Accompany Advisory

B-BEE Level 2 Black Woman Owned firm, that has been a strategic partner to a top-tier (MBB) firm, working on strategic and operational transformations through advanced analytics, critical thinking, complex problem solving, and proactive performance and program management. Holds minority strategic investments in digital and disruptive businesses.

Managing Director

Nomanini

1️⃣ Co-founded digital informal sector banking platform; supported CEO and Exco; Non-Executive Director advising on strategy, value drivers, partnerships, talent sourcing, and financing to scale and grow.
2️⃣ Led commercial team of six direct reports across Africa and Middle East driving pipeline of organic and inorganic deals. Exco CCO role works with Product, Operations, and Engineering.
3️⃣ Drove Exco recruiting (Product, Operations Heads; CFO), and strategic projects around growth strategy, organisational structure, process improvement, ways of working; to drive clarity, performance growth.

Co-Founder; Investor; Board Director; Director Special Projects; CCO

Industrial Development Corporation

The IDC drives industrial value chain growth and development impact in Sub-Saharan Africa across its asset base of R120bn+. Worked with the CEO and Exco to articulate and drive delivery momentum across six key themes focused on IDC's twin pillars of financial sustainability and development impact.

Strategic Advisor to CEO

Spencer Stuart

Spencer Stuart is trusted by major multinationals and emerging companies around the world to help them make senior-level leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises. Supported Exco teams source scarce talent and align on growth-focused strategic agendas. Worked across industries, with a focus on financial services, TMT, and FAANG.

Director

City of Johannesburg

Board member involved in strategic planning, policy critique, monitoring and challenging performance of executive team and wider management for a City of Johannesburg MOE.

Board Member, Director (Independent NXD)

McKinsey & Company

Strategy and management consultant across industries (esp. TMT, Energy, Logistics). Experience with internal firm building through best-practice consultant training and onboarding.

Management Consultant, Engagement Manager

South African Department of Health (KZN)

Worked in high-pressure roles as a Medical Officer, General Practitioner for a full-service community clinic, Emergency Response Doctor, and Paramedic College Lecturer. Key skills: problem diagnosis, structuring; fast fact-gathering; rational under pressure; psychology of teams.

Medical Doctor and Lecturer

Four Key Points:

1️⃣ Global Roots

I was born in Germany into an American-Persian Baha’i family. Speaking three languages at once was the norm. I've lived in Europe, the USA, and Africa, and seen 25+ countries.

I studied IB at a United World College, whose mission is to be a “force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace.”

The above compel an approach of questioning assumptions, listening deeply, and seeking robust, collaborative solutions.

2️⃣ Doctor First

After IB, I toured 16+ European countries for a year with a German-based dance group; my dream was to become a multi-media producer. I became a medical doctor instead.

Apart from medical know-how, this discipline drove me to understand: 

(1) Patterns, systems, and insights from large volumes of data quickly
(2) People’s psychology, motivations, and drives dramatically improve team delivery
(3) That ‘life-and-death’ (LAD) is serious, but rare; life is mostly not LAD, so take moments under pressure to think clearly

3️⃣ Top-Tier Consulting

I’ve spent two decades in top-tier consulting, with McKinsey, Spencer Stuart, and otherwise.

I’ve held Executive, Board, and Advisory roles where broad perspectives were essential. 

One example: advising the CEO/Exco of a Financial Institution with a $10bn asset base and 800 professionals. Over two years, this client's profits doubled, and its funding pipeline grew by 147% to $1bn+ per year.  

I’ve seen the outsized value of structured, fact-driven, analytical, and disciplined approaches to incremental and innovative projects, pipelines, and problems.

4️⃣ Problems I Help You Solve

(1) I’ve spent 20,000+ hours over two decades processing leadership learnings and questions, which I post regularly. Ring the bell on my profile to be notified of these.

(2) Join “The Impactful Executive,” newsletter, where we address the three pains CEO face weekly.

(3) I help Boards and 'G3' Executives (CEOs, CHROs, CFOs) unlock value through: 

* Analytical Thinking (value drivers, model building) & Strategic Clarity (high-impact decisions)
* Execution Discipline (incremental and innovation-focused program management and value-building)
* Top Team Sciences (Exco engagement, effectiveness, efficiency, and senior team dynamics) 
* Executive Talent & Soundboarding (executive search global best practice, leadership advisory)

(4) I can hold a few Board and Exco advisory roles globally (esp. high-tech, high-growth).

If you'd like help driving outsized impact, please reach out.

Dr Ali Monadjem

Rachel Hamlin

If you want to be sure that I can help you scale without burnout and...

→ dial your focus
→ nurture your team
→ be present with your family

Then let me tell you what sets me apart from other coaches.

My POV is that SMART goals are a useful tool—but not enough to break through the unconscious resistance that has you stuck in cycles of burnout, boredom or lack of fulfillment. 

I combine somatic healing, hypnosis & insight coaching to help you eradicate stress from the root.

As a result, my clients experience significant change that sticks.

Take Ruby.

