I launched Bold Clarity in 2014 after successfully exiting the business I had founded, Retail Profile Europe (now Pop Retail).
Passionate about business and entrepreneurship, my mission is to help entrepreneurs, CEOs and leadership teams get what they want from their business.
Bold Clarity does this by helping businesses with executive training, by forum facilitation, through keynote speaking, and by providing Kolbe workshops.
I founded and built a multimillion pound business in three countries and was an early pioneer of pop-up retailing.
After 14 years, I successfully exited the business, and trained to become the first EOS Implementer in the UK, to help leadership teams and entrepreneurs clarify, simplify and achieve their vision and provide tools to run their business better.
As a UK-based Certified EOS Implementer, I help entrepreneurial leadership teams introduce the system into their business.
My own entrepreneurial story began in a small town in Missouri, USA, where the values it instilled – to help people, to do the right thing and to be yourself – have stayed with me my whole life.
My first business was teaching young girls baton twirling at the age of 10, and years later, when I found myself facing redundancy in London, I seized the chance to start my own business.
As founder of Retail Profile Europe, I experienced all the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur. I did fundraising, worked with VCs, expanded to two European countries and then merged with the largest competitor in the sector, Space and People PLC.
By the time I exited in 2014, the company had offices in London, Glasgow, Hamburg, Moscow and Delhi and its turnover exceeded £30 million.
In 2003 I joined the business peer group, the Entrepreneurs Organisation, which enabled me to develop my coaching and facilitation skills alongside running Retail Profile.
Since then I have facilitated thousands of retreats and workshops on behalf of both EO and the Young Presidents Organisation.
Founding Bold Clarity in 2014 enabled me to bring together my real-world business and leadership experience with the work I have done with entrepreneurs around the world to help them gain traction and grow.
I had been given a copy of the book Traction in four years earlier and realised I was doing some of the EOS disciplines but not all. I know if I had done it all purely, my company would have been valued at a higher multiple.
Being an EOS Implementer enables me to use a proven system and combine my love of working with entrepreneurial leaders and using my skills and experience to help them get what they want from their business.
I was named as one of the UKs Top Ten Women’s Entrepreneurs in 2019, and have been featured in the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times and the Sunday Times
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Susan is a Kolbe Certified™️ Consultant who delivers one to one Kolbe interpretations and workshops for our clients, helping them work to their strengths to develop efficient teams.
With her background in law and natural talent for organisation, she is also responsible for the business’s administration, finances and client liaison.
Beti provides our client support. She started as an apprentice and after passing her Level 3 NVQ in Business Administration joined Bold Clarity full-time. She keeps the office running smoothly, prepares materials and liaises with clients before each of Julia’s talks and EOS sessions, and updating our social media accounts.
The most amazing thing with Julia is that she has that absolute credibility of having been there and done it herself. That’s the uniqueness around why we work with Bold Clarity, because that’s very different from everyone else in our market.
I would recommend implementation of EOS to anyone who wishes to provide a clear direction and improve communication in their organisation.