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The 10 minute conversation to create strong working relationships from the word go

Do you hate working with someone new? Knowing that it is going to take time to work out how to get the best of them? When you start working with someone new, do you just hope for the best? The most effective people managers don’t leave working relationships to chance. They have a repeatable and…

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How to stop partners from nicking your team

This is what I have done over the years to become a recognised expert in helping people make partner, and when they get You’ve got a crucial deadline, your project is at a critical stage, and you have the perfect person on your team. Then a partner nicks your team member. Here’s how to stop…

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How to curb your overwhelming anxiety (particularly when worrying about the impact of CV-19 on your career and livelihood)

Covid-19 has triggered a huge, stressful experiment across the globe. A forced experiment where, over the past few months, people have been experiencing what it’s like to work from home whilst potentially trying to run a completely remote team and having the kids at home 24/7 too. Even worse, it looks like the working from…

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6 clues that you are letting your team members get away with poor performance

Want to improve team performance, but don’t know where to start? From experience, it might be you who is hindering growth. Like many other talented professionals who shy away from having difficult conversations, you may be accepting substandard performance from the members of your team as a result.  If you are going to make it…

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Why you now need both sponsors AND an influential firm mentor to rapidly progress your career in a Big 4, Magic Circle or large firm

Accepted wisdom used to be that you only needed an influential firm mentor to rapidly progress your career in the Big 4, Magic Circle or Mid-Tier Firms. In this blog post I share an exclusive extract from the 2nd edition of ‘How to make partner and still have a life’ (Click here for a free…

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How to make partner lesson 3 – the importance of your support team

In summer 2016 Heather Townsend revealed the 10 lessons that every potential partner needs to learn to an audience of 200 lawyers and accountants. In this short 2 minute video clip, Heather talks through the third lesson – the importance of have a good support team around you. The road to partner is long, and it’s…

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This will help you understand why your support team is essential if you are to make partner

I regularly speak to audiences of lawyers, accountants and consultants about the challenges of making partner. In my talks I often share the ten lessons that my clients have learnt along their journeys to make partner. In this blog post I am going to share the third lesson, build a strong support team including an…

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Is this common mistake jeopardising your performance at work?

I had been forewarned that my coaching client was likely to be emotional in our coaching session. What I didn’t expect was for the tears to start rolling from the start of our conversation. I was reminded of this coaching session recently. I was having one of those days. You know, the ones that happen…

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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…

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