Elaine Boyd-Clark
Background
Elaine is a qualified career coach with a background as a Chartered Occupational Psychologist (UK) with more than 15 years’ experience in both the private and public sector in the UK and Australia. At a senior level, Elaine has worked with a range of clients to support both the selection and development of individuals for key organisational roles through assessment and coaching activities. Passionate about working with individuals to enhance skills, performance, capability and well-being, Elaine effectively draws on a range of expertise and tools to underpin a thoughtful, comprehensive and high-quality approach
Coaching philosophy
Elaine draws on a range of research-backed tools and techniques, which she combines with an empathetic, insightful approach and unwavering focus on the potential of each individual as they navigate the range and often competing demands of their remit. She creates a safe space for reflection and new insights using strong listening, observation and questioning skills to support her clients to get clarity on their purpose, align with their values, work with their strengths, experiment with new perspectives and ideas, and take action to move forwards with renewed energy and confidence.
Professional snapshot
Areas of expertise
- Career transition coaching to support identification of values, key motivators and strengths/capabilities, career mapping, decision-making, goal setting, dealing with change, building resilience
- Assessment, profiling, report writing, feedback and development planning at Assessment and Development Centres
- Leadership coaching for emerging through to senior executives, supporting leadership effectiveness through increased awareness of style/strengths and the type of leader they wish to be, building capability in key leadership areas, improving leadership presence, managing wellbeing, and so on
Qualifications and accreditations
- CPsychol; Master of Occupational and Organisational Psychology (University of East London, UK)
- Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL)
- Australian Institute of Processional Coaches
- Qualified test user in ability and personality testing (BPS Level 1 & 2)
- 16PF, OPQ32, Wave, Hogan Development Survey (HDS), NEO-PI, Birkman, Leadership Judgement Indicator (LJI)
Talent assessor
- Design and delivery of Interviews, Role Plays, Strategic Exercises, Case Studies, Group Exercises
- Psychometric Assessments: Utilising instruments such as Strengths Profile, Saville Wave, OPQ, NEO-PI and Hogan Assessments to uncover key personality dimensions and behavioural tendencies
- Cognitive Assessments: for example Saville assessments to measure Verbal, Numerical and Abstract Reasoning abilities.
- Emotional Intelligence (EI) Assessments: Leveraging assessments including the EQ-i 2.0 to gauge an individual's emotional awareness, regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
- 360-Degree Feedback: Conducting multi-rater feedback processes to provide a holistic view of a client’s performance, leadership style, and areas for development from peers, direct reports, and supervisors