Meet Claire:
The Transformation Architect
Claire Burnett is a multi-certified, results-driven leader with nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of mental health, organizational effectiveness, business operations, and strategic communications. She has partnered with several Fortune 500 companies—most recently within healthcare and enterprise strategy—serving as a lead operations and development strategist. Throughout her career, she has designed and led engagement initiatives that produced double-digit growth in employee morale, stakeholder satisfaction, and organizational performance.
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A systems thinker with a storyteller’s heart, Burnett is passionate about helping leaders and teams translate vision into measurable outcomes through clarity, alignment, and emotional intelligence. Her approach blends data and empathy, operational rigor and human insight—empowering organizations to transform not just how they work, but how they feel while doing it.
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Currently, Burnett is getting ready to release her forthcoming book—an expansion of her work beyond boardrooms into the broader conversation about emotional capital, capacity, and wholeness. Through this research-driven framework, she explores how individuals and organizations can consciously budget, invest, and regenerate emotional energy to build both sustainable success and human-centered systems of growth.
Why This Work?
In every environment—corporate, nonprofit, personal—Claire noticed the same pattern:
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The people who cared the most often carried the most.
Not because they were weak. But because systems quietly relied on their emotional labor to stay functional.
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This work exists to name that reality and give people a framework for responding to it.
My Approach is described as
Efficient
Kaizen leaders are trained to drive efficiency by empowering individuals at all levels to identify and implement small, continuous improvements. Our collaborative approach boosts engagement, reduces resistance, and ensures sustainable, practical changes that enhance operations over time.
Experienced
With nearly two decades of experience, multiple fortune companies and several certifications, I provide you frameworks and proven best practices to help leaders perform and teams transform.
Emotionally Intelligent
I am a high EQ consultant that provides a neutral viewpoint, helping to identify gaps, conflicts or inefficiencies that internal team members may overlook or feel hesitant to address.
Experience
Claire’s approach combines:
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Real-world systems experience
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Mental health context
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A framework-driven style that’s practical without being reductionist
This work is designed to be usable in real life—not just inspiring in theory.
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Master of Business Administration
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Master of Sport Administration
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Bachelor of Public Relations
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Minor, Sociology
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Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, IHHP
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Mental Health First Aid Practitioner, MHA
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RYT 200
Oct 2025 - Present
Fortune 9 | Director, Business Operations & Organizational Effectiveness
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Responsible for all aspects of managing Corporate Strategy department operations, including but not limited to learning & development, team engagement and communications, work process management, and the execution of initiatives and events to support our “Great Place to Work” efforts.
Oct 2021 - May 2025
Fortune 9 | Senior Manager, Development Operations
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Led cross-functional teams to design the organization’s first enterprise-wide narrative and onboarding system, improving strategic alignment and role clarity across functions.
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Designed and operationalized immersive learning experiences to translate enterprise strategy into consistent employee and stakeholder experiences.
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Partnered with senior leaders to shape and deliver executive-level presentations, supporting decision-making, investment prioritization, and organizational alignment.
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Implemented a new operating model for the Experience Center, increasing team efficiency, throughput, and execution consistency.
Mar 2018 - Sep 2021
Co-Founder & Director, Content & Operations, Mental Health
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Co-Founded Joyages Mental Health Application; available in the app store for download.
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Served as primary curriculum developer and facilitator working alongside trained therapists and psychologists
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Led team responsible for market research, competitor analysis, product launch and operations, generating $4M, year one.
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Translated product engineering requirements for agency creative briefs ensuring successful and relevant campaigns.
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Managed budgets, JIRA backlog, and additional business operations as needed, creating processes and protocols at scale.
2008 - 2018
Marketing & Events Operations, Various
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Led end-to-end marketing and event sponsorship operations, overseeing planning, execution, and post-event performance analysis to ensure alignment with brand strategy, audience engagement goals, and business outcomes.
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Built and optimized cross-functional operating models across marketing, partnerships, and events, streamlining workflows, vendor management, and budget governance to improve efficiency and execution quality at scale.
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Translated sponsorship and event investments into measurable impact, developing reporting frameworks that connected spend to brand lift, pipeline influence, stakeholder value, and long-term relationship growth.
If you’re looking for language, clarity, and a better way to think about capacity and cost, you’re in the right place.
