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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? 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…

How to find out how to make partner, when there is no formal partnership admissions process
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How to find out how to make partner, when there is no formal partnership admissions process

This blog post explores what you need to demonstrate to get put on Partnership Track and then put forward for partnership when your firm does not have a formal process for admitting new partners. Many firms, including some very large top 50 UK based Accountancy and Legal firms, do not have a formal or structured…

How to overcome the challenge of selling yourself when going from industry into practice
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How to overcome the challenge of selling yourself when going from industry into practice

Going from industry into practice as a junior partner, director, senior associate or partner-designate can be a good way of making partner. As with all the routes to making partner, this one has its challenges and its benefits. The biggest challenge with this route is the fact that you may not have had to sell…

big 4 accounting firms
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Is the curse of professionalism limiting your career progression?

A few months ago I was helping a group of consultants put together their personal marketing kit. Despite most  of the consultants handling client portfolios worth over £1 million, they almost all suffered with the curse of professionalism, which was stopping them taking the next step in their career.  I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership…

Your guide to demystifying competency based interviews within the partnership admissions process
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Your guide to demystifying competency based interviews within the partnership admissions process

It is always good to hear when one of our clients gets the partner role they wanted. It is even better when they give us detailed feedback about the process they went through, plus their tips to help others make it through! You can normally expect to do a series of interviews within the partnership…

win clients
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4 foolproof tips to help you make it from being on partnership track to Big 4 partner

What happens when you put two strong straight-talking women in a room? Who both help talented professionals make partner at the Big 4 (as well as other firms!) The sparks flew…. …as the world was put to rights! During my lengthy conversation with  Tara  (Leadership and Personal Impact Specialist who has helped 100s of Big 4 directors…

4 business development lies you need to stop believing if you are to quickly grow a partner-sized client portfolio
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4 business development lies you need to stop believing if you are to quickly grow a partner-sized client portfolio

When I look at the curriculum of ‘high potential’ programmes in many firms, I can get rather hot under the collar. You may wonder why? Well, they seem to have (at worst) forgotten the fact that their future partners need the skills to win work. Either that or the quality of the business development training…

How to make a strong impactful online presence – without spending your whole life online
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How to make a strong impactful online presence – without spending your whole life online

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 – and when you get there, stay there. Here are 5 ways to work with me. I also…

3 rules to find the time to use social media effectively without getting badly distracted
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3 rules to find the time to use social media effectively without getting badly distracted

How to find the time for social media One of the biggest questions I am asked is “how to find the time for social media?”. Indeed I recently spoke at the law society event on social media answering that very question. In The Go-To Expert book, we share many tips on how to use social…

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