178. The Secret Element that Women Lawyers Need to Advance

In this podcast episode, Gary interviews Rachel Clar, founder and CEO of Interconnected Us, a company providing an online community and peer mastermind groups for women lawyers. They discuss Rachel's career transition from law to real estate development, and her passion for creating a supportive space for women lawyers. Rachel highlights the challenges women lawyers face, including self-doubt, work-life balance, and societal expectations. She emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries and delegating tasks effectively. Rachel also shares how her company helps women lawyers find their community, and the positive impact this has on their careers. 

Challenges women lawyers face (00:08:48) Rachel discusses the unique challenges women lawyers face, including being mothers and the socialization to play nice in the professional environment. The importance of boundaries for women lawyers (00:10:31) Rachel discusses the significance of setting boundaries for women lawyers and how it can be a game changer for their success and well-being.

Challenging the lack of a clear path to success for women lawyers (00:13:17) Rachel shares the story of a junior partner in a law firm who is struggling with the lack of guidance on how to advance in her career, highlighting the need for boundaries in challenging the system.

Delegating and the fear of letting go (00:16:05) Rachel talks about the challenges lawyers face when it comes to delegating tasks and how it relates to boundaries, growth mindset, and the importance of creating talent in others.

Delegating and Boundaries (00:18:56) Rachel and Gary discuss the connection between delegating and boundaries, and how it impacts leadership and coaching.

Rachel Clar, Esq. is Founder and CEO of Interconnected Us, which is an online private community for female lawyers to meet in confidence and ask the questions they need answered to get off the hamster wheel of endless "productivity" and start making it rain. Interconnected Us offers a monthly membership option, and peer-to-peer mastermind groups where women lawyers meet regularly with their cohort (those who work in a similar work environment (i.e. BigLaw associates, Solo firm owners, etc.) bimonthly to discuss private challenges that are harder to address in public.

Before founding Interconnected Us, Rachel worked in the real estate development sector, developing affordable housing and solar arrays. Her professional experience in developing business relationships, combined with her personality style and deep inner healing work, give her a unique perspective which she uses to create inclusive, welcoming spaces for women lawyers to ask, and get answers, to the questions they need to advance professionally. Rachel is passionate about helping progressive women lawyers envision the lives they want and then strategize alongside their peers to make their vision become a reality.

Rachel calls herself a "Compassionate Disruptor" and feels a responsibility to use her voice to shift the status quo. In 2022, she joined the ABA Law Practice Division's Women Rainmakers Committee, and in 2023 she was appointed to join the ABA Law Practice Division's Client Development Committee. She is a committed, lifelong learner, community leader and community builder.

Connect with Rachel through LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelclar/. 

Learn more about how Interconnected Us can help you grab the steering wheel of your legal career at https://www.interconnectedus.com.

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