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The partner track process will assess both your Personal Case and Business Case for partnership. The Big 4 and large law firms will typically assess formally both your Personal and Business Case. However, the smaller or mid-tier firms may only formally assess your Business Case. The Personal Case will be assessed informally. It tends to…
Need to write your business case for partnership? Not sure what you need to include or how much detail you need to go into? Our ‘Guide to creating your business case’ is an easy-to-understand, step-by-step guide written for accountants, consultants, lawyers and engineers on Partner Track. Download this free guide today to take the fear and mystery…
In this blog article I discuss the financial implications of becoming a partner. For example, the buy-in process, how you get paid etc You will be asked to buy-in The process to become a partner is not just another promotion. It is where your partners trust you enough to have you as their business partner and…
Clients often tell me about the business development advice they have had from well-established partners in their firm. Lots of these tips are spot-on and very helpful. Others are . . . well, we have a chuckle! Some of the tips I have heard have been at best unhelpful and sometimes actually damaging to…
It’s a common piece of feedback that many aspiring partners or directors will get told. In a professional services organisation, having a good profile leads to getting onto the plum assignments and being first in line for any promotions. But what does it mean, and how do you go about increasing your profile?
“Big 4 vs Mid Tier. Which will be better for my career?” It’s a question that has taxed many graduates. A 7 years ago, I wrote about the differences between a Mid Tier Firm and a Big 4 firm. In this article, I revisit those thoughts and update them with what has changed in the…
We regularly help lawyers, accountants and consultants with their Business Cases for Partnership. This is often helping our clients put together their Big 4 Partner Business Case. This article summarises what I learnt from this experience: Timescales are normally very tight I’ve always known that firms (even Big 4 firms) have a habit of tapping…
It is no surprise to us that our coaching clients almost always go onto become partner in their firm. Of course, we could claim all the glory…. but that’s not the real reason our clients almost always make partner. By working with a coach, our clients truly commit to their career. Which in our experience is…
In summer 2016 Heather Townsend revealed the 10 lessons that every potential partners needs to learn to an audience of 200 lawyers and accountants. In this short 2 minute video clip, Heather talks through the second lesson – thinking, feeling and acting like a partner The road to partner is shrouded in mystery and conjecture. This…
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 eighth lesson; treat your practice like a business. Profit…
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