René Carayol is a leading executive coach and leadership expert, who has enjoyed a successful career working amongst top Fortune 500 and blue-chip companies. Renowned for his advice and support he provides to employees and highly successful CEOs, René has a reputable track record and has worked with companies such as IKEA, Google and the World Bank Group. With a distinguished career to his name, René is now booked as a speaker and coach for corporate events covering topics such as inclusive leadership, collaboration is the new leadership and strength-based leadership.
Now a world-leading executive coach, René has enjoyed a successful career with many top organisations. He has been a Visiting Professor in MSc Management at the Cass Business School since 2012 and also enjoyed over a decade as the Chief Executive of the Inspired Leaders Network. Having also worked with firms such as Marks and Spencer, PepsiCo and IPC Media, René has both sat in boardrooms and coached some of the greatest world leaders. René has also been fortunate to author his own books, writing the titles of Corporate Voodoo, My Voodoo and SPIKE: What Are You Great At?.
In the days before he was an internationally successful executive coach, René studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science from where he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Sociology. Upon his graduation, René joined Marks and Spencer as the Senior IT Management and started his journey of learning what makes a business successful. He later went on to become the Systems Director at PepsiCo and the Board Director and Managing Director of IPC Media. Such roles have allowed René to have the confidence and authority to appear on Sky, the BBC and ITV and in features in the Leadership Magazine and Business Reporter.
Now working as an expert executive coach, René knows the culture of businesses inside out and inspires audiences with how collaboration can make an organisation stronger. Providing straightforward yet compelling advice, René encourages leaders to take control and change their corporate culture and emphasises the impact of having an emotionally intelligent approach can have. He also encourages people to pay attention to strength-based leadership, a method that will help businesses to build their employee’s confidence, inclusive and high-performance teams.
Having worked with many of the world’s leading CEOs and managers, René is now booked as a speaker for a range of corporate events. Most recently, René has been speaking on the subject of cultural transformation and leading through a crisis after recent events with the Black Lives Matter Movement. With the importance of racial and social awareness increasing, René is also able to speak on the importance of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance and the impact it has on success for a business. Also as a speaker, he covers topics of inclusive leadership, collaboration and strength-based leadership. With anecdotes of practical experience and insightful knowledge, René Carayol is the perfect speaker to bring understanding to how collaboration will make businesses stronger.
