Rachel Mahoney

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About Rachel Mahoney - Communication and Connection Expert, Media Personality, Author, and Keynote Speaker:

Rachel Mahoney, formerly known as Rachel DeAlto, is an award winning leadership and communication keynote speaker. She helps leaders and teams create stronger connection, communicate more effectively, and strengthen culture and engagement.

She is the author of “The Relatable Leader: Create a Culture of Connection” and “relatable: How to Connect with Anyone Anywhere (Even if It Scares You)”, where she blends research, real-world insight, and practical tools leaders can actually use.

Rachel holds a law degree and a master’s degree in psychology and has earned the Certified Speaking Professional® (CSP) designation through the National Speakers Association, one of the profession's most respected credentials. She shares psychology-backed insights on communication, leadership, and human connection across her influential social media platforms.

Her work has been recognized globally. Rachel has been named a Global Guru in Communication and a Top Impact Speaker, distinctions that reflect her ability to create meaningful, lasting change for leaders and teams.

A trusted expert in the media, Rachel has appeared on Lifetime’s Married at First Sight, TLC’s Kate+Date, and more than 200 national outlets. Her TEDx talk, Being Authentic in a Filtered World, is featured on TED.com and explores the power of authentic communication in a digital age.

With years of experience on stages around the globe, Rachel empowers leaders and teams to communicate with clarity, lead with relatability, and build high-performing, human-centered cultures. She is a sought-after keynote speaker for organizations ready to turn connection into a competitive advantage.

Topics and Audience Takeaways

What Rachel Mahoney Talks About:

RELATABLE
A keynote that transforms communication into trust, connection, and measurable performance outcomes.

Relatability isn’t soft — it’s strategic. Rooted in Rachel’s proprietary framework, this experience equips professionals with research-backed tools to build trust, strengthen communication, and increase influence.

For Teams
Strengthen collaboration by learning how to show up authentically and make space for others. Teams leave with tools to reduce friction, increase trust, and improve day-to-day communication. [Best for: Teams, departments, company-wide events; Key outcomes: Improved collaboration, clearer communication, stronger relationships]
For Leaders
Build psychological safety and belonging in a way that drives performance, not just morale. Leaders learn how to increase visibility, reduce disengagement, and create cultures where people feel valued and accountable. [Best for: Leadership conferences, executive teams, people managers; Key outcomes: Increased trust, stronger leadership presence, better engagement]
For Sales
Increase influence by helping prospects feel understood. Sales professionals learn how visibility and emotional intelligence accelerate trust and shorten sales cycles. [Best for: Sales teams, revenue leaders, client-facing organizations; Key outcomes: Stronger client relationships, improved communication, increased trust]
For CX
Transform service interactions by making customers feel genuinely seen and valued. CX teams learn how visibility, empathy, and intentional communication drive loyalty, retention, and brand trust. [Best for: CX teams, service organizations, customer-facing roles; Key outcomes: Stronger customer relationships, improved service experience, increased loyalty]

SEEN
The deepest human need at work isn’t recognition. It’s to feel seen.

SEEN is an immersive, research-grounded keynote that moves audiences from invisibility to action. Through powerful storytelling, live reflection exercises, and practical tools, Rachel guides leaders and teams through what it truly means to acknowledge, validate, include, and know one another at work.

Participants don’t just hear about belonging. They experience it in real time.

For Teams
Help teams build deeper connection and collaboration by learning how to truly see and value one another. Teams gain practical tools to reduce friction, increase psychological safety, and create an environment where people feel supported and motivated to contribute. [Best for: Best for: Teams, cross-functional groups, culture and engagement events, opening sessions; Key outcomes: Stronger collaboration, increased engagement, improved communication, greater sense of belonging]
For Leaders
Create cultures where people feel visible, valued, and safe to contribute — without sacrificing performance. Leaders walk away with practical strategies to strengthen trust, improve retention, and build belonging as a measurable driver of engagement. [Best for: Leaders, managers, executive teams, association events; Key outcomes: Stronger leadership communication, improved retention, higher trust, increased engagement]

Recent Publications

“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!”