Executive Coach, Author, International Speaker
Transforming the way WE work and lead together.
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About Rania Anderson
Rania Anderson is the trusted executive coach and strategic thought partner to high-performing leaders navigating pivotal moments of growth, transition, and impact.
With over 25 years of experience working with C-suite executives, senior leaders, and global organizations, Rania shares a wealth of wisdom, insights, ideas and perspective. As a former senior leader with international business expertise and as an author and an immigrant, she operates and contributes at the intersection of business strategy, leadership performance, and inclusive impact.
Global Expert
Executive Coach, International Business Experience, Inclusive Leadership, Gender Parity and Advancement of Women Globally
THE WAY WOMEN WORK
Founder of a platform that guides women and success-minded leaders and managers with transformational ways to work, and lead equitably together.
PRess
A Women’s Media Center SheSource expert, the go-to resource for journalists, bookers, and producers. Select articles about, written by and quoting Rania available here.
Executive Leadership Coach
25+ years guiding leaders to boost their success and achieve their objectives.
Author
WE: Men, Women, and The Decisive Formula for Winning at Work (Wiley September 2018). A new playbook to recruit, retain, and lead with high-caliber women in the workplace. lead inclusively and achieve gender parity.
UNDETERRED: The Six Success Habits of Women in Emerging Economies: the first career advice book written for educated, ambitious women in emerging markets.
Speaker
Keynote and moderate panels at corporations, conferences and universities around the world especially in the United States, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Corporate LEADERSHIP
Early career (1984-1997) at Bank of America and its predecessor banks. Contributed in a variety of capacities including: international banking, training, executive development and HR. Attained a senior leadership role.
Education
Masters of Science, Foreign Service, honors concentration International Business, Georgetown University. Bachelor of Science, Business, Oklahoma State University.
Investor
Co-founded the 8th women’s angel network investor network formed in the U.S. to provide equity capital to women-led startups.
Executive Coach
Rania partners with executives, founders, and mission-driven leaders to help them rise to new challenges, expand their leadership influence, and drive meaningful, measurable outcomes. Whether you’re stepping into a new role, scaling a team, or leading through transformation, get the clarity, insight, and evidence-based actions you need to challenge and expand your thinking and to lead decisively and inclusively.
Typical Coaching Topics
- Leadership Transition
- Strategic/business challenges
- Executive presence
- Decision making
- Career advancement and transition
- Improving productivity
- Talent and succession planning
- Fixing a difficult situation
- Leading and developing staff
- Building successful work teams
- Building diverse, equitable and inclusive teams and workplaces
Partial List of Clients
- ADM
- Bank of America
- BNIM Architecture
- Black and Veatch
- Campfire
- C2F0
- Children’s Mercy Hospital
- Ferrell Capital
- H&R Block Financial Advisors
- HMS Host
- Inolex
- INTRUST Bank
- Samson Dental
- MWH
- Owens-Illinois
- Pioneer Services
- Polymer Group, Inc
- Promotions Unlimited
- Root Capital
- Southern Company
- SSP
- St. Luke’s Hospital
- Union Bank
- Vytelle
- Water.org
- Zillner Marketing Communications
Books
WE: MEN, WOMEN, AND THE DECISIVE FORMULA FOR WINNING AT WORK
“As a business leader, you have the opportunity to change your workplace every day, and this should be your playbook…Rania Anderson’s remarkably lucid book is a subtle gem.”
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Partner Emeritus McKinsey & Company
UNDETERRED: THE SIX SUCCESS HABITS OF WOMEN IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
UNDETERRED is the first career advice book for ambitious women in emerging economies. The award-winning book is based on Rania’s expertise, specific strategies, and inspiring interviews with over 250 women in growth economies.
Keynote Speaker
Dynamic. Insightful. Unforgettable.
Rania Anderson delivers keynote experiences that spark action and elevate leadership.
As a global expert on gender parity and inclusive leadership, Rania brings a bold, research-driven voice to the stage—backed by decades of business experience and deep cross-cultural insight. She speaks directly to the priorities of today’s organizations: building diverse, high-performing teams and driving equity through leadership that works.
Rania’s keynotes are more than inspiring—they’re immediately actionable. Audiences leave equipped with practical strategies they can put to use right away, whether they’re executives in the boardroom, managers on the rise, or employees across industries and sectors.
She’s spoken to thousands of leaders across the globe—from Fortune 100 companies and fast-growing startups to nonprofits and top-tier universities—empowering them to lead with clarity, courage, and inclusion.
