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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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… I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership and co-author of How to Make…
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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.
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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…
