Rachel Bolton

When organizations are navigating complexity – change that isn't going well, a team that can't find its footing, strategy that isn't translating into results – that's where my consulting work at Dalar International is most at home. As a Co-Owner, Steward, and Director, I'm deeply invested in this community's vitality – because the more we thrive, the further the Genuine Contact Way reaches.

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I work with organizations where the real challenge runs deeper than what's visible on the surface – and where lasting change means working with the whole system, not just the symptoms. As Senior Consultant at Dalar International Consultancy, my work spans four interconnected areas: helping leaders create conditions where people step into their own leadership; facilitating participatory processes that unlock collective wisdom; designing organizations that build resilience across all six cultural dimensions; and coaching individuals and teams to reconnect with their authentic purpose and work with renewed energy.

My work has taken me across three continents and into organizations of many kinds (nonprofits, NGOs, social enterprises, and purpose-driven businesses). That range of contexts has taught me that thriving looks different in every context – and that figuring out what it looks like in yours is always worth the work.

I completed my Train the Trainer in September 2002 and have been a Co-Owner since 2006. I've served as Director of this organization since 2017. My work with Dalar has also found its way into print – I've contributed chapters to five published works, including The Genuine Contact Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership and Facilitating with Stories: Ethics, Reflective Practice, and Philosophies.

Beyond consulting, I'm always interested in connecting with members who are working on similar challenges, exploring collaboration, or looking for a thought partner on GCO initiatives. If any of that resonates, I'd love to hear from you.

Why the Genuine Contact way of working?

I've never believed that organizations have to choose between getting things done and taking care of the people doing them. That belief didn't come from a theory – it came from watching what happens when both are present at the same time.

Early in my career I saw what it looked like when they were separated. Productive but depleting. Caring but directionless. The results were always incomplete in some way. When I began learning the Genuine Contact Way, I recognized something I had already sensed was possible but hadn't yet seen done consistently well.

Nearly thirty years later, I'm still here because it keeps delivering on that promise. Real work gets done. People work feeling valued, heard, and like their contribution matters – not as an afterthought, but woven into how the work itself unfolds. And something else happens too – people begin to see that their work can be a place where they contribute to something beyond the immediate task. Healthier teams. Stronger communities. Organizations that treat people as the wise, capable contributors they are.

Services Rooted in Genuine Contact

What services do you offer that are rooted in Genuine Contact?

My consulting work at Dalar International is organized around four interconnected areas – each rooted in the Genuine Contact Way and grounded in your real business needs.

Simplifying Leadership – Working with leaders to create conditions where people step into their own leadership, navigate complexity with clarity, and build the capacity to lead well over the long term.

Participatory Methods that Get Results – Facilitating processes that unlock the collective wisdom already present in your organization – from critical strategic meetings to complex planning and change processes.

Designing Thriving Organizations – Working with organizations as living systems, strengthening culture and capacity across all six cultural dimensions so that both people and performance can flourish together.

Aligning with Your Genuine Self – Coaching individuals and teams to reconnect with what matters most – their purpose, their energy, and their capacity to lead from a place of genuine contact with themselves.

Find out more about how we work with organizations.