• 4 ways to get everything done before your holiday

    4 ways to get everything done before your holiday

    Sometimes, stress levels rise in the week or so before your holiday.   Here are some tips to help you get everything done and to keep things in perspective in the run-up to your much deserved holiday.  1. Prioritise Not everything needs to get done by the end of the week!  Look at what’s on your…

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  • 5 ways to always have something meaningful to say on social media

    5 ways to always have something meaningful to say on social media

    In yesterday’s post we looked at a daily routine for you to use on LinkedIn. In this post we are still continuing our theme of how to save time with business development, and we are still looking at ways of doing this with social media. One of the biggest barriers I hear lawyers, accountants and…

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  • Business Development Time Savers: Have a daily LinkedIn routine

    Business Development Time Savers: Have a daily LinkedIn routine

    You can save time with your business development activities by using social media such as LinkedIN for networking. Let’s look at what needs to go into your daily routine on LinkedIn to use it as a great business development tool. The daily LinkedIn routine I will describe will allow you to ditch at least one…

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  • Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 3

    Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 3

    One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. In yesterday’s post we answered the question whether having a niche would mean you would have to turn business away. (no!) In today’s post, we will look at possibly the next biggest…

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  • Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 2

    Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 2

    One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. However, many professionals resist having a niche because they are worried about turning business away.  Let’s deal with this one, once and for all – will I have to turn business away…

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  • Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 1

    Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 1

    One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. Over the next few posts we are going to dig deep into the ‘why’, ‘who’, ‘what’ and how of a niche. Firstly, let’s consider what we actually mean by a niche… A…

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  • 11 ways to write a CV that gets you an interview

    11 ways to write a CV that gets you an interview

    The purpose of your CV is to get you to interview. Nothing more, nothing less. As a career coach, when helping job seekers, more often than not the first thing I am presented with is a CV. It always amazes me how easy it is to stand out from the rest of the job seekers…

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  • What did the Law Society Gazette think of ‘How to make partner and still have a life’?

    What did the Law Society Gazette think of ‘How to make partner and still have a life’?

    Last week I was alerted by a friend that ‘How to make partner and still have a life‘ had been reviewed in the Law Society Gazette. Very kindly, my friend sent me her hard copy of the magazine in the post. It has been a nail biting few days waiting for both the postie and…

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  • How to learn to blow your own trumpet without having to blow your own trumpet

    How to learn to blow your own trumpet without having to blow your own trumpet

    It’s widely accepted that here in the UK, unlike our friends across in america, that culturally you don’t blow your own trumpet. However, if you are ever going to get noticed for your partners for the right reasons, how do you subtly blow your own trumpet – without being seen as pushy or arrogant. This…

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