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How to create a sound bite that helps you easily win business
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How to create a sound bite that helps you easily win business

We are going to dig into Chapter 3 of my book The Go-To Expert: How to Grow Your Reputation, Differentiate Yourself From the Competition and Win New Business and explore in more depth the concept of a sound bite. On the surface of it, having a sound bite doesn’t sound that important if you work…

big 4 business case
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Creating a Business Case for partnership in a Big 4 firm? Don’t fall into this trap

Given how hard it is to make partner in a Big 4 firm, you can be forgiven for making this mistake. Creating the perfect Big 4 Business Case for partner (or director) will take significant time. However, this mistake scuppered one of our client’s admission to the partnership last year. Read on for more details….

Why winning business successfully is all about the right mindset not skill level
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Why winning business successfully is all about the right mindset not skill level

This post is taken from an extract from the transcript of one of my recent webinars on “how to win your first client…..and then your second and third”. Heather (HT): The people I see that become very successful at business development are actively making choices every day. These choices tend to fall into these categories,…

big 4 business case
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This is the most important tool you can use to talk about your Business Case for partnership

Over the last few years we have been advocating using a tool called a one-page Talk Sheet to communicate your Business Case for partnership in your firm. In fact, this tool is probably the most important tool you can use when on partner track (or if you want to get onto partnership track). In this…

The reason why NOW is the right time to start working on your business case for partner
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The reason why NOW is the right time to start working on your business case for 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 tenth and final lesson; starting working towards your partner…

How to identify if perception is the root cause of your inability to win business
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How to identify if perception is the root cause of your inability to win business

I had an interesting conversation today where perception was at the heart of the conversation. Here is how the conversation went: Them: One man bands really don’t want to put their hands into their wallets and buy business coaching. That’s why I need to target larger corporates Me: Actually we find the opposite. Small businesses,…

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What data do you need in your Business Case for partnership?

What makes a strong Business Case for partner? The best and most effective partnership Business Cases continually verify and quantify all the statements within them. In this article, I discuss what data is required and how to use it to strengthen your Business Case for partner in your firm What is your evidence that you…

How to give the best presentation of your life when pitching your business case at your partnership panel interview
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How to give the best presentation of your life when pitching your business case at your partnership panel interview

How to make sure that you truly ace your presentation of your business case at your partnership panel interview? This is an extract of an interview that I gave to Errol Williamson a few years ago.  Errol Williamson:     First question, your recent blog ‘How to make partner.com’ on your website provided five essential elements…

5 essentials that need to go in your business case for partnership
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5 essentials that need to go in your business case for partnership

If you want to make partner in your law firm, accountancy firm or consulting firm, you will be asked to submit a business case for partnership. Do you know what you will  need to demonstrate, evidence or prove  in your business case for partner? Wouldn’t it be nice if your firm provided a sample business…

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