another year.
While every workplace has challenges, I promise you’ll find
a flavor of challenge you thrive in.
All change requires leaving some things and people behind,
which is why doing it alone can be so much harder.
The good news -- the right, true change doesn’t require you blow up all you’ve built
and care about - opportunities are out there for you.
The role you're dreaming about lives in the conversations you've not yet had.
And you don't have to know the way there [I provide that part]
- you just need to start and then keep going.
If you're a senior leader and deep down know it’s time to make a change, let’s talk.
Discover how my Executive Career Catalyst Program can help you thrive again in your career.
Meet your Executive Career Coach
Clara Chorley is on a mission to elevate high integrity senior and executive leaders into positions of power where they drive positive change in workplace culture and organizational impact.
For more than 15 years, Clara has been a compassionate, strategic sounding board for senior and executive leaders from a variety of industries including technology, finance, energy, HR, healthcare, and education.
Empowering our best business leaders to excel and be recognized for their contributions, find work where they shine, and be compensated well - while nurturing themselves and their life outside of work.
Clara's diverse international professional background and education, plus personal journey back from burnout means she deeply understands the strategy, psychology, pacing, and personalized approach required to see a career change all the way through.
A few more successful client stories:
Frustrated, new COO increases influence with CEO for strategic influence on Board and vital changes.
Ava: President & CEO, Philanthropy
Ava had been hired for her proven strategic expertise to optimize and balance the foundation’s funding sources. She was struggling to influence the CEO and a Board of primarily wealthy business owners.
I helped her re-frame and de-personalize the situation enabling communication strategies that strengthened her relationship with the CEO, raised her credibility in the eyes of the Board, and enabled implementation of much needed changes.
“[Clara] provided a space that made me feel heard and hopeful with clear strategies and actions that had a meaningful impact... She helped me articulate key conditions required for me to thrive in any role.”
Senior leader clarifies professional goals, turns down a tempting promotion, and starts to thrive.
Siya: Senior Director, Professional Networking & Services
Siya felt unsure if her desire to turn down a more senior role was driven by a lack of confidence, and wanted to assess the long term impact on her career.
I helped her clarify core values, what drained and energized her, unique differentiator - and use an interim executive position to test the waters.
Ultimately, Siya made a choice that felt fulfilling and aligned - she turned down advancement and continued thriving with her current territory, managing a small team and leading initiatives she influenced.
From the pressure of an unwanted promotion at a well-known multinational company, to a true decision and satisfaction.
Under-valued, 15-year loyal senior leader makes brave move to better-fit role, culture and compensation.
Beth: General Manager/Head of Sales & Marketing, Hospitality
Beth was unable to advance - passed over for promotions and poorly compensated, she was ready to make a move but uncertain if her skill set would be valued elsewhere - she hired me.
First, we verified that she could not advance in her current position. Next, we clarified what she wanted, her core skillset and unique differentiator - and she reengaged her network.
Beth quickly surfaced and accepted an exciting opportunity at a smaller firm with executive power.
From 15-years of loyalty, under-valued even though a favorite with clients - to key business development strategist in a growing company with a great compensation package.
Exhausted CFO missing time with family, re-balances work/life and lands fulfilling role.
Kathryn: CFO, Oil & Gas
After more than 30 years, Kathryn came to me exhausted, overworked, and seeking an exit strategy into more balanced, fulfilling work.
We clarified her priorities, designed a plan, and reclaimed her time. Her stress dramatically lowered, she re-worked some priorities at work, and started to enjoy and spend more quality time with her family.
Eventually, she transitioned into a more fulfilling board role where she could have the mission-driven impact she wanted.
“I was wound up like a clock, didn’t know where to start or how to fix it. Now I’m making a dramatic career change and am closer to my family than I’ve been in a long time."
Burned-out senior leader clarifies true professional goals and moves forwards with confidence.
Kate: Managing Director, Software Engineering
Kate was burned out from multiple recent job changes, a pattern of financially unstable companies, and roles that depleted her. She felt cynical that anything better was out there, and was losing confidence in her abilities. She wasn’t seeing herself through a clear executive lens.
I helped her heal and re-frame some key past experiences, which rebuilt her confidence. She learned how to recognize great-fit opportunities, and began showing up as the influential senior leader she was.
“I feel an inner peace having re-discovered some of my confidence - that had taken a beating.”
Stuck COO re-energizes her role.
Stephanie: COO, Energy
After more than two decades in the same industry, Stephanie was uninspired and stuck. Dreaming of big changes, needing to feel excited and engaged again she hired me to evaluate her options.
We explored her concerns, and clarified challenges that were driving her frustration. Stephanie engaged in research and networking - surfacing an exciting new opportunity within a few weeks.
Ultimately, she chose to stay in her role and move forwards with a refreshed strategy.
“Clara helped me understand - in my core - my clear path forward. What I saw as choices I dreaded became opportunities with promise. I honestly don’t know if I could have made the shift without her.”
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