Dr. Claire Rene, MBA, Ed.D.

Founder & CEO – ThriveIQ Solutions Strategic Advisor | EQ Strategist | She LeadsEQ Empowerment Architect

At the heart of She LeadsEQ™ is a belief: the most powerful woman in the room is the one who leads from within.

Founded by Dr. Claire Rene, She LeadsEQ™ is a luxury leadership development brand created for high-performing women who are seeking success that honors both their ambition and their inner peace.

It's for the woman who leads meetings and moves mountains — but craves alignment, softness, sovereignty, and a deeper connection to her purpose.

She LeadsEQ™ helps her rise — not harder, but higher.

Lead from Within™

Dr. Claire A. Rene is a globally recognized authority on emotional intelligence and organizational strategy with over a decade of experience facilitating EQ-based transformations. She is a certified EQ-i 2.0® and EQ 360® Facilitator and has helped leaders across diverse industries — from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to the NYC Department of Education and Santander Bank — lead with clarity, confidence, and conviction.

As the founder of ThriveIQ Solutions and architect of the ThriveEQ™ Framework, Dr. Rene bridges strategic management with emotional intelligence to create cultural excellence and measurable results.

She is the author of Rise Like a Phoenix: Using Emotional Intelligence Strategies to Maximize Your Potential, and holds both an MBA and a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership.

Dr. Rene is deeply passionate about unlocking feminine power in leadership. Whether she’s speaking on stage or advising C-suite executives, she delivers more than insights — she delivers elevation.

A Movement for Feminine Evolution in Leadership

Lead from Within™" isn’t a catchphrase — it’s a lifestyle. It’s the foundation of a new era of leadership where emotional intelligence, intuition, grace, and strategy coexist.

Through SheLeadsEQ™, Dr. Rene offers executive coaching, immersive retreats, EQ intensives, and soul-aligned strategic mentorship that allow women to evolve their leadership, restore their energy, and expand their impact — without compromising their health, values, or femininity.

It’s where emotional clarity meets executive presence.
Where vision and vulnerability create influence.
Where self-care becomes a leadership strategy, not a luxury.

A woman of authority, authenticity, and alignment, Dr. Rene has spent over a decade helping women redefine success on their own terms. With clients ranging from senior executives and founders to high-potential rising leaders, she’s created sacred and strategic spaces for women across the U.S. — in boardrooms, universities, agencies, and heart-to-hearts.

She has trained and coached executives through partnerships with:

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Emotional Intelligence Leadership

  • City of New York DOE – EQ Development and Education Programs

  • Cyxtera Technologies & Santander Bank – Executive Leadership Coaching

  • Dharma House & Miami Dade College – Emotional Intelligence Education

Her reach spans Washington, DC, Brooklyn, NY, Downtown Miami, and beyond — wherever executives are called to rise.

Dr. Rene blends:

  • Emotional Intelligence as a performance edge

  • Femininity and Power as coexisting strengths

  • Spiritual Wisdom and Business Strategy as the blueprint for wholeness

  • Self-care, identity, and purpose as leadership essentials

She holds an MBA and a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, with a dissertation focused on emotional intelligence and emerging leaders — a study that became the basis for the Lead from Within™ Methodology she teaches today.

Dr. Claire Rene — Why Women Trust Her

Her Signature Approach

“She LeadsEQ it’s about becoming sovereign. When a woman leads from within, she accesses a different kind of power — the kind that doesn’t demand attention, but naturally commands it. Her presence becomes unmistakable. Her intuition sharpens. Her voice moves rooms — not by volume, but by depth. This is emotional intelligence redefined: grounded, magnetic, and masterful. It’s not just how she leads — it’s who she becomes.”

- Dr. Claire A Rene, MBA

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two women in suits standing beside wall