About
Expansion, clarity, strategy.
Founder & Leadership Advisory for the person behind the growth.
My story
I spent 15 years leading teams and building commercial strategy for global brands including Gucci, Sephora, and adidas. I lived and worked across seven countries, managing teams of up to 70 people and navigating high-stakes environments where the numbers had to move.
During that time, I learned something that no business school teaches you: the biggest bottleneck in a growing business is rarely the market, the product, or the team. It is the operating system of the leader.
I saw brilliant executives hit ceilings. I watched founders scale revenue but lose their capacity to lead. And I experienced two burnouts myself. I learned the hard way that you cannot scale a business using only strategy, spreadsheets, and sheer force of will. If the person leading the business doesn’t expand their internal capacity, the business eventually breaks them.
The advisory approach
I created Dara Impact to bridge the gap I saw in corporate rooms and founder kitchens.
A margin problem
might be a pricing issue.
It might also be a boundary issue.
A failure to delegate
might be a process gap.
It is usually also a fear of losing the identity that made you successful in the first place.
My work combines
- 01The rigor of corporate strategy
- 02The frameworks of leadership mentorship
- 03The depth of inner work
We look at
The P&L and the blueprint
But we also look at
The beliefs, boundaries, and energy
That dictate how you execute.
The philosophy
There is no growth without a solid root system.
The name Dara comes from the Celtic Dara Knot, a symbol representing the intricate root system of the oak tree. Strength drawn from depth. It reflects my heritage, but it is also a philosophy: just as trees need the right conditions to flourish, scale and performance depend on what is happening beneath the surface.
When you tend to the roots, everything above ground thrives. My job is to help you find the clarity, capacity, and alignment to lead the next stage of the business.
Who I work with
Founders, CEOs and senior leaders.
- 01
Passionate about what they have built, but now facing a decision that their usual tools cannot solve.
- 02
Ready to expand the business and their personal operating systems.
- 03
Willing to look at the business and themselves at the same time.
- 04
Ready to change how they operate, not just understand it.
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