Dr Rachel Ellison MBE
Editor BBC Afghan Woman's Hour, empowering girls, their mothers & their grandmothers. Expert global leadership coach, working across 45 different cultures & countries.
Dr Rachel Ellison MBE is a former BBC news reporter, now Executive Leadership Coach. She works with C-suite leaders in more than 40 different countries, cultures and organisational systems.
E.g. Afghanistan, former Soviet Union, Somalia, Syria, the DRC, Honduras, Myanmar and the UK.
She was awarded an MBE 'for the promotion of human rights and the self-empowerment of women in Afghanistan'. Her team was named BBC Team of the Year.
From banking to retail, elite high performance sport [Olympic Games LA 2028] to prisons, the NHS and international NGOs, Rachel specializes in helping leaders navigate fast moving, changing and unpredictable environments with integrity and confidence.
Specialist knowledge:
- leaders’ choices & dilemmas
- resilience & burnt out
- leading in times of crisis
- bringing nature into the workplace
- inter-cultural & global mindset working
Rachel is an accomplished and energising public speaker. Recent speaking engagements include Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Oxford Brookes University, Birkbeck University London, Middlesex University. Linklaters law firm, UK Sport (Olympic Games), 30% club, the NHS, Food Banks.
She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2019 on the publication of her book:
'Global Leadership & Coaching: Flourishing under intense pressure at work' [Routledge].
Volunteering:
Rachel coached NHS staff of any level, working on Covid wards during the Pandemic of 2020.
She is a 'return-to-work coach' for Macmillan Cancer Care.
Rachel launched a neighborhood Food Bank hub supplying fresh fruit & vegetables, children's books, footballs, homework materials and clothing to vulnerable individuals and families.
Heating or Eating? Rachel's 'Hot Water Bottle' campaign during the energy crisis was described as ‘the single most effective intervention this Winter - our children are so excited to have a warm bed to sleep in’.
BSc (Hons) Psychology. MA Mastery in Professional Executive Leadership Coaching. Honorary Doctorate 2019.
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