Founder · Executive Coach

Gary McRae.

Three decades of pattern recognition across London, California, and Asia. ICF accredited executive coach. Founder of The Clarity Practice.

A British coach, based in Singapore, working with senior leaders across the UK, Europe, the US and Asia.

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Gary McRae, Founder and Executive Coach, The Clarity Practice

Singapore · 2026

Background

Three decades.
Three continents.

Every engagement draws on three decades of operating leadership across three continents. The pattern recognition comes from seeing how people, institutions and pressure interact, many times over.

01 · London

10

Investigation & institutional work

A decade in London, including service as a detective. This is where the forensic instinct in the coaching work comes from. Distinguishing what is presented from what is happening, under conditions where the cost of mis-reading is real.

02 · California

10

Industry leadership

A decade across multiple industries in California, including senior leadership roles. Where the operational understanding comes from: revenue responsibility, team accountability, and the lived experience of being the person carrying the decision.

03 · Asia

10

Team & senior leadership

A decade across the region, including team and senior leadership roles. This is where the cultural literacy comes from. Working from inside Asia. Understanding what the Singapore and APAC context asks of a senior leader that other contexts do not.

Approach

Forensic before
prescriptive.

We prescribe nothing until the evidence holds up. We start by reading the situation as it is.

The method is the Three-Pillar Clarity Method™: Forensic, Rigorous, Deeply human. The forensic instinct comes from the London years. Rigour means every recommendation traces back to the evidence. The human side comes from more than a decade leading multicultural teams in Asia.

Change only sticks when it fits how leaders see their own role, so we work on that as well. The change itself happens in the boardroom, the operating committee, the conversation with the team.

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Credentials

Standards of work.

Credentials signal a standard of work. The ones below underpin the practice. The first conversation tests fit.

01 · Coaching

ICF Accredited Coach

Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation, PCC in progress. ICF accreditation requires verified training hours, supervised practice, and ongoing professional development.

02 · Assessment

Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) Certified

Certified practitioner of the Leadership Circle Profile. A research-validated 360° assessment measuring creative competencies and reactive tendencies. Used as the diagnostic anchor for many engagements.

03 · Consulting

Accredited Practising Management Consultant (PMC)

Awarded by the Singapore Business Advisors and Consultants Council (SBACC). Sponsoring organisations engaging an SBACC-accredited consultant may be eligible for up to 50% co-funding under Enterprise Singapore's Enterprise Development Grant (EDG).

04 · Business

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

A formal business education underpinning the commercial fluency in every engagement. Senior leaders typically prefer a coach who can read a P&L and a strategy document with the same care as a leadership 360°.

05 · Recovery

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Trained in the MBSR programme developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. A secular, evidence-based protocol used widely in healthcare and high-performance settings.

06 · Practice

Singapore-registered practice

The Clarity Practice PTE. LTD. is a Singapore-registered private limited company (UEN 202344810G) with an office at 160 Robinson Road. Engagements are delivered in English with cultural literacy across the Singapore and APAC context.

Working Principles

How each coaching engagement is conducted.

These operating principles apply to every engagement. They are not just policies. They are commitments that shape how every engagement runs.

01

Diagnosis comes before prescription

Everything starts with evidence. A detailed diagnostic comes first, ensuring that the coaching is tailored to your needs and objectives.

02

Confidentiality is paramount

All coaching conversations remain strictly between coach and coachee. Reporting to sponsors is carefully structured to maintain confidentiality and is agreed upon in writing before the engagement starts.

03

Referral where appropriate

Coaching is distinct from therapy and consulting. Whenever a challenge falls within another discipline, we acknowledge it and refer you to the right resource.

04

Transparency about fit

Approximately half of initial conversations lead to a coaching engagement. The others end with a diagnostic the leader can use. Ensuring the right fit is more important than simply filling slots.

Begin

Bring the situation. Not the version you have been managing.

Thirty minutes. No pitch. By the end, we will both know whether working together makes sense.