I coach lawyers on business development, leadership and career strategy. My clients achieve concrete goals like bringing in new clients, expanding their firms, making partner, breaking into new practice areas, increasing profitability, successfully navigating office politics, and creating better work-life balance.
I combine a deep knowledge of the legal industry, business development best practices, and management with 21 years training leaders and coaches in personal growth and development. I use my knowledge to help clients with strategy and choosing the most advantageous approach to their business problems.
I combine a deep knowledge of the legal industry, business development best practices, and management with 21 years training leaders and coaches in personal growth and development. I use my knowledge to help clients with strategy and choosing the most advantageous approach to their business problems.
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Anna Rappaport is a coach for lawyers, specializing in business development, leadership and career strategy for partners, aspiring partners and in in-house counsel. She is located in Washington, DC, but works with lawyers around the world. Anna Rappaport, JD, PCC, is a former lawyer with 20 years experience coaching attorneys and 11 years experience mentoring and training other coaches.
Anna Rappaport's approach to coaching lawyers is based on a paradigm of personal growth and tends to create more lasting change than some other forms of coaching. As a lawyer, I combine expertise in the legal environment with twenty years experience coaching on personal growth and development.
Most of the challenges lawyers face regarding leadership and business development and career are only superficially about what actions to take or how to "do it right."I do tap into my subject matter expertise to offer guidance or advice when it is appropriate. Yet, for human beings, the obstacles that get in our way in our way are often more subtle and complex than mere lack of knowledge.
Most of the challenges lawyers face regarding leadership and business development and career are only superficially about what actions to take or how to "do it right."I do tap into my subject matter expertise to offer guidance or advice when it is appropriate. Yet, for human beings, the obstacles that get in our way in our way are often more subtle and complex than mere lack of knowledge.
Frequently asked questions about professional coaching with Anna Rappaport & Excelleration Coaching's executive coaching for attorneys. How is coaching different from consulting? How is coaching different from therapy? If I want to try individual coaching, what are the next steps? How are the coaching engagements structured?
We coach lawyers to build extraordinary teams, create and sustain strategic visions, and increase profitability. Leadership is about having the skills, confidence and wherewithal to make your life and your career follow the trajectory and achieve the goals that you desire. Without the capacity to manage yourself, your partners, staff, and clients, you will always be at the effect of external circumstances.
We offer entertaining and thought-provoking presentations and workshops on leadership topics designed to inspire current and future leaders. The following workshops can be used for internal training within firms, as well as for women's networks or other affinity groups. Each of the workshops below is highly interactive and intended to provide a practical learning experience.
Reviews (10)
Nyssa Taylor
Aug 28, 2021
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I cannot recommend Anna highly enough. Working with Anna has been transformative— after a few months of her coaching, I now am happier both at work and in life. Anna consistently provided clear, wise guidance that helped me successfully navigate complicated work situations with directness and honesty. She also has a unique ability to offer both granular practical suggestions while at the same time posing the big questions necessary to make internal progress. Finally, her in-depth knowledge and experience in the legal field make her invaluable for any lawyer. If you are a struggling lawyer—
Benjamin Eisenberg
Aug 23, 2021
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Getting help on interviews and resumes was important, and Anna did that well. But the harder, life-changing work of rooting out self-defeating beliefs is where Anna excels.
Yes, I was unemployed and Anna helped me get a job with 35% higher pay, better benefits, work-life balance, and friendly colleagues. That checks the boxes for most job coaches. But Ann took the time to dig in and helped me work through some deeply-embedded ways of thinking that had been sabotaging my success for decades.
I'd encourage anyone considering coaching to be willing to work as long as you need to get to the root
Yes, I was unemployed and Anna helped me get a job with 35% higher pay, better benefits, work-life balance, and friendly colleagues. That checks the boxes for most job coaches. But Ann took the time to dig in and helped me work through some deeply-embedded ways of thinking that had been sabotaging my success for decades.
I'd encourage anyone considering coaching to be willing to work as long as you need to get to the root
S. F.
Mar 15, 2021
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Cameron Williams
Dec 18, 2020
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Anna is amazing, and I am forever grateful for the services that she provided. As a coach, she was amazing at helping me understand my barriers to success, and she helped me developed a new framework for challenging those barriers. At the conclusion of our time together, I felt empowered to go after the career that I wanted. I highly recommend Anna.
Nicole G.
Nov 14, 2020
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I had the pleasure of working with Anna about eight years ago and still reflect on the lessons I learned from her. She helped me learn to stop negative thought patterns which were limiting my professional growth.
I highly recommend her services. She's incredibly honest, articulate, and cares about her clients!
I highly recommend her services. She's incredibly honest, articulate, and cares about her clients!
Jonathan Breeding
Jan 05, 2020
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Anna was an absolute life-saver for me. I reached an inflection point in my career and needed to do some introspection to get to a point where I was confident making my next moves. From 50,000 ft philosophical view all the way down to the boots on the ground day-to-day, she was with me the whole way with support, guidance, tools and advice for figuring out where I wanted to go professionally and how to get there. I've sent friends and colleagues her way and will continue to do so forever. You won't regret working with her.
Leila Levi
Jun 17, 2019
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Stacy Alexander
Sep 28, 2018
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Anna is a marvelous coach. I completely opened up with her and was able to work through some sensitive issues. I always felt completely safe. Her encouragement, purposeful yet gentle probing, along with her valuable ADR connections, tools and technique helped me find my direction at a major crossroads. I highly recommend!
Melissa Lindon
Sep 01, 2017
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Anna's coaching sessions were very useful for keeping me on track and helping me to stay inspired. Work is always so busy that it can be hard to make time for the important things. Having weekly calls with Anna helped me to get more clients, and most importantly, to get more of the clients whom I really enjoy working with. Talking regularly kept me focused and we were able to address all of the many things that were pulling at my time so that I could have more energy for creating a practice that I really enjoyed.
Roya Vasseghi
Sep 07, 2016
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Anna has delivered series of business development workshops through the Women’s Bar Association and the DC Bar. They were fun, interactive, and extremely useful. I especially liked the workshops focused on pitches and asking for business. Anna takes a daunting topic for many and breaks it down into something fun and manageable. I look forward to attending more workshops with Anna.
