Rupal Patel

Rupal Patel is a former CIA Intelligence-Officer-turned-serial entrepreneur. She reveals how the techniques of the CIA can help anyone remake the rules of success and become unstoppable.

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You spoke perfectly to everyone in the room. You left many if not all of us thinking in new directions. You are truly inspirational. Thank you for your time and honesty with sharing.

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Rupal is a sought-after international speaker and corporate consultant who has spoken in front of thousands and worked with top-tier organizations around the globe.
Her trailblazing work has been incorporated into the MBA and Executive MBA programs at London Business School, Henley Business School, and the University of Edinburgh Business School.
She is the author of the international best-seller From CIA to CEO: Unconventional Life Lessons for Thinking Bigger, Leading Better, and Being Bolder, which offers a powerful new toolkit for living and leading that reveals how the techniques of the CIA can help anyone remake the rules of success and become unstoppable.

Rupal Patel is a former CIA analyst turned international speaker and corporate consultant. She is the author of the international best-seller, “From CIA to CEO,” which reveals how the techniques of the CIA can help anyone become unstoppable.

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Keynotes

Keynote by Rupal Patel: Deploying Strategic Imbalance™

Too often leaders are inundated with inputs, demands, and decisions crying out for attention. Learn how to face this onslaught by deploying strategic imbalance and cut through noise, be more effective, and execute priorities more consistently.

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Keynote by Rupal Patel: Resilience & High Pressure Performance

Drawing on her experiences in the field and high-stakes settings, Rupal will train you how to become resilient and agile in the face of uncertainty, challenges, and intense pressure so you can keep going and accomplish your goals no matter the circumstances.

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Keynote by Rupal Patel: Unshakable: The Power of a Learning Leader

Too often leadership is conflated with having “the answers” when the reality is far messier. Learn how to move past the myth of an “all-knowing” leader to becoming a more powerful and effective Learning Leader™ that will make you and your organization unshakable.

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Keynote by Rupal Patel: Closing the Confidence Gap & Visibility Gap for Women Leaders

Much is made of the gender pay gap, and gender authority gap, but both are exacerbated by the confidence gap and visibility gap women confront. In this this session, Rupal will arm you with tangible tools to close the visibility gap and confidence gap so you can drive your career and champion your achievements without becoming "self-promotey".

You’ll leave with adaptable and transferable skills for building deep confidence and being seen and heard on your terms, whether you want to win new business, become an industry thought leader, or be featured in the media. Banish “impostor syndrome” once and for all, and bring yourself and your expertise into the world to shine, authentically and powerfully.

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Keynote by Rupal Patel: Leading through Failure, Uncertainty, and Challenges

Leaders and organizations must prepare and train for when the mission goes wrong. This session is your “basic training” for battling whatever comes your way.

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Keynote by Rupal Patel: Intentional Experimentation & the Pursuit of Excellence

Develop an “enlightened swagger” as you learn how to follow the leads, experiment intentionally, and unlock the excellence within yourself, your teams, and your organization.

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Keynote by Rupal Patel: Communicating with Power and Authenticity

Communication is an art and a science: the art comes from honing your style and the science comes from leveraging psychology and human nature. Learn how to uncover your personal “art”, learn the universal science, and communicate powerfully with anyone, anywhere, about anything.

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Customer Reviews

You spoke perfectly to everyone in the room. You left many if not all of us thinking in new directions. You are truly inspirational. Thank you for your time and honesty with sharing.

Katie Moseley Heathrow Express

Your talk was absolutely sensational, I couldn't stop myself from taking notes. It came to me at the correct moment in my life and I'm so grateful to have been there to witness your presence and what you had to say...LIVE

Nikita McKee Adult Practice Lead

Thank you for coming to speak with us at the Weehawken office. I'm really inspired by your presentation and the delivery. Very easily a TED talk. Keep doing what you do!

Firdaws Ashiru Finance

Rupal ran a session with us at Ekimetrics on responding to challenge and building inner strength. She was absolutely fantastic. Ekimetrics is an internationally-based company made up predominantly of data scientists and analytical thinkers, and Rupal really took that into account for our session, offering practical and logical tools & solutions that our teams could relate to and incorporate into their own lives. She really took our brief for the session onboard and created something that fit perfectly with not only what we were aiming to achieve, but also to who Ekimetrics are as people. Rupal's session was dynamic, engaging and above all, full of thought provoking guidance! Highly recommend her!

Katherine Baylis All things recruitment & talent at Archilogic

We had the pleasure of having Rupal join us for a workshop on “finding your voice” surrounding International Women's Day. The inspiring and relatable conversation addressed a major challenge many of us face at different points in our lives - being our authentic selves. The level of depth, life experience and insight that Rupal brought to the conversation left our team with much to reflect on as we manage our lives and careers. Thank you for an engaging and memorable session.

Global VP Anheuser-Busch InBev

Rupal Patel

Unleash the unstoppable leader within you

Rupal Patel’s high-octane career has taken her from military briefing rooms in jungles and war zones to corporate boardrooms and international stages. During her thrilling career as an analyst and field agent at the CIA, she advised Four-Star Generals, earned War Zone Service Medals, and was recognized by the CIA Director for “superior support to the President of the United States.”

After leaving the CIA, she earned her MBA from London Business School and started her first award-winning business over ten years ago. Called a ‘Power Woman’ by Harper's Bazaar Magazine and a ‘super-strategist’ by her clients, Rupal is a sought-after international speaker and corporate consultant who has spoken in front of thousands and worked with top-tier organizations around the globe.

Her trailblazing work has been incorporated into the MBA and Executive MBA programs at London Business School, Henley Business School, and the University of Edinburgh Business School, and her commitment to developing the next generation of leaders extends into her pro bono work as an Advisor for Virgin Startup and as Entrepreneur in Residence at London Business School.

She is the author of the international best-seller From CIA to CEO: Unconventional Life Lessons For Thinking Bigger, Leading Better, and Being Bolder (to be translated into Chinese in February 2023 and launching in North America in May 2023). The book offers a powerful new toolkit for living and leading that reveals how the techniques of the CIA can help anyone remake the rules of success and become unstoppable.