welcome
Hi, I’m Claire Fox. Welcome to Claire Fox Coaching. I’d like to tell you a bit about my experience, expertise and model of Work-Life Symbiosis.
My work brings together two of my passions: living a purposeful, fun, happy life, and performing your best to achieve your dreams.
Results and delivery are very important to me, but I don’t take myself too seriously and I believe it’s important for everyone to laugh every day. Integrity, bravery, positivity and inclusion are core to me.
I’ve had my share of challenges over the years - including growing up gay, and raising a young family alongside delivering in big executive jobs. These experiences have made me the strong, purposeful, resilient person I am today.
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
Before founding my business I delivered as the Chief Operating Officer at UNICEF UK and, amongst other roles, the Chief People Officer at Save the Children International. Prior to this I spent over ten years at Unilever on business leadership teams in global and national HR Director roles. And I haven’t forgotten that my roots were in a fast-growth start-up.
I have deep expertise in coaching, performance, leadership, culture, change and wellbeing. I am a published author, I speak at conferences regularly and I am honoured to have received awards.
I have an MSc in Management, a PgDip in Human Resources, a BSc in Sports and Exercise Science and am a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. I am an ICF qualified Professional Coach (ACSTH).
ELITE PERFORMANCE
I competed for Great Britain for a number of years as a junior white-water slalom canoeist. I held national titles, I captained the GB team to the junior world championships and won the junior Europa Cup. When I stopped competing I coached the England team (and joined a Samba band, but that’s another story!).
Since my slalom canoeing career, I’ve competed in marathons and triathlons. I have captained tennis and football teams, and played competitive volleyball. I am passionate about sport, fitness, nutrition, health and wellbeing.
I have learnt a great deal about elite performance, and sustainably performing at the top level, from sport. I used this insight in my executive career to deliver my best when the pressure was really on. Now I use it as a coach to enable leaders to:
Perform their best when it matters most
Sustain top performance under pressure
Accelerate development
work-life symbiosis
My philosophy of Work-Life Symbiosis was published in 2015 in Work-Life Symbiosis: the model for happiness and balance. It describes my simple but transformational approach.
It enables people to connect with what is deeply important to them and creates positive symbiotic connections between different parts of life and work to get more out of each because of the other. Dependent and mutually beneficial.
So you can lead a happier, healthier life, and do your best job, in whatever it is you choose to do.
the model for happiness and balance
Each part of the model is important in its own right, but the real power is in the connections. I use practical tools, tangible examples and top tips to help you find your Work-Life Symbiosis.
Be True to Yourself is about having absolute clarity about what’s really important to you in life, and aligning behind that. It’s the cornerstone of the model.
Be (absolutely) Fabulous is about thriving in the relentlessly busy world we live in through managing your health, wellbeing, fitness, confidence and energy.
Ruthlessly Prioritize is about spending your time and energy on what really matters, and what you can impact, by making tough choices and accepting the consequences.
Have Crystal Clear Boundaries is ensuring you are clear on what is and isn’t acceptable to you, and sticking to it regardless of what others might want or expect.