Rebecca Shambaugh

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Fearless Leadership in a World of Disruption and Transformation

September 30, 2025 By Rebecca Shambaugh

Leaders face increasingly tough challenges in a world that’s experiencing massive uncertainty. Today, whether it’s geopolitics, technology disruptions from AI’s increasing role in our lives, or climate change, a number of trends are converging that make the job of leadership more critical than ever — at the very time when it’s more complicated to lead. […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: courage, disruption, executive presence, leaders rise podcast, Leadership Development, podcast

Leadership Development and Coaching Are Key to Leader — and Employee — Engagement

August 20, 2025 By Rebecca Shambaugh

Figuring out how to boost employee engagement is a top leadership concern — yet the numbers show we’re collectively going backward in workplace engagement worldwide. The 2025 Gallup “State of the Workplace” Report shows that global employee engagement has plummeted still further, from already low engagement last year to now just 21% engagement in 2025. […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: employee engagement, executive coaching, Leadership Development

Women’s Leadership: Living and Leading a Fully Integrated Life

September 27, 2023 By Rebecca Shambaugh

As leaders, many of us are experiencing new challenges in the new workplace. To help women leaders navigate this, SHAMBAUGH’s Women in Leadership and Learning (WILL) program is helping women step more confidently into their leadership roles, providing ways to get out of their own way and take the lead. I founded WILL over 20 years ago as […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: executive coaching, inclusive leadership, Leadership Development, women's leadership

Women Are Rapidly Reentering the Workforce—Here’s What Companies Need to Do About It

August 28, 2023 By Rebecca Shambaugh

On August 4, I was interviewed on Talk Radio WGCH to share my perspective on some of the key national and global changes that women in the workforce are experiencing since founding the leadership training program Women in Leadership and Learning (WILL) two decades ago. A major shift that I highlighted on the show was that at […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: executive coaching, executive presence, Leadership Development, Women in Leadership

How to Be a Leader Who Has Influence by Developing an Executive Voice

March 6, 2023 By Rebecca Shambaugh

Women’s leadership requires not only a strong executive presence, but also an authoritative executive voice. Executive voice is a critical component of executive presence, and Harvard Business Review recently developed a video to highlight my work in this area. The HBR video hits on the key points of an HBR article that I wrote called “To Sound Like a Leader, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: building relationships, Executive Voice, influencing, Leadership Development, strategic leadership

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Rebecca’s keynote for the Forté Foundation’s conference made me really think about the importance of having a personal brand. Her words, guidance and personal stories were so inspiring for creating and getting my brand out to the right people. — Director, American Chamber of Commerce

Rebecca’s keynote address was inspiring and extremely well received, it resonated with the attendees. I have received an overwhelming amount of response, positive I must say, regarding her keynote address. — Executive Vice President, MedImmune

Rebecca’s talk was excellent, very informative and engaging. This was the best talk I’ve attended at IBM. Not only was it informative but I will be utilizing Rebecca’s concepts in my career planning. — Vice President, IBM

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