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Great advice on how to ace your manager or associate promotion interview

How to ace your promotion interview for manager or associate (even if you don’t feel confident)  How to use the STAR framework to demonstrate the actions you took to generate your results How to convince the interviewers of the benefits to the firm and the team of promoting you Why you need to be honest…

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13 bulletproof ways highly-successful lawyers win that promotion over their peers

You want to know how to get ahead at work, how to win that promotion over your equally talented and hungry peers, but you don’t know the magic answer. Turns out, there is no magic answer. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of time and effort, hitting your billable targets, and an…

Mindset – Why the Most Brilliant People in the Room Don’t Always Make Partner
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Mindset – Why the Most Brilliant People in the Room Don’t Always Make Partner

The most technically brilliant professionals don’t always make partner. This episode explores why, through the lens of the first, and most important, of the 12 key indicators of partnership readiness: Mindset. Using the real example of a lawyer with 98.5% utilisation who was asked to wait another year, this episode unpacks the fundamental difference that…

Stop Waiting for Permission: Why 2026 is Your Year to Act
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Stop Waiting for Permission: Why 2026 is Your Year to Act

Picture this: It’s December 2026. You’re looking back at the year, and once again, you haven’t moved your career forward. Not really. You meant to. You had good intentions in January. But somehow, twelve months slipped by whilst you waited for the right moment, for your partners to give you clearer guidance, for your workload…

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Don’t make this mistake – here’s how to build the right relationships

You can work 60-hour weeks, say yes to every request, and still get overlooked for promotion. Why? Because it’s not about pleasing everyone, it’s about building strong relationships with the right people. In this episode of the How to Make Partner Podcast, Heather Townsend explains why political savvy means going deep with 10–15 influential partners,…

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The critical mindset shift you need to make if you want to make partner

Making partner is not just another promotion. It’s where you become an owner of the business and your partners’ business partner. It requires a significant mindset shift. Are you technically brilliant? Do you consistently smash your targets and deliver great work for clients? That’s fantastic – but is it enough to make partner? Often, the…

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