The Real Clear Team
Lisa Read
Leader of Real Clear, Lisa is an award-winning accredited coach, a qualified teacher, a coaching trainer and former senior leader and SENDCo.
She's led a successful coaching practice since 2006 and is a Licenced DISC trainer, Mental Fitness coach and HeartMath practitioner. Lisa holds qualifications in neuroscience, emotional intelligence and more.
A mum of three children and a cat; according to the team, everyone likes Lisa.
She's coached and run training courses internationally, including a world champion, school leaders, teams of Members of the European Parliament, and more than 100 MPs and their teams. Lisa has worked extensively with all of the major UK trade unions including running the Trade Union Official Apprenticeship. She was selected as one of the UK's top coaches for an Olympic legacy programme where she worked alongside Olympians and Paralympians to bring coaching into schools.
She volunteers as Vice Chair of Trustees for a large secondary school and for nearly ten years she led the continuing professional development group for all coaching professionals in South Yorkshire.
Mandy Manners
Our Associate coach, Mandy Manners, is a published author, trainer and sought after coach and coach supervisor. She is proud to carry on the legacy of her grandfather, a prominent Trade Unionist, as a passionate advocate for tolerance, equity and supportive community initiatives.
She is fluent in French having lived in France for the past 20 years. Mum of two bilingual children and two bilingual pets and often marvels at how well ignored she is by them in both languages. She works internationally and online. A specialist in habit change and holistic wellbeing, she has coached supporting stress resilience, ADHD, confidence, behavioural health, business strategy and everything in between. She holds far too many certificates according to her husband! A qualified DISC personality profiler and a trauma-informed practitioner, she works with clients to support their goals with a compassionate and reflective mindset. A qualified teacher with 10 years’ experience teaching at Bachelor to Master’s level she has a background in business, marketing, the arts and social sciences .
She loves to read, travel and is always strategising on how to get more sunshine in her life.
Helen Black
Our Associate coach, Helen Black is a qualified coach and mediator. She has a degree in sociology and has worked in the public, private and voluntary sectors, with over 25 years in senior leadership and management within the trade union movement.
Helen is good at building relationships and teams and really enjoys working with people to achieve their objectives - both personal and/or organisational. She loves the transformative power of coaching.
Mum to two children and an elderly dog, she likes to dabble in the occasional house renovation project, spends a fair deal of time keeping fit and somewhat less time learning piano. She also volunteers at a local Social Action Project and as an Independent Monitor within the Home Office’s Immigration Estate.
As you can probably tell, Helen likes variety!
Rhian Read
Our admin assistant and designer Rhian, who is also Lisa’s daughter, is a graduate of Leeds Arts University where she studied Fashion Branding with Communication.
Rhian is incredibly organised and often leaves Lisa wondering which of the two of them is the Mum!
As well as supporting Real Clear with admin work and finances, she runs a successful branding and design business which she loves.
She is passionate about helping young people to pursue creative careers and has visited her former secondary school to talk to the students about her business and how she got to where she is.
Outside of work Rhian loves fitness and being out in nature. One of her biggest passions is travel and she is often heading off to somewhere exciting! Some of her favourite destinations include Peru, Thailand, Morocco, Iceland and Australia.
Charlotte Bromley
Our Associate Coach, Charlotte, is a qualified teacher and accredited coach with a background in psychology. Working in education, across primary, secondary and further education settings, she has worked with a wide range of learners and developed a strong interest in behaviour, motivation, and how people think and learn, including those with neurodiversity. This has shaped a coaching style that is inclusive, thoughtful and curious about what truly helps people grow and thrive.
Charlotte is known for her warm, positive and naturally bubbly presence, helping people feel at ease to open up and reflect. Her coaching focuses on evoking thoughtful questions that encourage clients to step back and explore what they truly want and what brings real meaning, purpose and happiness. She has a strong focus on mental fitness, supporting clients to build awareness of their thoughts, patterns and behaviours so they can create more balance in their lives.
Outside of work, Charlotte loves to travel and is always planning her next adventure somewhere new. She enjoys salsa dancing, music and anything that brings energy and connection, as well as relaxing with a good board game and a bit of friendly competition!