Executive Coach · Keynote Speaker · Published Author
Leading under pressure.
From Kabul to the boardroom.
Executive Coaching for senior leaders in the private and public sector, carrying consequential decisions under scrutiny, at speed and often alone.
45+
Countries coached in
MBE
Human rights, Afghanistan
Routledge
Published author
Hon. Doctorate
Academic recognition
Trusted by
Why Rachel
"Rachel has led where it's hot,
dusty & dangerous. She models resilience."
A former BBC news journalist and international development aid director, Rachel has led teams in some of the world's most fragile, unstable and unpredictable environments. Her first leadership position was in a category-1 warzone. Rachel was awarded an MBE for the promotion of human rights and women's self-empowerment in Afghanistan.
Coaching approach
Rachel takes a beneath-the-surface, psychoanalytic approach. She creates a calm thinking space in which clients are challenged to address destructive patterns, avoidant behaviours and inaccurate assumptions. In their place come fresh solutions and profound personal & professional growth. The work is deep, reflective and applied.
What Rachel offers
Four practices,
one consistent depth.
Executive Coaching
For C-suite and senior leaders navigating organisational complexity, transformation and performance. 1:1. Confidential. Profound. Exceptional learning.
Keynote Speaking
Compelling storytelling of deeply human experiences, drawn from an exceptional international career working with leaders in 45 different cultures, countries & organisational systems. Events, conferences & leadership away-days.
Workshops
For C-suite leaders and their teams. Themed workshops on growth, resilience, innovation and the power of storytelling.
The Coaching Boutique
Rachel leads a handpicked collective of executive leadership coaches — each with distinguished, multi-industry careers.
Testimony
What clients say
"Rachel is very probing — she has great analytical and reasoning capability. She's good at making me think really hard, which is sometimes uncomfortable. In my environment I have to think fast rather than hard. Rachel changed that."
As featured in
Published by Routledge
Global Leadership & Coaching:
Flourishing Under Intense Pressure at Work
ISPSO Harold Bridger Award winnerFrom Somalia to Solihull…real stories from real leaders, offered with candour and humility. Powerful narratives from conflict zones to supermarkets, refugee camps to hospitals. This book explores dilemmas and choices, alongside success and failure experienced by some of the world's most accomplished leaders.
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