Rachel DeAlto

Relationships are the foundation of everything

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  • Communication and Relationship Expert
  • Television Host
  • Teamwork
  • Business
  • Human Resources

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About

Rachel DeAlto is on a mission to connect people to their most powerful resource—each other.

Rachel is a communication and relatability expert, media personality, and former attorney who combines her education (she also maintains a Master’s in psychology) with her corporate and start-up experience to create a blueprint that allows leaders, entrepreneurs, and teams to build better connections and thereafter, better everything.

Rachel’s programs are highly interactive, customized, and create the potential for a ripple effect in every area of the audience’s lives. Her signature programs involve a framework that helps people understand themselves, their relationships, and their impact on others. She has trained executives, employees, and teams in a variety of industries around the world: from global Fortune 500 companies to startups, governments to nonprofits. And she does it all with her trademark humor and energy.

She is the author of “relatable: How to Connect with Anyone Anywhere (Even if It Scares You)” (Simon & Schuster, 2021), and has appeared as an expert on Lifetime’s Married at First Sight and over 200+ national media outlets. She also maintains an influential social media presence where she shares psychological research updates and practical takeaways to connect and communicate more efficiently. Rachel speaks on leadership, the power of connection, emotional intelligence, and fearless authenticity with her most recent TEDx, Being Authentic in a Filtered World, featured on TED.com.

Topics

The Relatable Leader: Create a Culture of Connection

In today’s complex business environment, effective leadership is not just about expertise or influence – it’s about building trust and respect by cultivating genuine human connections with your team.

Delivered through compelling storytelling, interactive exercises, and grounded in Rachel’s own proprietary leadership research study, this transformative keynote will empower your audience to become a relatable leader who inspires trust, motivates others, and achieves remarkable results.

Rachel DeAlto’s research specifically defined the key interpersonal leadership qualities that teams are looking for in managers and executives – and the results are likely not what you would expect. The presentation will explore the behaviors and traits that foster strong bonds and drive performance across generations.

The audience will unlock powerful and practical strategies to foster a culture of connection that drives collaboration, productivity, and success. By emphasizing compassion and leading with emotional intelligence, your audience will revolutionize their approach to elevate your unique leadership abilities.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN HOW TO:

  • Master the art of creating meaningful connections to enhance leadership skills and build trust

  • Implement techniques to engage and encourage teams toward exceptional performance

  • Break down silos and improve communication between team members

  • Foster psychological safety to boost collaboration

  • Build an organizational culture rooted in trust, motivation, and respect

This keynote will provide leaders across industries with the strategies and insights to transform team relationships and accelerate success through meaningful connections.

Relatable leaders deliver real results.

The Power of Connection: Relatable Sales Strategies for a Changing World

Sales is about more than numbers. It’s about meaningful human connections.

As buyer behavior evolves, forward-thinking sales teams are connecting more authentically to thrive. They understand today’s buyers want to work with people who understand their needs and provide customized value.

This requires a focus on building genuine relationships beyond transactions.

Communication and relatability expert Rachel DeAlto shares proven strategies for sales teams to embrace this change and drive growth by leading with connection.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN HOW TO:

  • Relate to modern buyers’ motivations and priorities

  • Strengthen communication by listening to understand

  • Build expertise and confidence through co-creation

  • Form authentic partnerships via shared purpose and passion

  • Continuously develop relatability skills and mindsets

  • Optimize activities to nurture relationships

Sales leaders will gain actionable techniques to help their teams connect more deeply, convert more contacts into satisfied clients, and maximize the potential of every relationship.

Testimonials

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT
Intelligent, witty, engaging, passionate, and relatable…just a few of the ways our staff described Rachel following her keynote during our annual ALL IN meeting. From the start of her keynote, Rachel brought our team together. Rachel helped everyone learn how building relationships can be their superpower with each other, clients, family, and friends. Don’t wait - hire Rachel today!
PRESIDENT, LEAGUE OF SOUTHEASTERN CREDIT UNIONS
Rachel DeAlto provided an energetic and captivating keynote at our leadership conference on how to be more relatable that resonated with attendees. She helped people discover how to better connect, listen, and be more empathetic. It is a subject relevant for all business leaders and she received rave reviews.
PRESIDENT & CEO, CROSSSTATE CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION
Rachel DeAlto’s keynote at our annual convention was simply fantastic. Her energy and positivity were amazing, and she really connected in a personal way with our audience. Rachel was well-prepared, provided great content and was fun to watch.”
ALTA
Everything you could hope for and more with a presenter. She tailored her presentation to our needs and audience. She gave such access ahead of time with the planning that we felt comfortable with her style and knew that she would work incredibly well and connect with our members. She was so positive and engaging that each time we ended a meeting we all knew that her portion of our meeting was one we never needed to worry about. If we could feel that way about her then we knew our audience would as well!
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & CUSTOMER CARE
Some of the best feedback we received from our attendees were on the two sessions that Rachel DeAlto presented. Our attendees describe her as engaging, relevant, funny, and informative. Rachel provided techniques that could immediately be implemented in the workplace. Rachel’s sessions should be required at every conference, and we can’t wait to work with her again in the future!
CEO OF PURE ROMANCE
Thank you for being awesome. We had amazing feedback from the Consultants. They really connected with your statement and message saying you were very real, personable, warm, approachable, relatable, funny, “just like us.” Thank you for everything and looking forward to working with you in the future.
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