Meet Rachel

Rachel is pathologically curious. She's always been fascinated by what makes people convincing when they open their mouths and how small shifts in communication can unlock massive impact. Which probably explains why she studied Modern Languages. And nearly became a spy. Yes, seriously. MI6 came knocking towards the end of her degree. Buy her a gin and tonic and she'll probably tell you.

Instead she spent 20 years as a journalist, reporting and presenting for the BBC, predominantly as a presenter at their flagship 24-hour News Channel. (Similar skillset to spying, only way less problematic and less likely to lead to arrest). Here she covered both domestic and international news, handling fast-moving stories, extraordinary breaking news, vigorous debate and tales of both human triumph and tragedy.

In 2019 Rachel had a startling realisation.

She was a journalist who didn't really like politics (she blames years of covering Brexit and interviewing slippery politicians). What she did like was talking to real people about their lives and work.

She retrained as an ICF-accredited coach, which allows her to continue to be nosey, ask lots of questions and bring clarity to chaos, just with less infuriating people. She loves to help people tell their own stories with clarity and conviction, and become impactful and influential communicators in their organisations and industries.

Alongside her own communication training work, Rachel is a Senior Facilitator on multi-national leadership programmes for award-winning consultancy, Shape Talent.

Her book "The Career Change Guide - Five Steps to Finding Your Dream Job" is published by Penguin Michael Joseph.