• WELCOME

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    LEADERSHIP DESIGN

    Aligning Practice to Values for

    Personal, Organizational, and Social Change

    Rachel Humphrey is passionate about supporting individuals and organizations in their work for justice through transformative consulting and coaching services. Driven by a vision of a truly just and equitable world, she has worked in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector for over 25 years. Her career has been defined by compassionate leadership in aligning individual and organizational practices with deeply held values. Rachel aims to help people feel connected, empowered, and purposeful in their collective efforts for change.

  • FOR INDIVIDUALS

    One-on-one coaching helps you clarify thinking, set goals, solve problems, and take strategic action

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    Couragous Leadership in Challenging Times

    Executive Coaching

    Executive coaching is a powerful alliance providing customized support to help you lead confidently and effectively through all the challenges and opportunities you are facing. Executive coaching can help you be nimble, strategic, and connected while navigating volatility and intensity. As your coach, I can help you:

    • Adapt your strategies to changing contexts
    • Problem-solve complex or charged situations
    • Uplevel understanding and action to create thriving and equitable work cultures
    • Succeed through empowering and supporting others
    • Communicate powerfully and authentically
    • Manage organizational growth and transitions
    • Sustain yourself through managing stress and tending to wellbeing

    Coaching provides invaluable support to leaders at any stage. If you are new in your position, coaching can help you start off on the right foot. If you are reaching a plateau, coaching can help you identify areas of growth or new goals that reinvigorate your work. And, coaching can help you in all aspects of succession planning, from the emotional and relational to the strategic and tactical. Coaching can be particularly beneficial in providing a confidential and unbiased sounding board for those in the role of CEO/Executive Director, which can be especially isolating.

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    Your Wellbeing is Not a Luxury, it is Essential

    Resilience Coaching

    I don't need to tell you that we are living through challenging and unpredictable times, and that it is taking a toll on all of us individually and collectively. These times require us to take better care of ourselves than ever before. As your coach, I can help you:

    • Develop practices to support your emotional wellbeing
    • Understand and address your biggest stressors
    • Leverage your body as a source of information and resilience
    • Improve your sleep, nourishment, and physical wellbeing
    • Sustain yourself through healthy boundary setting and management of commitments
    • Strengthen your emotional intelligence

    In addition to a mastery of coaching skills, I bring a life-long exploration of these topics to our sessions, sharing reflections and tools when appropriate. I am particularly passionate about helping people address metabolic health in a way that is holistic, body-positive, science-based, and behavior-focused. (You can find more about this part of my work at www.becomingvibrant.com.)

  • FOR ORGANIZATIONS

    Consulting supports you in building the structures, cultures, and strategies vital to your purpose

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    Strategy Setting

    Being adaptive and strategic in uncertain times

    In today's context, being nimble is essential. I can support you and your team in strategic decision making and adapting based on changing circumstances. I can lead a light and fast strategic planning process, or help you update your strategies and priorities in real time.

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    Team Culture Building

    Setting foundations for healthy and effective teams

    Organizational and team culture can make or break your organization's ability to have impact. I can help teams in strengthening communication and decision-making skills, improving conflict literacy, and understanding and navigating power with care.

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    Structures and Practices for Shared Leadership

    Aligning structures and practices with your values

    Many organizations are trying new ways of leading, managing, and governing - to varying degrees of success. Having supported many organizations and teams in developing shared leadership and liberatory governance structures, and been through a transition to a worker self directed nonprofit, I can provide you with guidance and support grounded in experience.

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    Vision, Values, and Purpose

    A participatory and narrative approach

    Some of my favorite work is helping organizations come to a shared vision, statement of purpose, and set of values. With these components of an organizational identity set in a participatory and comprehensive manner, strategy and culture work can flow. I use a story-based approach that is fun and engaging, and avoids the often painful "writing by committee."

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    Facilitation and Curriculum Design

    Engaging design for successful programs

    It is a joy to bring my many years of experience in facilitation and curriculum design to support others. I can provide guidance and feedback on your meeting and/or program design that will set you up for success. From a 1-hour meeting to a 10-year long capacity building program - in person or online - I have countless tools and ideas to share to get you to your vision.

  • APPROACH

    My approach to consulting is facilitative and participatory in nature. I bring coaching methods to all of my engagements, knowing that when individuals or groups come to their own insights and solutions, both the level of ownership and likelihood of follow through skyrocket.

