Rachel Benyola

Get to know Rachel.

This Forbes 30 Under 30 list maker, Rachel Benyola, brings a decade of leadership experience, psychotherapy training, and executive coaching expertise to her coaching practice. Her background as a CEO and startup founder gives leaders the strategic edge to make quick, yet methodical decisions that value the well-being of your team, your business, and yourself. Rachel's startup expertise lies in go-to-market strategy, talent development, partnership development with large enterprises, rapid prototyping, and fundraising strategy. In addition, I work with founders struggling with burnout either in the midst of startup growth or after their company has been sold or closed. I help these current and former founders figure out their next professional steps.

Rachel approaches leaders as a peer, utilizing past experiences and understanding to pull back the layers of clients to find their zone of genius as well as blind spots, which allows leadership teams to create and execute visions that they did not know were possible. She meets leaders where they are, pushing them to develop stronger strategic and communication skills or guiding them as a business advisor with practical plans to tackle internal team challenges and organizational change.

Location

Rachel belongs to Pilea's
Los Angeles Chapter

Booking

Click here to book a 60-minute
meeting with Rachel

Email

Feel free to email Rachel at rkbenyola@gmail.com

  • "I had the privilege of receiving executive coaching from Rachel. She gave me transparent feedback, championing my successes and pushing me to break through challenges. Her innovative insights helped form new ways of thinking...She transformed my leadership!"

    Kelle | Senior VP, Retail

  • "Rachel has a gift for nurturing and mentoring leadership in others. She sees the good in people, works through their strengths, and recognizes the need to create structures that will carry her innovations forward. She has an entrepreneurial spirit and this can be seen in her many creative accomplishments. Yet, she is fully grounded and knows how to bring out leadership in others."

    Maurice | Senior Director, Higher Education

  • "Rachel ... brings a unique blend of expertise, psychology, discernment, intelligence, empathy and confidence to every project or person she encounters. ... I cannot say enough good things about Rachel, plus she is an absolute pleasure to work with. I have known Rachel a long time, and she has never failed me or others...She is remarkable!"

    Carl | Senior Director, HR

  • Certified in the Coaching Mindset Index Assessment

  • Certified in the AIIR Team Effectiveness Assessment

  • Certified psychedelic facilitator and trip-sitter

  • MBA in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship from Drexel University

  • Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Chestnut Hill College

  • 360 Assessments, DISC, and The Hogan

Trainings & Certifications
  • Founder (bootstrapped, small business)

  • Startup experience

  • Corporate Management or Executive experience

  • Engineering experience

  • Founder (venture-backed)

  • Sales experience

  • Branding & Marketing experience

  • Human Resources Experience

Specialties & Experience