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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Is the curse of professionalism limiting your career progression?
A few months ago I was helping a group of consultants put together their personal marketing kit. Despite most of the consultants handling client portfolios worth over £1 million, they almost all suffered with the curse of professionalism, which was stopping them taking the next step in their career. I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership…
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5 clever ways to get your mentor and sponsoring partner to help you to make partner
Your mentor and/or sponsoring partner can literally make or break your transition from senior associate/director through to making partner. Based on our recent experiences of helping clients successfully get appointed to a partnership position in a top 6 firm in the UK, here are 5 tips your sponsoring partner and/or mentor can help you get…
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5 tips from a new partner to pass the competency based interview
It is always good to hear when one of our clients gets the partner role they wanted. It is even better when they give us detailed feedback about the process they went through, plus their tips to help others make it through! Following on from this post, here are 5 tips from one of our…
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Your guide to demystifying competency based interviews within the partnership admissions process
It is always good to hear when one of our clients gets the partner role they wanted. It is even better when they give us detailed feedback about the process they went through, plus their tips to help others make it through! You can normally expect to do a series of interviews within the partnership…
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5 ways of increasing your odds of making it through partnership track
Being told you are on partnership track, or in line for partnership, or going to be put up for partnership is a great sign that you are nearing the end of your journey to make partner. This post explores what you can do in the 12-24 months before the admission process starts to help you…
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What are your partners really thinking when they consider your application for partnership?
Probably the biggest mistake that any potential partner makes is to consider the partnership admission process as a long drawn out job interview or panel for promotion. This article shines a light onto what the partnership admissions process actually is trying to achieve, and therefore, what the partners involved in the partnership admissions process will…
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3 super tips to help you get through your final interview for partnership
Imagine this, you’ve got through to the last interview to become a senior partner in a big 4 firm. The last interview is with the CEO of the big 4 firm. How would you prepare for this interview? This was the question that arrived in my inbox this morning. Here is a longer version of…
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5 often forgotten ways to get back up to speed after a holiday
As the first of September rapidly approaches, many of us are returning from our annual summer break. As I found out personally, getting back up to speed after a week out isn’t as easy as it may seem. Here are a few tips to help you keep your post-holiday relaxed state for just that little bit…
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7 tips used by highly successful professionals to make their relationship with their mentor count
If you were offered the opportunity to have a highly influential partner as your mentor, how would you make sure you capitalised on this? This was the question I was asked a few months ago and this blog post contains some of the advice I gave. 1. Have and use a mentor A mentor isn’t…
