Rebekah Delsol
Profile
Rebekah is an experienced leader, programme manager, researcher, and coach, with a passion for driving social change and supporting transformation. Her expertise is grounded in over twenty years of experience in challenging discrimination through research, philanthropy, campaigning/advocacy, strategic litigation, collaboration and centring marginalised voices.
For over a decade, Rebekah managed the Open Society Justice Initiative’s global initiative on racial profiling. Rebekah led a large international team focused on building community and civil society capacity to challenge racial profiling, research and strategic litigation and changing structures and cultures in police institutions. Rebekah also provided strategic leadership on the Inclusion, Equity and Well-being initiative for the Justice Initiative. Rebekah is founding member and trustee of the charity StopWatch, a coalition that uses research and action to promote fair and accountable policing. Rebekah is currently the Director of Strategy for Healing Justice London. This organisation creates spaces for healing, capacity building and structural intervention drawing on social, disability and health justice, embodiment, creative-arts therapy, trauma-informed practice, and authentic lived experience participation.
Rebekah’s experience of managing teams and recognition of the role of individuals and teams in organisational and social change, led her to train as a coach. She is passionate about using coaching to accelerate social impact. Rebekah has worked with individuals and teams from corporate, education, health, and charity sectors. She believes coaching is about human connection, co-creating spaces where people can develop new capacities to see opportunities for themselves and those around them and develop the resources to make personal and social change. Coachees often comment on Rebekah’s kindness, warmth and humour combined with her curiosity, ability to challenge and ask tough questions.Areas of Expertise
Andrea has worked with senior leaders, academics, researchers, professional services staff, and high potential managers from very diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Leadership and Management development
Leading Change
Resilience and wellbeing
Courageous Conversations
Working effectively across difference to develop inclusive high performing teams
Career development and progression
Areas of expertise
Rebekah has worked with senior leaders, academics, third sector organisations and movement leaders.
· Leadership and management
· Social change impact
· Team Coaching
· Building Resilience (mental health, healing and wellbeing)
· Leading and managing organisational change
· Navigating the workplace
· Overcoming barriers to individual change
Education and Professional Certification
Academic
· PhD. Sociology, University of Warwick (2007)
· MA Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Warwick (2002)
· BA (Hons) American Studies, University of Manchester (2001)
Professional
· Professional Certificate in Team, Board and Systemic Coaching, Henley Business School (2021, ongoing)
· Diploma in Coaching (Developing Mastery towards PCC qualification). Coaching Development (2020, ongoing)
· Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Oxford Mindfulness Centre (2021)
· Climate Change Coaching Training, Climate Change Coaches (2021)
· Transactional Analysis 101 & 202, Coaching Development Ltd. (2019)
· Professional Coaching Skills, Coaching Development Ltd. (2019)
Membership of Professional or Coaching Bodies
· International Coach Federation (ICF) – ACC