    With that in mind, I design processes for inclusive participation, effective collaboration, decisive action, and critical reflection and learning. I do this by building somatics, Appreciative Inquiry, and conflict literacy into my design. My longstanding commitment to feminism, anti-racism, and understanding the impacts of oppression and trauma are all foundational to inclusive and effective engagements.

    I approach each engagement first with deep listening skills so I can best understand your needs and culture, and together we develop a design that is customized, flexible, and appropriate. Based on what we decide, I may use a variety of facilitation, research, and assessment methods. I also draw on my 25+ years’ experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors to share best practices and resources as appropriate.

  • Ready to start? Have more questions?

    Hop on my calendar! Schedule a Discovery Session with me to explore the possibilities:

  • DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME:

    HERE'S WHAT CLIENTS SAY

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    James Irvine Foundation

    Grantee Capacity Building

    “Rachel is such a wise soul. Her trainings and coaching for our organization have been incredible, and have brought energy and focus to our team during a time of great change. She has been a fantastic facilitator of our Central Coast peer learning network, bringing a wealth of knowledge and tools to our group. We feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to reflect and grow as individuals and an organization under her guidance.”

    Karyl Lynn Burns

    Producing Artistic Director

    Rubicon Theatre

    (Arts Regional Initiative Grantee)

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    Global Citizen Year

    Team Culture Building

    “Rachel provided invaluable training to our global staff on vital organizational issues like decision-making, communication, and managing commitments in our fast-paced, growing organization. She struck the perfect balance between sharing her knowledge and drawing out our own. Moreover, we felt closer as a team and ready to take on the challenges ahead of us after the workshop. I highly recommend her for your next training, workshop or retreat!”

    Lee Lucca

    Chief Operating Officer

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    Global Fund for Women

    Facilitation 

    “Rachel is adept at striking a balance between relationships and results. Ensuring that everybody's voice gets heard while making progress toward desired outcomes isn't easy, but Rachel has an intuitive ability to do just that. Her balanced facilitation style ensures that decisions are reached in a collaborative, supportive environment that strengthens interpersonal relationships in the process.”

    Kelly McVicker

    Development Officer

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    International Accountability Project

    Executive Coaching

    “Executive coaching has far exceeded my expectations: not only has Rachel helped me grow as a leader, but staff has expressed that 'the work with Rachel has benefited the whole organization.' Weekly coaching has created a vital space for me to address truly important issues which otherwise are overshadowed by an endless stream of other pressing problems. I am proud of all that my organization has achieved since I began as ED, and Rachel has been an integral part of that success.”

    Joanna Levitt

    Executive Director

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    LeaderSpring Center

    Succession Coaching

    "As a certified coach who oversees a coaching program for social sector leaders, it is my privilege to recommend Rachel Humphrey’s coach services. Rachel, a seasoned leader and manager, astutely helped me prepare my organization for a leadership succession at a time of growth and fast change. Her support was no small feat given this pivotal and complex transition, both professionally and personally. Among other lessons, when faced with challenging decisions, I learned from Rachel to more swiftly identify and weigh simultaneously conflicting values and priorities at hand, enabling me to make otherwise difficult choices with greater clarity and confidence. Without hesitation, I wholeheartedly recommend Rachel as a trusted coach and advisor."

    Cynthia Chavez

    Former Executive Director

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    Techbridge Girls

    Executive Coaching

    "I began working with Rachel as a first-time CEO. My goal was to have an executive coach that provided a safe space to grow, learn and evolve my leadership. Rachel is extremely easy to talk to and a wonderful listener. She has the ability to guide your thinking so that you are able to come up with a solution or path forward that is authentic to you. She also brings a deep awareness of the nonprofit sector especially in areas of social justice. That lens was extremely important as I navigated my leadership experiences in the sector."

    Nikole Collins-Puri

    CEO

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    CARESTAR Foundation

    Vision, Values, and Statement of Purpose

    "As the first CEO of the CARESTAR Foundation I had the initial goal of integrating race equity into the foundation from the start, and Rachel supported me in that goal by working though our mission and values as well as supporting the board in their understanding and pursuit of that north star. Rachel is a phenomenal facilitator as she so adeptly demonstrated in numerous trainings with us, but particularly the intense wordsmithing of our mission and values language. She is unflappable!"

