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February 1, 2026 -
Chapter ‘Career planning and strategic time management’ in the multi-contributor book ‘Making Every Six Minutes Count: Mastering Time Management’ (second edition), published by Globe Law and Business, Autumn 2025.
My chapter ‘Career planning and strategic time management’ examines the importance of taking time to plan your career and make it future proof and you more career agile and the impacts of doing/not doing this. It shares examples of how practically to make time to plan your career with a busy life and workload, to
July 26, 2025 -
Chapter ‘Your Own Potential, Your Own Terms: Crafting Your Career through Consultancy’ in multi-contributor book ‘Beyond Bias: Unleashing the Potential of Women in Law, 2nd edition’ for Globe Law and Business
My chapter ‘Your Own Potential, Your Own Terms: Crafting Your Career through Consultancy’ explores how this career option sidesteps the systemic barriers still inherent in private practice, especially traditional law firms. It includes up to date data about the consultant lawyer market, data about women lawyers in private practice at different levels of seniority, and
July 26, 2025 -
Article – the snakes and ladders of career moves
Our article ‘The snakes and ladders of career moves’ is featured in the Winter 2024 issue of ‘Central London Lawyer’ magazine. The theme of this issue published February 2024 is ‘Positive Career Management’ and the magazine is available in both printed and digital formats. https://www.cwhls.org.uk/magazine.html Our article includes: Central London Lawyer is the magazine for
February 14, 2024
“Rachel has written across multiple law firm management topics for Globe Law and Business, including talent management, career management, marketing, professional development, personal development, business development and women in law, with women in law a strong strength. Chapters for Globe include: ‘Work’s Not Working – Portfolio Careers’, in ‘Career Development For Women Lawyers’ (2019), ‘Helping Women Lawyers Overcome Their Blocks About Marketing’ in ‘Business Development For Women Lawyers’ (2018), ‘The Shifting Sands Of Talent Management’ in ‘The Rise of Specialist Career Paths In Law Firms’ (2022), ‘Adapting Business Models To Ride The Millennial Wave’ in ‘Future Law Firm Business Models’ (2018) and ‘Essential Skills For The Changing Legal Market’ in ‘The Talent Management Toolkit For Law firms’ (2016). In addition, she wrote for several Ark Publishing titles, including ‘How Mentoring And Coaching Can Help With Life Balance Issues’ in the book
‘Mentoring and Coaching for Lawyers’ (2014) and ‘Women lawyers And How To Improve Gender Balance’ in the book ‘Managing Talent for Success.’ (2013). Rachel authored the foreword for the book ‘Business Development for Women lawyers, Second Edition’, published in August 2024 and made introductions to other high-quality authors for the title. Her article ‘The rise and rise of the consultant lawyer’ was published in ‘Modern Law’ magazine, a Globe publication in October 2024. Rachel consistently writes insightful and engaging copy, shares original topic ideas, meets deadlines and is proactive in creating awareness about our publications on LinkedIn and via EnergiseLegal’s own marketing.”
“Rachel is the go-to coach for solicitors wanting to create, manage and market a portfolio career.”
“Rachel’s combined coaching and talent management expertise has really worked for me. Rachel is skilled at putting herself in other people’s shoes and helping you to identify how to overcome blocks. She really does go that ‘extra mile’ – she’s full of practical and creative insights and ideas. I would strongly recommend her.”