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4 key must-dos to survive Big 4 busy season

Just the word “busy season” makes accountants at Big 4 firms shiver with fear. It conjures dark images of long hours, tight deadlines, constant pressure, and grueling hard work that lasts for weeks. If you feel like this at the very mention of the word, don’t fret! You can do it! Here is how to…

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12 ways high-performers at the Big 4 avoid burnout AND still hit their targets

Do you know any of those people who are so busy yet they are always able to hit all of their targets? Not only that, but they are always somehow able to take on even more work without their performance suffering. How do they do it? No, they are not superheroes (as far as we…

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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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12 ways to navigate and survive your firm’s politics

What’s going on in the office at the moment? Never forget that if you are want to get promoted in your firm you need to be able to navigate and survive your firm’s politics! Every professional service firm has its own ways of doing things and it’s own special brand of internal office politics. Like…

Accounting burnout
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5 signs that your role in the Big 4 is leading you to accounting burnout

Working in a Big 4 accounting firm comes with a whole lot of respect and rewards but it’s not without its challenges. The biggest one is surviving the demanding pressure day after day whilst somehow keeping your mental, emotional, and physical health intact. Is your Big 4 firm leading you to accounting burnout? Here are…

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How to not get overwhelmed when planning to go from senior manager to partner

How do you not get overwhelmed when planning your career goal from senior manager to partner? Planning to get to the next stage of your career can be overwhelming, especially when you are on a track from being a senior manager to partner. So how do you not get overwhelmed? How do you handle the…

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How do you know when you are ready to progress to partner?

How do you know when you’re ready to progress to partner? When is the right time to move forward in your career? There are really no tell tale signs that you are ready to take that partnership route. But most of the time, you will know when you should be moving forward in your career…

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