Co-founder of The Wellbeing Academy, Wellbeing Thought Leader at EXIMIA & Former Employee Wellbeing & Engagement Manager at Burberry

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Clare Kenny is co-founder of The Wellbeing Academy, a cutting-edge institution providing members with tools and techniques to create mentally healthy cultures at work. A leading wellbeing strategy expert, she is renowned for her ability to build, implement and sustain wellbeing strategies for businesses of all sizes, from dynamic startups to FTSE 100 organisations. Establishing herself as the go-to advisor in employee wellbeing, Clare has worked with notable clients, including Channel 4, Deloitte, Burberry, and Warner Media. She is also a distinguished speaker who shares her experience with burnout and delves into work culture, wellbeing, anxiety, stress, and resilience.

Whilst earning a BSc in Psychology from the University of Manchester, Clare worked as an HR Administrator for the BBC. After graduating, she became an HR Advisor with the BBC before joining Attend as an Events Assistant. Following that, she became a Media Assistant at Wings Media and then Client Executive at The Mind Gym, providing innovative learning and development solutions for organisations on a global scale.

In 2010 she became Head of Account Management at The Knowledge Engineers, leading the global account management team of a digital marketing consultancy. She joined YSC Consulting as Head of Client Operations in 2016, running multi-functional client operations teams across Europe. Clare went on to become Employee Wellbeing and Engagement Manager at Burberry, rolling out the global wellbeing strategy for the 9,000-employee-strong company. Currently, she is a Freelance Associate with Hoxby, Wellbeing Thought Leader at EXIMIA and Employee Wellbeing Consultant at Clare E Kenny.

Believing employees who are happy and healthy perform at their best, Clare develops pioneering initiatives that boost employee mental health, wellbeing, morale, engagement, and retention. A thought leader in wellbeing, she creates bespoke strategies to suit the specific needs of businesses and people working for them, embedding robust strategies with tangible outcomes. She also coaches and trains leaders to equip them with the tools to manage employee wellbeing. Her expertise in wellbeing has also seen her invited to deliver the TEDx Talk "We Need to Change How We See Addiction". Her cutting-edge insights into wellbeing have seen her featured in Management Today, Elite Business, Finance Digest and Liberty Mind. At the forefront of employee wellbeing initiatives, Clare reveals ground-breaking tools, techniques, and solutions for reducing employee burnout in her speaking presentations.

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Clare Kenny's official speaking topics are listed below:

The Way We Are Working, Isn't Working

Always on culture, tech at our fingertips, endless noise and notifications have helped to create a world of work (and beyond) that is fully at odds with the conditions human beings need to thrive. In this talk, Clare explores some of the evolutionary science behind creating an environment to help humans be at their best and discusses the ways in which the world of work is getting it so wrong. She also shares the small changes we can make to start driving better employee wellbeing and sustain performance in our organisations.

Mental Health Lessons from My Daughter

Children express their feelings loudly and unapologetically. They stamp their feet, and they scream. Then they feel better. But as they grow society teaches them more and more that loud messy emotions are unacceptable, disruptive and should be kept to yourself. By the time we are adults we tend to dismiss our own feelings, repress them, shut them away and try not to cause a fuss. Then we feel worse. In this talk, Clare discusses the ways in which ‘emotional repression’ has impacted her mental health, leading to anxiety and addiction, and how we can re-embrace the childhood tantrum to fully feel and process our emotions to have a long-term positive impact on our overall wellbeing.

Anything Not to Feel - My Story of Addiction

Whether it’s alcohol, drugs, social media, porn, shopping or food, most of us use something to numb and distract ourselves from difficult feelings. This can feel good in the moment but can risk causing long-term physical and mental health issues. In this talk, Clare shares her own experiences of addiction, sobriety and her ongoing journey of breaking the numbing cycle and learning how to actually feel her feelings.

Changing How We See Addiction

Every year, Alcohol Change UK runs its Dry January campaign and shines a light on alcohol addiction. And many of us have an unhealthy relationship with something — whether it's alcohol, drugs, social media or food. In this powerful talk I demonstrate how we can challenge stigma and create workplace environments where people feel safe to ask for support, drawing on my own personal experience of addiction.

Opening Up About Mental Health At Work

With Time to Talk day taking place on 6th February, this talk explores how to normalise conversations around mental health and create safe spaces for people to open up.

Gender Equality And Women's Wellbeing

The theme for International Women’s Day on 8th March is #AccelerateAction for gender equality. In this uplifting talk, I share stories and tools to help us all be better allies, create a more inclusive workplace and proactively push positive change for gender equality.

Finding Joy And Investing In Yourself

To mark International Day of Happiness on 20th March, this talk explores tools and techniques to help you find joy in the day to day, protect your mental health and feel motivated to take charge of your own happiness.

Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events

"Clare delivered a great talk. I left feeling lighter and more centred on how I approach mental health and managing people the best way that suits them." - Warner Bros Studio

"Clare delivered a fantastic talk; I cam away with a lot of food for thought and it was great to share ideas with people in this context. She was amazing, really great delivery." - Dee, Acquisition Manager, Burberry

"I was lucky enough to work with Clare at Burberry and see first hand the impact she had across our organisation. Clare is brilliant to work with, a real value to the team and an expert in deploying wellbeing strategies and support to make sure teams can thrive. Through her knowledge and nature Clare is able to get the job done - inspiring both senior leaders and junior colleagues to support themselves and their teams. Clare is organised, methodical and great at successfully managing multiple change projects at a time. I highly recommend Clare, and I know she would be a great asset to any organisation she chooses to work with." - Martin, Senior Manager, Employee Engagement, Sky

"Clare doesn’t approach wellbeing as a simple tick box exercise, she will consider every element of a business - from processes and ways of working to company culture and leadership - to create impactful and measurable results. I really enjoy working with Clare and find her to be hugely knowledgeable and engaging on all things wellbeing." - Charlotte, Health and Safety Manager, Burberry

"Throughout any culture change project, Clare remains sensitive to individuals’ needs while driving and embedding positive improvements. She is excellent at driving employee wellbeing and change management strategies and I would highly recommend her." - Lucie, People Operations Manager, GLG

"Clare delivered an excellent executive micro training for our top 300 senior leaders on how to disrupt the stress cycle. Clare smashed it! The session was brilliant, perfectly pitched and just what we were after. We’ve had some great feedback and I know the attendees really appreciated the session." - Emily, Director Global Wellbeing Lead, avanade

"Clare delivered an excellent talk. She was so authentic, honest and open - sharing her own challenges and how to approach them with a resilient mindset." - Caroline, Wellbeing Lead, Fidelity International

"Clare was great, and the delivery of the session was amazing. I was engaged throughout!" - Channel 4

"33 years with KPMG and the best session I have ever had! This has been amazing, emotional but uplifting - I have learnt so much!" - KPMG