Helping business

leaders, teams

and individuals

reach their

true potential

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 What we do

Strategic

HR Support

Leadership &

Management

Development

Insights Discovery

 

Hi, I’m Claire…..

I’m a proud Scot working with leaders, teams and organisations from London and across the South East to build healthy, high-performing workplaces where people can do their best work.

I’m the Founder of Soutar Solutions, providing strategic HR, leadership, and learning & development services to organisations of all sizes. I partner with leaders who want experienced strategic people guidance without the cost of a full-time HR Director, supporting them with people strategy, culture, organisational development, and building strong, sustainable teams.

FCIPD-qualified, with over 20 years’ experience, I began my career as a Senior HR Business Partner within a Global Communications Agency, leading HR across APAC and EMEA. I then moved to a newly created Head of HR role in a Financial Services organisation, setting up the HR function and implementing organisation-wide people strategies.

Alongside my consultancy work, I am an ILM Level 7 Executive Coach and Insights Discovery Practitioner, delivering coaching, leadership development programmes, and Insights workshops that help teams communicate better, collaborate effectively, and perform at their best.

My approach is honest, pragmatic, curious, and fun! I get to the heart of any business issue and deliver practical, actionable solutions.

I’ve been fortunate to work with leaders and teams across multiple sectors including FMCG, communications, financial services, charity, and recruitment, and with clients such as Asahi, HUC Healthcare, L’Oréal, Axon, Volvo, and THE·TEAM.

I’m passionate about helping people and organisations reach their full potential, creating workplaces where individuals, teams, and businesses can truly thrive.

Work with me

My Approach

I will help you engage and develop the best people to meet and exceed your business goals. 

I get to know my clients and become part of the team from the start. It is important for me to understand your goals, key drivers and get a feel for what’s happening in your business. My approach is:

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Engage

I work with clients to develop clear and realistic plans in order to motivate existing staff and engage the right people for what they want to achieve.  

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Advise

I will partner with business owners and their senior leadership teams to ensure you are making sound commercial decisions where people planning is concerned.

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Develop

Lastly, I will work with you to design and deliver effective management and leadership programmes to develop the people within your business.

  • “Claire is one of the most pragmatic, smart and capable HR consultants that I have had the pleasure of working with. She has an ability to build influential relationships that allow her to communicate and advise in a way which creates immediate credibility and value whilst getting your problems solved. She is also great fun to work with!”

    Paula Meir - paulameir.com

  • “We’ve worked with Claire for over three years now and she has an unswerving ability to make every session engaging and thoughtful and how to unlock the very best out of people. Her canny charm in framing the issues and picking up on areas to work on has made her a real asset to our business and we often look to her as our go to on how best to structure and build our teams at Madano.”

    Michael Evans - Managing Partner at Madano

  • “I was given Claire’s details by an ex-colleague when rolling out Insights Discovery. I can now see why she was the first person that sprung to mind when asking for a trainer. Claire is organised, energetic and emotionally intelligent and had been a joy to work with. We’re not done yet though! Having completed AXON, we’re now working with Claire in a sister agency in our network.”

    Antonia Katsambis - HR Director AXON

  • “I have recently had the pleasure of working with Claire through coaching and the introduction to Insights Discovery which has been so incredibly valuable both personally and professionally. Claire has a wealth of coaching experience with excellent sound advice in a confident and friendly approach. A huge asset to any individual or organisation, I would strongly recommend working with Claire.”

    Maria Raimondi - Director at CWT

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