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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.
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6 pretty big clues that you will make partner – and confidence isn’t one of them…
Many young professionals sadly never achieve their burning ambition of making partner, regardless of whether they start at a Big 4 firm. However, it’s pretty easy to see who is going to make it through to partnership, just by looking out for these six clues. 1. Have a rough timescale to make partner Those future…
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Business Development Clinic: How can I win more personal tax clients?
This was an interesting and pretty short question which landed in my inbox recently. I thought it may be useful to share my reply here in a blog post. Whilst you may not be after personal tax clients, the same questions and process holds true regardless of the type of clients you want to attract….
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6 tips to successfully work with unreasonable partners – have you used any of these?
This article gives you 6 ideas, tips and techniques to successfully work with an unreasonable partner
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Making Partner: Why has the average age to make partner increased to 40?
Making partner: How long does it take? When I started in professional services in 2004, making partner by the age of 30 was seen as very, very good going – and only the exceptional people did this. The few partners who did this were always spoken of in hallowed tones, and seen to be the…
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Business Development Clinic: What’s the best way to turn a client’s need into a want?
For most professionals, our biggest competitor is not the firm down the road, it’s actually a client’s inertia or belief that they can do what they need to do without your services. I.e. you and they both know you have a ‘need’, but not a ‘want’ for your services. So, what can you do about…
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Is ‘How to make partner & still have a life’ only for future partners? You may be surprised…
Here is a review of ‘How to make partner and still have a life’, by Craig Wright National Head of Risk & Advisory Services at BDO LLP, which first appeared in AccountingWeb. I remember when I first became a partner in an accountancy firm. Books like this didn’t exist. There were constant questions I had…
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Career Clinic: how to fit in studying on top of my high workload
This article gives you five tips to help you successfully pass your professional exams whilst also being at work.
