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7 things you must consider if you are leaving a firm as a result of redundancy or compromise agreement – Part 1
The Efficiency Coach advises on the issues you need to consider when leaving an organisation as a result of redundancy or compromise agreement.
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Business development advice that harms more than helps
Clients often tell me about the business development advice they have had from well-established partners in their firm. Lots of these tips are spot-on and very helpful. Others are . . . well, we have a chuckle! Some of the tips I have heard have been at best unhelpful and sometimes actually damaging to…
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Is your role ‘at risk’? 7 tips to help you cope with redundancy.
Whether you are already unemployed of facing redundancy, it can severely knock your confidence. The Efficiency Coach gives her eight tips on how to get your career back on track.
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8 tried and tested ways to increase your profile
It’s a common piece of feedback that many aspiring partners or directors will get told. In a professional services organisation, having a good profile leads to getting onto the plum assignments and being first in line for any promotions. But what does it mean, and how do you go about increasing your profile?
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Starting a law blog: 3 reasons you haven’t yet
Starting a law blog Starting a law blog can be a great way of building a strong profile and generating work from your own desk. So, why don’t many more lawyers do it? Or more to the point, why do so many lawyers have the intention to start a law blog but never quite get…
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7 tried and tested ways lawyers can make the time to network
Networking tips for lawyers I’m guessing you became a lawyer because you love the law. Yes? Makes sense. You didn’t go into it because you love forging relationships with strangers. However, that’s what you have to do. Network. If you want to move your career forward you need to have built and nurtured a…
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What to blog, and how? 3 tried and tested tips create client winning assets
What to blog about to win clients? You’ve written a blog post. You’ve published it, added it on Twitter and LinkedIn. Now what? If you are like most lawyers, accountants and consultants I know, you probably leave it there. Thereby missing out on most of the value of your blogging work, limiting your chances of…
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Big 4 vs Mid Tier: What are the key differences?
“Big 4 vs Mid Tier. Which will be better for my career?” It’s a question that has taxed many graduates. A 7 years ago, I wrote about the differences between a Mid Tier Firm and a Big 4 firm. In this article, I revisit those thoughts and update them with what has changed in the…
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How to write great blog content in no time
Great blog content is a brilliant way of growing your profile and attracting the right type of clients. However, when I speak to lawyers, accountants and consultants, I often hear that they are scrabbling around for content, and simply don’t have the time to write anyway. “I’m worried that we don’t have the time to…
