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 stress?
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 . Here are 5 ways to work with me
In this video below, I share with you some insightful tips on how to manage stress and how to not get overwhelmed when planning to go from senior manager to partner.
You can read how to create your partner track plan and make the time for it – read Chapter 3 of Poised for Partnership for free – click here and I’ll email it to you straight away!
When you think about your next step to partner, it can often seem to be massive. After all, you’re not unbusy are you as a director, senior manager, or senior associate. And actually, what you need to do is then take this massive step forward.
There’s so much to do.
You’ve got to be able to lead a team and win your own portfolio of work. Be seen as one to watch, you need to have a network inside and outside of the firm.
You need to be doing leadership stuff to help the (sighing). Anybody else feeling tired? Are you starting to feel overwhelmed? And that’s the reality when you’ve got to take such a big step in your career. It’s a massive transition.
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Breaking down your tasks
If you’re starting to get overwhelmed by what you need to do, break it down into manageable chunks. That is how you actually start progressing towards your career. Break it down into manageable chunks, do a little bit every day.
You can read how to create your partner track plan and make the time for it – read Chapter 3 of Poised for Partnership for free – click here and I’ll email it to you straight away!
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 . Here are 5 ways to work with me.
