Rachael Melot speaks to organizations and groups about the programs and policies that unintentionally prohibit or hinder the advancement of women to executive level jobs. She uses her experiences running companies, organizations and not for profits coupled with her personal successes and failures to tell great stories that teach lessons while keeping audiences entertained.
You can count on Rachael to leave you motivated to create company cultures that promote the success and health of both women and men in high stress environments.
Rachael’s experience in the high profile position of an NCAA women’s basketball referee, while running multiple companies, and influencing local community policy provides real-life theory-in-practice situations lined with humor to guide individuals and companies to realize their greater potential.
She was recognized for her entrepreneurship in 2014 – 15 when she was asked to serve as one of 12 women in the United States in the Bush Institute’s Women’s Initiative Fellowship program to mentor a Tunisian business woman for one year. Rachael led the State of Oklahoma’s inaugural Blue Zones Project community through Blue Zones Project Certification, adding healthy choices and promoting policies that help residents live longer, better.
Melot has been recognized across her home state of Oklahoma for her small business entrepreneurial spirit. She was awarded Top Ten Most Powerful People of the Decade by the Countywide Newspaper in 2020, one of the Oklahoma Journal Records, Woman of the Year in 2022, and she was voted class Ambassador in her 2021 Leadership Oklahoma graduating class
Rachael is the author of the website www.SuccessWithoutApology.com, which expands on content from her book, The Ten Commandments of #SuccessWithoutApology. She also holds a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and can be booked for your next retreat, keynote, or training. Inquire or request a booking here.
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