Build a strong team
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The 4 Best Business Networking Books for Lawyers and Accountants

Both networking and self-improvement are crucial to successful business development, but with so many sources of information and so little time, many business owners don’t know where to start. Do you need help with networking? Perhaps you’re an introvert and you tend to avoid it or you’re a social butterfly and you want to know…

Cost of making partner
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3 reasons why making partner is not that great

Do you really want to make partner? Making partner is the ultimate career milestone that many employees at law firms and investment banks strive for, but it’s not as lavish as it seems. To show you both sides of the golden coin, here is the true cost of making partner. What ‘making partner’ meant 20…

6 reasons why you must not neglect your internal network if you want to get to partner
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6 reasons why you must not neglect your internal network if you want to get to partner

When you think about networking, I bet you think about going OUT to an event, where you shake hands and meet strangers OR trying to do something on LinkedIN.  Over the years. many partners have told me that the number one reason why professionals like you find your careers stalling is that you neglect your…

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3 must-dos to successfully hand over your client portfolio to a team member

To make partner in your law firm, accountancy or consulting firm, you will have to win clients and grow your own book of business. You will also have to let go of clients. I know this sounds crazy but  as you start winning bigger and better clients, at some point you will need to hand…

How to grow client base
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How to create content which will continuously bring you in new business

Ask any accountant, lawyer or consultant “How do you win clients?” and they’ll likely say that you look for your ideal prospect. Then, you target them through your marketing or attend networking events to make contact. Finally, you work on building that relationship over time. This, of course, is right but what many professionals don’t…

Internal networking strategies
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Why internal networking could be your secret weapon to getting promoted in your firm

When accountants, lawyers, and consultants think of networking, they think of the events that they attend after work. Oftentimes, they think of lunches, coffees or the activities that they do off the clock. Many don’t even consider that they are sitting on a goldmine of opportunity every single day. Here is why internal networking, and…

business development
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How to make time for business development and still have a life outside of work

How do you make time for business development when you have a full day – especially if you are a lawyer? As you start to go up the ladder, on the way to making partner, your responsibilities get bigger. And with a full day, how do you ensure that your career still moves forward and…

finding
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7 foolproof ways to attract corporate clients and win big contracts

Senior decision makers in large corporations don’t spend much of their time searching online or using social media. Unlike smaller firms or businesses, they don’t go out to networking events and all of their emails and calls are often screened by assistants. So how do you attract corporate clients if you can’t get in front…

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How to become a rainmaker? Are these mistakes stopping you becoming a rainmaker in your firm?

By now you have realised that making partner is about more than technical ability and you also need to be winning regular work to be even considered as partner material.  You are worried that even though you are trying to win work it just doesn’t seem to be happening for you. You need to know…

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7 mindset shifts you will need to make to become a rainmaker

By now you have realised that making partner is about more than technical ability and you also need to be winning regular work.  You need to know how to become a rainmaker. This is a totally different set of skills than your technical skill-set so you may be worrying about how you can make this…

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