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You’ve completed the Partnership Readiness Assessment!

You’ve completed the Partnership Readiness Assessment! Congratulations!   It’s not a quick assessment to work though and the fact that you took the time means that you’ve shown some serious commitment already to developing yourself and your career. The Partnership Readiness Assessment works to show you how ready you are for partnership and shows you…

I want to make partner. Where do I start?
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I want to make partner. Where do I start?

Wouldn’t everything be much easier if your partners gave you clear guidance on what you actually need to do to make partner? Rather than the often conflicting and vague advice such as ‘just win more business.’ That’s really not helpful at all, is it? To help you overturn that reality when on the partner track,…

How early should I start preparing for partnership?
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How early should I start preparing for partnership?

“How early should I start preparing for partnership?” is a question that I get asked by lawyers, accountants, and consultants very often. “I want to make partner in the next 12 months” is also something I hear, but more on that later. While it is possible to make it through the Partnership Admission Process within…

How to move your career forward
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How to move your career forward

NOTE: this post was written in 2021 after almost 12-months of Covid restrictions and lockdowns.  However, the advice on how to get your career moving forward is still invaluable so do read on! Whether you started the New Year with resolutions or specific goals or you just have clear intentions for where you want to…

Crafting a strong LinkedIn profile that gets you the results in a few simple steps
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Crafting a strong LinkedIn profile that gets you the results in a few simple steps

LinkedIn has become the place for professionals to network, as it is the social media platform where people network for mainly business reasons. It also has most of the decision makers you want to meet on it. When those decision makers ‘Google’ your name, LinkedIn is usually the first place that they will find you….

Helping your clients go through the Buying Journey: How do you get your content to do your heavy lifting with clients
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Helping your clients go through the Buying Journey: How do you get your content to do your heavy lifting with clients

There are a lot of misconceptions around business development and content creation in the professional services world. The first of them being that it takes too much time. The second is that, as a lawyer, accountant or consultant, you need to sell your services. And these two are simply not true. If you want your…

How to check that your LinkedIn profile is not negatively impacting the effectiveness of your business development activities
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How to check that your LinkedIn profile is not negatively impacting the effectiveness of your business development activities

Did you know that before speaking to someone for the first time, a lot of potential clients check out their firm’s website and LinkedIn profile? According to the Hinge Research Institute, a whopping 81% of clients will look at the website of potential suppliers before making contact, 63% will search online, and 60% will check…

6 sure-fire ways to build trust and win leads online
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6 sure-fire ways to build trust and win leads online

One of the challenges that many lawyers, accountants and consultants face is not just producing content, but understanding why producing, sharing and curating content is so important now for business development. Whether you understand it or not, it’s a fact that the content you share and how you show up online is key to building…

4 key ways to get more leads from LinkedIn (and how to do this consistently)
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4 key ways to get more leads from LinkedIn (and how to do this consistently)

Most people use LinkedIn for business, with no real purpose, and then wonder why they don’t get leads from it. Does this sound familiar? Do you know that you should be using LinkedIn for your networking but you don’t know how? If you’re wondering how to generate leads from LinkedIn, here is how to do it…

The 6 greatest barriers to effective networking – which do you struggle with?
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The 6 greatest barriers to effective networking – which do you struggle with?

Every lawyer, accountant, and consultant knows networking is an essential component for career success; they invest time and effort building their list of contacts and developing the relationships with people as they know it’s key to business growth. Although like many smart, talented people, they know just how essential it is to execute networking properly,…

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