Founded in 2011, over the years Inspired Star has inspired many legal professionals. We value honesty, transparency and collaboration to building strong relationships with our clients and deliver an exceptional service.
Ruth is an experienced trusted advisor to many US and International law firm boards. She has developed and implemented enterprise-wide global initiatives and transformational projects focused on culture change, client experience, operational change, streamlining processes, innovation, growth strategy, diversity and inclusion.
Ruth has 20+ years’ experience in the legal profession as a solicitor, arbitrator, mediator and business services professional (HR, Business Development, Practice Management, Legal Business Consulting). Holding an MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership and various coaching and psychology related qualifications, she is a dynamic leader who champions wellbeing in the workplace.
In her spare time, she loves travelling, surfing, photography, parkrun, learning Chinese Mandarin and Martial Arts.
Qualifications
MBA Strategic Management and Leadership (University of Chichester), Solicitor, Accredited Mediator (Regents College, London), Previous FCIArb, BA (Hons) Business and Law, PG Dip Interational Commerical Arbitration (Queen Mary University London), PG Dip Legal Practice (Bournemouth University), RCVS VN (Royal Veterinary College), Micro Expressions Trainer (Centre for Body Language, Belgium), Certified Strategic Intervention Coach (Robbins Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention, USA), Certified Master Neuro-Strategist (USA), American Board of NLP Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Certified Practitioner of Time Line Therapy (USA), American Board of Hypnotherapy Certified Practitioner of Hypnotherapy, Divorce Prevention and Marriage Educator (USA), Productive Commications Level II (Behavioral Intelligence Academy).
“Ruth takes a holistic approach to problems, considering the technical, people, financial and process implications of potential changes. A good example of this was for a project reviewing a particular practice area across multiple jurisdictions - Ruth was able to absorb vast amounts of information, summarise this and present credible options to move the practice area forward. She also built a good rapport with key stakeholders in the project and managed key sensitivities around the project well. Both the overall deliverable and the manner in which it was delivered were to a high standard.”
(James Markham Head of Business Partnering, Dentons)
“Ruth is a champion for inclusion and diversity and played an integral part in getting our network to where it is today. Ruth's approach considers all options, she is very strategic, organised, and systematic in her approach to facing challenges and supporting projects. She has a skill for tuning into the finer detail of situations which is invaluable. She is excellent at managing stakeholders and has a real skill for coaching and mentoring which I know she is particularly passionate about. I really enjoyed working along side Ruth, she was a real asset to have on the team.”
(Claire McMillan Talent Development Manager, Dentons)
“Ruth is a pragmatic, commercially focussed professional. She is driven and task-orientated, focussed on achieving results. Ruth was excellent in her Practice Manager role at considering the wider firm priorities and integrating them into the practice. Additionally, Ruth is a passionate inclusion and diversity advocate. I thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with Ruth on activities to raise greater awareness of neurodiversity and wider disability. Ruth is an inspiring, authentic diversity role model.”
(Claire England, Head of Responsible Business, Dentons)
“Ruth was a fantastic resource and leader as Divisional Business Manager. She picked up a huge number of projects at a challenging time and was a pleasure to work with.”
(Cliff Fluet Joint Head of Media and Entertainment, Lewis Silkin)
“Ruth provided interim support to Dechert’s client development team, supporting the alumni engagement program, arbitration and other practice groups. She’s organized, detail oriented, brings a positive spirit to each task, no matter how difficult and is a pleasure to work with.”
(Renee Miller-Mizia CMO, Dechert LLP)