Ruby is a super high performer, and as head of product, she used to:

→ criticize herself constantly
→ struggle to balance work & life
→ aim lower than her full potential

I could pretty quickly able to see the emotional roots of Ruby’s critical self-talk. With her participation, we gently, lovingly and strategically worked through each of her doubts and insecurities using somatic hypnosis.

Anywhere she experienced stress or self-judgement, we updated her neural pathways to reflect confidence and curiosity.

In her own words:

Ruby has been bringing “way more boldness” to her work ever since.

She’s using her voice, exerting more influence and getting amazing feedback from her team.

SO many leaders are secretly struggling, and too scared to admit it.

Don't let that be you.

A happier, healthier work life is possible, and you can be the trailblazer whose refusal to suffer to succeed helps to rightsize the toxic aspects of our culture.

Performance Coach

Strategy Ladders

Mindset & High-Performance Coach

Pilea - Integrative Coaching for Businesses and Leaders

Executive Coach

Status.im

Where I learned that PM is one of the most stressful roles ever and you better love product if you want in.

Product Lead

ICONOSQUARE

Where I learned that working for the French is one of the best moves ever for your mental health.

Product Manager

Personal Sabbatical

Where I learned that in fact there is no such thing as too much free time if you enjoy learning, traveling and exploring consciousness.

Eat Pray Love

Capture Media, Inc.

Where I learned how to be scrappy building MVPs.

Product Specialist

VSA Partners

Where I learned how to work with human insight to create commercial things.

Strategist

Ogilvy & Mather

Digital Strategy Intern

Leo Burnett

Account Management Intern

Helping you create what you can't delegate: presence 🧘‍♀️ | Mindset Coach | Executive Coach | Breathwork Guide | 📍 Costa Rica

Been having "one of those weeks" for the last few years?

Ouch.

I can help.

Growing your revenue, closing another round or hiring another star player won't resolve the root cause.

If you've been:

- venting to your spouse every day about work for years
- talking in circles with a therapist
- trying to meditate or be more mindful
 
But still find yourself on an emotional rollercoaster—even as your bottom line has stabilized?

The issue isn't that you aren't working hard enough.

It's that your unconscious programming around work is making things harder than they need to be.

I'm NOT anti-hustle. 

I just know that there's a huge difference between working a lot because you love it and are inspired—

And working a lot because you don't feel sure of yourself. 🤨

Radical transformation is possible when you have true confidence and self-trust.

Before hiring me, my clients typically feel like they're consumed by busy work, everything is a five-alarm fire and they don't even know what they should be doing! 

After we work together... well, take it from them:

✨ ”I went from being a poster child for hustle culture—do more, work more, sleep when you’re dead—to a state of calm, slowness and flow, though I still work in a high-stress environment.” - senior exec

✨ “I went from being in very high doubt to grounded and trusting myself, which is such a freakish shift. My big fear in starting a company was always that I’d become a workaholic, but it turns out I can work harder than I ever expected without feeling drained." - founder

✨  “I was dealing with immense stress and being pulled in all different areas of the business. Working with Rachel was imperative to helping me navigate the challenges of a startup—from hiring, to strategy, to biz dev, to fundraising—so that I could wake up every day with drive and passion.” - senior exec

If you want to eliminate doubt, lack and confusion, call me.

I've helped over one hundred ambitious high-performers to get free from the pressure of their positions and grow their businesses or careers with way less stress.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. 💚

If you're around any critical family members today, keep this in mind:

You're not triggered because they're right.
But because there's a part of who you agrees with them.

May it be an opportunity to drop your guard + bring compassion to yourself.

(While keeping them out of your business.)

Cheers!

Performance Coach | Hypnosis & somatic healing | Self-approval is the only growth hack | 200+ happier, healthier leaders served

Would you withhold Netflix from yourself just because there are a couple of dishes in the sink?

You’re not that anal.

(Unless you're a Virgo, maybe.)

So imagine feeling as much ease about work.

I helped an entrepreneur get rid of his 'phantom anxiety' this week. 

'Phantom' because nothing was wrong. 

(New hire performing great. Clients happy. Team coming together.)

And yet — a sense of impending doom.

Because his body isn't used to being less busy.

And yes, there's stuff to do—but they're doing well enough as a team that *he* no longer needs to do so much.

Entrepreneurs, if you're going to live the dream that led you here: 

At some point, you accept that a to-do list is not meant to be done.

It's a fact of life, like laundry or dishes.

And then your work is no longer just the work you do for money.

It's helping your nervous system to upgrade as much as your business has, and allowing yourself to enjoy what you built.


#entrepreneurship #mindset #mindfulgrowth

Poking my head out from another LinkedIn sabbatical.

I've been learning YouTube & happily serving my current clients.

But here's my sunrise thought of the day:

There's nothing wrong with ebbing & flowing—even with your most consistent habits.

(Gym, posting, etc.)

Life has rhythm, and so do you.  ☺️

Performance Coach | Hypnosis & somatic healing | End burnout. Turn pressure → power | 100+ happier, more effective leaders served

Women, your self-critical thoughts are the *least interesting* thing inside your head.

After all, everyone else has the same ones.

Having spent the last five years coaching both men and women, I assure you, though—YOU are interesting. 

