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About Rachel
Rachel Brewster is a keynote speaker and communication coach. She empowers teams to communicate cross-functionally so that they can transform from disconnected departments into one, high-performing team.
She has over a decade of experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives at large corporations, including Fortune 50 companies like Target and Best Buy. With a background in ecommerce, digital marketing and IT, Rachel is passionate about executive leadership, key stakeholder management and cross-functional communication.
Rachel has a BA from the University of Minnesota Duluth and an MBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona. She is a native English speaker and a fluent Spanish speaker…but comedy is her language of choice!
Rachel’s Talks
Cross-Functional Communication
Transform disconnected departments into a single, high-performing team
Most Popular
When you’re spearheading an enterprise-wide initiative, your ability to communicate clearly and concisely across multiple teams is vital to the success of your project.
In order to align cross-functional teams, you need to unlock the secrets to communicating with confidence so you can clarify project scope, cultivate leadership buy-in and support, and drive digital transformation efforts.
By the end of your time with Rachel, you will:
- Develop a unified vision that aligns cross-functional teams, facilitates cohesive understanding, and drives buy-in and support
- Discover the biggest cross-functional communication mistake which sabotages team success and how to avoid it
- Communicate strategically by considering different points of view and weighing the value proposition from another team or leader’s perspective
Communication Games
Re-ignite your corporate culture in a post-pandemic world!
Most Fun
After years of working from home, your team feels disconnected from each other and disengaged with their work.
Nobody wants to go back to the office…
But paradoxically, they confess that they miss being together and feeling connected.
And without authentic engagement, your team is doomed to wither and die – a casualty of quiet quitting.
In order to re-ignite your corporate culture and re-energize your high-performing team, you need to discover the art of cross-functional communication so your team can decrease turnover, increase productivity and enhance efficiency.
By the end of your time with Rachel, you will:
- Build trust by working together to overcome physical and mental challenges
- Level-up to become a high-performing team by enhancing cross-functional communication, collaboration and cooperation
- Re-discover the energizing difference between internet connection and real connection
Humble Brag
Network, promote and talk about yourself…without bragging!
Most Interactive
Are you a mature career professional…who feels like an awkward teenager at networking events?
In order to feel calm and confident at networking events, you need to unlock the secrets to the art of interpersonal communication so you can get noticed, elevate your personal brand and build a strong, long-lasting professional network.
In professional networking, learning how to transform strangers into friends is the difference between success and failure.
By the end of your time with Rachel, you will:
- Discover the TALK method for networking that makes people stop in their tracks, perk up their ears and hunger for more
- Uncover the biggest interpersonal communication mistake which sabotages networking success and how to avoid it
- Unlock the 3 steps for crafting succinct stories that build instant rapport and accelerate trust without rambling
Write Better Emails
Tools for smarter team communication
Most Valuable
When you’re leading a project with multiple executive stakeholders, your ability to be clear and concise via email is vital to the success of your project.
In order to update executive leadership and align cross-functional teams, you need to unlock the secrets to effective email communication so you can clearly articulate project scope, identify risk mitigation strategies and hold stakeholders accountable for their action items.
By the end of your time with Rachel, you will:
- Leverage the SPRINT method for writing emails that get higher response rates from teammates and executive leaders
- Uncover the biggest email etiquette mistake which creates confusion and erodes trust – and how to avoid it!
- Unlock the secrets to writing clear, concise emails that explain exactly what you want