Meet the team

Claire Colvin

Claire Colvin is a transformative business leader who helps companies builds scalable businesses by delivering on her strong personal belief that anything is possible. Claire has been part of the formidable Simple Scaling duo with Brendan McGurgan for over three years.

Claire Colvin – The Story

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As a female business coach and scaling expert, Claire Colvin is an experienced Leader, specialising in building the right people-centred systems to accelerate scaling. CIPD qualified with a Master’s in HRM, she draws on over 23 years of experience in high-growth SMEs, global organisations and major UK PLCs, enabling her to identify the right solutions to build world-class teams.

Former Talent Director on the Board of a rapidly growing global organisation, Claire built the right people-centred structures and systems to enable the company to scale significantly. Prior to that, she spent 15 years with an award-winning technology SME, growing the team organically in a highly competitive environment and achieving 30% growth year on year. Passionate about building high-performing teams through trust, self-awareness and diversity, Claire specialises in organisational development, which includes designing and delivering professional development programmes.

A mother of two (or three if you count Ozzie the Labradoodle), Claire is a member of The Bob Chats, bracing the cold with an open water swimming group in her free time. She also enjoys going on adventures and walking in nature to recharge.

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Claires most recent articles

Blog

Silencing the Inner Critic: How SME Leaders Can Overcome Their Biggest Mental Obstacle

Learn how to silence your inner critic as an SME leader. Discover tools to build confidence, reframe self-doubt, and scale with purpose.

ScaleX Investments Blog

How to Get Private Equity Investment as an SME Scaling Beyond £1M+ ARR

Struggling to secure private equity investment as a scaling SME? Here’s how to attract the capital & partners beyond product-market fit.

Blog

Micromanaging Is Killing Your Team’s Potential (You Might Not Know You’re Doing It)

Learn how to silence your inner critic as an SME leader. Discover tools to build confidence, reframe self-doubt, and scale with purpose.

SIMPLE Scaling™

The Book

Reviewed 4.8/5

10 Proven Principles to 10x Your Business

This comprehensive, down-to-earth guide will walk you through each stage of the scaling process in one elegant, integrated framework, showing you how to overcome all the challenges you’ll meet along the way.

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Claires Favourite Episodes

Some of Claire’s favourite podcasts from over the years.

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Season 16 – Scaling Stories – Simon Squibb

Clare and Paul Vallely are the sibling founders and co-managing directors of Kukoon, a Northern Ireland-based e-commerce business.

Season 16 – Episode 10 – Simon Squibb

Join world #1 executive coach Dr. Marshall Goldsmith on the ScaleX Insider Podcast with Brendan McGurgan as they explore leadership, behavioural change, and growth strategies for scale-up founders and CEOs.

Season 16 – Episode 9 – Alisa Cohn

Join world #1 executive coach Dr. Marshall Goldsmith on the ScaleX Insider Podcast with Brendan McGurgan as they explore leadership, behavioural change, and growth strategies for scale-up founders and CEOs.

Season 16 – Episode 8 – Marshall Goldsmith

Join world #1 executive coach Dr. Marshall Goldsmith on the ScaleX Insider Podcast with Brendan McGurgan as they explore leadership, behavioural change, and growth strategies for scale-up founders and CEOs.

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