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5 key ingredients needed if you are to be seen as ‘partnership potential’
The route to partnership is a hard slog. However, there are often a few number of people who seem to be given extra help and all the right assignments and experiences to make it to partner. These select few are often tagged by partners as ‘partnership potential’; meaning they may be given extra help, whether…
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3 key questions to answer in order to build up a Business Case when you are currently in industry
In this post, we look at how to build a Business Case for partnership when you are in industry and looking to return to practice as a partner. After working with people aiming to make partner, we know that considerable numbers of people are returning from industry into practice. Incentivised by the chance of finally achieving…
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Your first 90 days in the job – why is this so important to your work/life balance?
Over the last few months I have been delivering a couple of events around the topic of ‘how to have it all – partnership and a life’ or if you were at the ACCA autumn update, ‘how to have it all – a career and a life’. In this talk we do talk about how…
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Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 2)
The days when you could get to partnership as a brilliant technician are long gone.. Even if you only work on very big ticket items, to get to be a Magic Circle, Big Law, big 4 partner or partner at a large firm you still need to have proved your ability to win work and be seen…
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Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 1)
The days when you could get to partnership as a brilliant technician are long gone.. Even if you only work on very big ticket items, to get to be a Magic Circle, Big Law, big 4 partner or partner at a large firm you still need to have proved your ability to win work and be seen…
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Find out why potential partners need to be a triple threat
If you were a director or senior associate and bringing in work worth over £1 million, you would think that you would be a sure bet for partnership. This may not always be the case, read on to find out more… The world of theatre has a phrase called a triple threat. This is someone…
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7 tips to help you build strong internal firm relationships when you spend most of your time out of the office
This article helps you build strong and powerful relationships in your firm, even if you are on the road, off site, or get little opportunity for face-time in your relationships.
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7 signs that your firm will put on you on partnership track – and your technical ability isn’t one of them
Did you know that behind closed doors your partners are considering whether you are future partner material? This will have a huge influence on whether you make partner at your firm, or any other firm. This may happen very formally with a firm doing a talent audit, or very informally when partners get together. In…
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How to repair damaged relationships
This article gives you 8 tips to help you mend a broken relationship with a client, supplier, manager, partner, colleague, friend or boss.