I've loved every conversation I've ever had with a woman. 🙂‍↕️

I get a kick out of introducing myself as a hypnotist.

People react like I've said I turn water to wine. 

Shock and awe.

Hypnosis is actually simple.

Through words, felt sense, imagery and something like guided meditation I can change your neural pathways.

But that wide-eyed reaction, that wonder—is wholly justified. 

Didn't Albert Einstein suggest that either nothing is a miracle, or everything is?

It so is.

This life is magic. 

And the way your mind bends reality is the best part. 

(LOTS happening subconsciously—which is the level we play on in hypnosis.) 

So YES, get excited if you meet a hypnotist.

Because that person knows that YOU are a magician. 😉


#hypnosis #performancecoaching #mindset

📸 - sunrise at Red Rocks & the only thing I wear in fall 🧸

Early on in my coaching business, it would have been easy to lean on 'empowering women' as a trope for attention. 

I personally don't have overt stories of misogyny from my tech days, so it never felt authentic.

After enough time on LinkedIn, though, I get it.

I've had overt challenges from men. (Not in good faith.)
And covert advances.

Speaking up here has led me to look at how much I've actually worked to be taken seriously in male-dominated environments.

It's made me aware of subtle ways I've suppressed my personality to do that.

Just recently, I've begun to awaken to the fact that being me:

→ playful/silly/'feminine'
→ trusting in my intuition
→ into astrology & esoteric systems

...is its own form of power.

I've finally begun to own that my clients LIKE when I'm less serious.
Or when I go off-script. 

And that my intuition has led to every amazing turn of events in my life.
Every great business upswing. Etc. 

My favorite trend of the last five years is women in corporate meetings talking about their moon signs. 🌙

And I think there is both a desire and a need for 'the feminine' to be more expressed at work.

Not just via girl talk and astrology.

But in real, rooted ways that can help us to change what's not working in business and capitalism.

I am now actually feeling the pull to speak more to women.

(Selfishly, too - I have *loved* every coaching conversation I've ever had with a woman because of how much we can feel)

Even though change is not just about more *women* in leadership—

I know what it's like to be a woman and wonder if I'm valuable in spite of XYZ (which would never occur to a man!)

So if you're a woman reading this & would like to unpack your experience rising in leadership, feel free to DM me.

I'd love to connect. 
I'd love to hear about your unique ways of weaving magic & kicking a**.

And I'd love for you to know that you are valuable.

Even if you're soft-spoken, or in debt, or looking your age—or any other condition that's led you to question. 

Under no conditions should you feel held back. 

(And just to spell it out, I'll always appreciate my male clients too. I'm not taking sides here; we're on the same team.)

Dreams aren't silly. 

Please take the pressure off yourself to be exceptional before you can pursue yours!

And don't tell me that opening a pizza shop wouldn't be "respectable enough" if that's where you felt pulled.

You'll find the most success in the lane that's whispering to YOU.

I notice people are upset about impressions tanking.

(Unless you change your gender to a man, in which case I hear they go up again.)

I think this is giving away your power.

Here's what's had an impact on my business recently:

→ Being more truthful
→ Making risky-but-feels-right decisions
→ Adding new offers for current clients

All intuitively guided decisions.

Part of my promise to myself to put what's important, above what's obvious. 

Actually, when I look back - the year I had the best social media performance to date was my lowest year in revenue. 

I don't love how the algorithm or the corporations behind them operate.

But they don't make or break me.

Money absolutely makes you happy when:

→ You do work you love.
→ You love who you are while doing it.
→ You do good for others, too.

Now all of that takes work—

And it's just the kind of sweat equity I'm here for.

How to stay grounded in the holiday season 👇

(From a professional hypnotist, somatic coach & stress-destroyer.)


These tips are perhaps obvious.

But I know that sometimes the only reminder my clients get is in their hour with me.

So here’s a refresher:


1. Remember you’re not the only one overwhelmed.

When stressed, our focus narrows—and it feels like we are uniquely struggling.

That makes it harder. So give yourself and others grace knowing we’re all in it together.


2. Your breath can regulate stress. Use it.

My favorite grounding breath is to exhale longer than you inhale.

Bonus points for a humming sound.

(Both down-regulate us.)


3. Do a morning and evening sweep of your inbox.

This will just signal to your body that you’re on top of things—so there’s no need for extra anxiety.


4. Lean into the magic of the season. 

Be generous, with your words if nothing else. Speak kindly, focus on gratitude.

Don't let all the advertising make you shopping-obsessed. It's about what you have, not what you lack.


And there you have it.

Any other tips for managing the holidays and a full work schedule? Share ‘em 👇


#mindset #emotionalregulation

Anyone else trying to detox from social? (Again?)

It’s wild how hard it is to enjoy a book when your brain’s all hopped up from apps.

About ~20 minutes into reading last night—roughly the time required to focus—I had this thought:

“Wow, isn’t it amazing how many millions of worlds authors have created for us to escape into when the internet and the real world are too much?”

Went from “meh, reading” to “wow, reading!!!” real fast. 

Anyway, give me your tips on staying away from social? 

Or better—some good reasons to do so 😬


📸 - world’s biggest library fan here

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