I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership and co-author of How to Make Partner & Still Have a Life. I’m the leading global expert in what it takes to move from senior fee earner to partner . I created the How to Make Partner website and Progress to Partner Academy to help lawyers, accountants and consultants like you to realise that you need stop waiting patiently to get noticed, take control of your own career progression to get noticed as “one to watch” for partner-track and beyond in your firm.
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How to move from being seen as “a safe pair of hands” to future partner material
Look around you in the office. How many people can you see who just stand out as a future partner? Let me guess they are not the people who you would necessarily call ‘a safe pair of hands’? Being seen as a “safe pair of hands” is a bit of a double-edged sword. On the…
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15 great tips to help you win a competitive tender/bid
How do you win a competitive bid? In this blog post, I will share my top 15 tips for lawyers, accountants and consultants to help you write winning proposals so that you can ace that bid for a competitive tender. I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership and co-author of How to Make Partner & Still Have a…
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How to use your social network to find your next job (5 things every job seeker needs to know!)
The advice on using social networking to find a job in the past has been fairly scarce. Most blogs have given tips on “what to bear in mind if you’re going to make social networking sites part of your job search” with the message that it’s a ‘nice idea’ – getting a new job or…
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How do you get your partners to realise you are ready to be promoted to senior associate in your law firm?
You’re ready to get promoted to senior associate but a senior partner announces that one of your colleagues has got the promotion instead of you again. How can you stop this from happening so that you get the next promotion to senior associate? How can you differentiate yourself from your colleagues and demonstrate your leadership…
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5 powerful ways to leverage your network and find your next role
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is a pretty well-known phrase when it comes to job seeking. It’s no wonder really, as according to a recent study published by LinkedIn, 80% of all vacant job roles are found and filled through networking before they’re even published! I’ve spent a long time with…
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How to curb your overwhelming anxiety (particularly when worrying about the impact of CV-19 on your career and livelihood)
Covid-19 has triggered a huge, stressful experiment across the globe. A forced experiment where, over the past few months, people have been experiencing what it’s like to work from home whilst potentially trying to run a completely remote team and having the kids at home 24/7 too. Even worse, it looks like the working from…
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18 strategies to master working from home with kids
We’ve had to acquire many skills and address many of our weaknesses during this pandemic, but the main one we’ve all had to learn is how to juggle. For weeks, many of us have been juggling working from home with kids while trying to figure out the logistics of living in this completely unprecedented time….
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Master virtual leadership: 7 key differences between remote and face-to-face teams
There are many hurdles to overcome when managing distributed teams. This skill has now become essential, so this fact begs the question: how do the leadership needs of virtual teams differ from face to face teams? To lead and manage a remote team, you need to make certain adjustments to the way you work. You…
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9 ways to get noticed at work (& still make friends & influence people)
How can you get noticed at work without being seen as “showing off”? It’s a fine line between being confident about your strengths and being perceived as arrogant. So, what’s the right way to get noticed at work, to make your partners aware of your many strengths, without rubbing colleagues up the wrong way? I’m Heather…