    Tanir Ami

    CEO

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    Patagonia

    Culture Building and Embedding Justice

    We were seeking a partner to help us evaluate our programs and identify opportunities for embedding equity and justice throughout all of our work. Rachel has been on this journey with us through thick and thin. Her thoughtful, knowledgeable, positive, and patient approach has helped our team build trust, empathy and confidence in building and carrying out a cohesive, impactful and restorative vision. She has truly become a natural extension of our team, enabling us to make significant strides and setting us up for success in the future. I can’t speak more highly of Rachel.

    Lisa Myers

    Director of Environmental Grants

  • PARTIAL CLIENT LIST

    Below is partial list of past and current clients for coaching and consulting:

    Philanthropic Institutions:

    • American Jewish World Service
    • Anne Ray Charitable Trust
    • California Communications Access Foundation
    • College Access Foundation of California
    • Disability Rights Fund
    • East Bay Community Foundation
    • Energy Foundation
    • Firelight Foundation
    • FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
    • Fresno Regional Foundation
    • FRIDA the Young Feminist Fund
    • Global Fund for Women
    • Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • Health and Environment Funders Network
    • Humanity United
    • International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
    • International Human Rights Funders Group
    • James Irvine Foundation
    • Kern Community Foundation
    • LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund
    • Marin Community Foundation
    • Marra Foundation
    • May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
    • Oak Foundation
    • One World Children's Fund
    • Patagonia
    • Partners Asia
    • Present Purpose Network
    • San Francisco Foundation
    • The Christensen Fund
    • UNWomen
    • Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
    • Wikimedia Foundation

    Nonprofit Organizations:

    • Action Aid International
    • American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    • Answer
    • Ashoka's Changemakers
    • Asylum Access
    • Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
    • CARE USA
    • Casa Serena
    • Center for Environmental Health
    • Ceres
    • Cornerstone Theater
    • Davis Art Center
    • Fair Trade USA
    • Girls Inc. of Chattanooga
    • Global Citizen Year
    • GRAIN
    • Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon
    • International Accountability Project
    • IPEN - A Toxics-Free Future
    • L.A. Educational Partnership
    • LeaderSpring
    • Mind Body Awareness Project
    • Museum of Contemporary Arts Santa Barbara
    • National Steinbeck Center
    • One World Youth Project
    • Pacific Institute
    • Partners Asia
    • Pilobolus Dance Company
    • Power to Decide
    • Rubicon Theater
    • Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
    • Somos Mayfair
    • Stockton Symphony
    • The Energy Foundation/Green Tech Action Fund
    • The Pachamama Alliance
    • Union of Concerned Scientists
    • WAGES
    • Whole School Mindfulness
    • Women's Earth Alliance
    • Women's Refugee Commission
    • Youth Speak Collective
  • BACKGROUND

    Rachel has been coaching and consulting since 2007. She was certified as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation in 2009 and has trained extensively in participatory facilitation methods, including with the Institute of Cultural Affairs, Social Transformation Project, and the Center for Right Relationships. She has studied embodied leadership practices with Strozzi Institute and Coaches Rising and holds a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Administration and an A.B. in Anthropology and Asian Studies. Rachel has been a student of Buddhism and Yoga since her teens, and brings somatic and mindfulness practices to the work of personal, organizational, and social change.

    As the second staff member of Justice Funders, Rachel designed and led Justice Funder’s flagship leadership development program “The Harmony Initiative” and launched the organization’s highly successful philanthropic consulting practice. Rachel was a core author of Justice Funders’ “Choir Book” and “Resonance Framework” which have greatly influenced the field of philanthropy. Prior to her decade of leadership at Justice Funders, Rachel supported social justice and human rights nonprofits and foundations in change management, strategy development, and capacity building as an independent consultant and as a Senior Consultant for TCC Group. Before becoming a full-time coach and consultant, Rachel spent a decade mobilizing resources for community-based organizations around the world, including seven years as Director of Philanthropic Partnerships at the Global Fund for Women. In her free time, she can be found hiking, biking, and skiing in the mountains near her home in Reno, NV.

  • CONTACT ME

    You're awesome. Let's talk.

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    Email

    rachel (at) rachelhumphrey (dot) com

     

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    LinkedIn

    /rachelzhumphrey

     

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    Phone

    415.598.7174