My Official Bio
Claire Mackinnon is the founder of the Joy-Led® movement and a strategic partner to organisations committed to more human ways of leading. She believes the complexity organisations face today cannot be met by yesterday's leadership. Her work helps leaders reclaim the creativity, courage and humanity needed to shape what comes next.
Before founding her own business in 2015, Claire held senior leadership roles across financial services and the social impact sector. As Head of HR, she led all people-related workstreams for one of the UK's largest social housing mergers, overseeing organisational design and the retention and mobilisation of key talent. Prior to this, she spent 12 years at Barclays, partnering with senior executives and leading customer-facing operations across the Small Business division.
Today, through Claretta Consulting Ltd, Claire partners with organisations to cultivate more courageous, creative and deeply human leadership in service of the profound changes our world is calling for. Together, they cultivate the relational intelligence, self-awareness and trust needed to navigate the complexity of these times and create meaningful, lasting change.
Alongside her organisational partnerships, Claire is the founder of the Joy-Led® movement – a growing body of work exploring leadership, creativity and business creation as practices of aliveness rather than extraction. Through intimate communities, retreats and coaching she stewards spaces where women reclaim their creative power and bring forward the work only they can do.
An ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC CPCC) and certified Leadership Circle® practitioner, Claire has accumulated more than 2,000 hours of coaching and facilitation experience, supporting hundreds of emerging and senior leaders across technology, retail, financial services, professional services and international education in the UK and beyond.
A practising artist, performer and community leader, Claire believes leadership is a creative act. The same practices that shape her writing, artistic work and community stewardship also shape how she supports leaders to think more creatively, relate more deeply and create meaningful change together.
Lead with greater authenticity, courage and self-awareness.
Build trust and navigate conflict in ways that deepen relationships and unlock innovation.
Expand their capacity to lead through uncertainty and complexity.
Create healthier, more regenerative ways of working that sustain both people and performance.
• Certified practitioner of the Leadership Circle® Profile - 360 Assessment for Leaders, Managers & Teams
• Graduate of CTI’s Co-Active Leadership Programme
• CTI Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
• International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
• CRRUK Alchemy – The Art & Science of Co-Leading & Experiential Workshop Facilitation
• Member: International Coaching Federation
• BMus in Music (The University of Birmingham, UK)
