CONSULTING WITH
CLAIRE VON CLEVELAND
For organisations
ready to close the gap.
The gap between what your organisation says it values and what it actually does in practice. I've seen it from the inside. I know what it costs. And I know what closing it actually requires.
WHO I WORK WITH
Organisations that mean
what they say.
My consulting work is suited to organisations in the nonprofit, philanthropic, and mission-driven space — particularly those navigating the tension between institutional reputation and authentic practice. I also work with corporate leadership teams on culture, well-being, and the hidden cost of high-performance cultures.
I am also interested in conversations with TED and TEDx, and organisations working at the intersection of storytelling, institutional accountability, and human dignity.
I take on a limited number of consulting clients each year to ensure quality of engagement.
Nonprofits and foundations examining the gap between mission language and operational reality
Organisations working in reintegration, anti-recidivism, and survivor-centred practice
Leadership teams navigating donor capture and the pressure to prioritise optics over values
Corporate teams navigating culture, burnout, and the gap between performance and people
Boards and executives who want an honest outside perspective, not validation
Organisations ready to do the uncomfortable work of genuine accountability
WHY MY BACKGROUND IS RELEVANT
LIVED PROXIMITY
I have lived inside the realities I consult on — not studied them. The dynamics of donor capture, optics-based governance, and survivor narrative extraction are not theoretical for me. They are things I have watched happen, up close, to people I love.
CORPORATE CREDIBILITY
I spent over a decade at director level in global financial services, managing complex multi-stakeholder relationships across forty countries. I understand institutional systems — how they protect themselves, how they fail, and where the levers of change actually are.
OPERATIONAL TRACK RECORD
I built a values-led business from scratch — an EmployABILITY Champion, congressional-recognised, neurodiverse-certified workplace. I know what it costs to actually live your stated values when the easier path is to perform them.
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