Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP

As a consultant to the profession for 20+ years, Rachel helps public accounting leaders strengthen leadership pipelines, improve retention, and develop future business leaders. She brings an insider’s approach to leadership development, succession, culture, and change—backed by advanced degrees and authorship of Train Your Successor™ (2025).

Why Business Acumen Is Walking Out the Door, and What Firms Must Build Next

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Why Business Acumen Is Walking Out the Door, and What Firms Must Build Next

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jul 28, 2026

As senior leaders retire or step back from day-to-day client work, professional services firms are discovering that something more valuable than...

Leadership Firm Growth Partners
Succession Planning Beyond the Next Partner: Why Continuity Depends on Developing Leaders at Every Level

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Succession Planning Beyond the Next Partner: Why Continuity Depends on Developing Leaders at Every Level

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jul 13, 2026

Most succession plans in professional services firms are too narrow. They focus on replacing the next partner, managing retirement timelines, or...

Leadership Firm Growth Management

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Leadership in a Post-Apprenticeship World: How Learning Has Changed and Why Firms Must Change With It

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jun 23, 2026

For generations, professional services leadership was learned the same way the work was learned: slowly, through observation, repetition, and...

Leadership Firm Growth
AI Didn't Solve Your Talent Problem. It Just Moved It.

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AI Didn't Solve Your Talent Problem. It Just Moved It.

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jun 23, 2026

AI Didn't Solve Your Talent Problem. It Just Moved It. Firms that cut entry-level hiring because AI absorbed the compliance work made a reasonable...

Accounting Culture Hiring
The partnership model is under pressure

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The Partnership Model Under Pressure: How Ownership Changes Are Forcing a Redefinition of Leadership Readiness

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jun 18, 2026

For decades, partnership served as the finish line in professional services. Make partner, and leadership would follow. Equity implied readiness....

Leadership Change Management
Developing judgement, not just technical skill

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Developing Judgment, Not Just Technical Skill: A Materiality Framework for Leadership Readiness in the AI Era

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Apr 29, 2026

As AI commoditizes technical work, professional services firms are confronting an expensive lesson: knowledge is no longer the differentiator....

Leadership Firm Growth AI Framework
Coaching, Mentoring, and Developing: Why Firms Must Stop Confusing Conversations With Capability

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Coaching, Mentoring, and Developing: Why Firms Must Stop Confusing Conversations With Capability

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Apr 29, 2026

Professional services firms love the language of coaching and mentoring. The terms populate strategy decks, culture statements, and retention plans....

Leadership Culture Growth
Still thinking its a pipeline problem?

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Still Thinking Its A Pipeline Problem?: Why AI and New Work Models Are Breaking Leadership Development

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Mar 23, 2026

Professional services firms worry constantly about their "leadership pipeline." Fewer people seem ready to step up. Fewer want the responsibility....

Leadership Business Development AI
Attracting and Retaining Talent

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Attracting and Retaining Talent: Why Leadership, Not Perks, Differentiates Firms

Picture of Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Mar 23, 2026

Many professional services firms talk endlessly about a "talent shortage," yet the people they most want to keep are already in the building. Or...

Firm Growth Hiring
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