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How to find your trusted and capable number 2
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How to find your trusted and capable number 2

Do you look at partners and wonder how they got such a brilliant senior associate who just ‘gets it’? And how your life would be easier if you had that trusted and capable number 2? The secret is that great deputies aren’t found, they are made. In this episode, I dismantle the myth of the…

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How to post content on LinkedIn without feeling icky

Does the thought of posting on LinkedIn fill you with a sense of dread? Do you worry about how to avoid the “cringe” or that “icky feeling” of being too salesy? If you see business development on platforms like LinkedIn as a necessary evil, something that feels unnatural and uncomfortable, you are not alone. Many…

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Diary Hijacked? How You Can Take Back Control of Your Time

Does your carefully planned week often get blown off course by Tuesday? Do you feel like your diary belongs to everyone but you – filled with urgent client demands, last-minute partner requests, and endless firefighting? It’s easy to feel like a victim of your schedule, constantly reacting instead of proactively driving your day. This feeling…

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It’s time to get comfortable with the ‘S Word’

You didn’t do all that study and gain your qualifications to become a sales person. But that’s exactly who and what you need to be if you want to move your career beyond being a manager or associate. Does the word “selling” make you wince? Do you see business development as something you’ll do later, when…

Your Health or your Career Progression? (choose wisely)
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Your Health or your Career Progression? (choose wisely)

Are you constantly running on fumes, relying on caffeine to get through the day, and telling yourself you’ll rest after the next big deadline? You’re not alone. But here’s the truth: your health is not a luxury or something to ‘get round to’ later. It’s the single most important asset you have in your journey to partnership….

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How to make time for your career progression (even if it feels impossible)

How on earth can you make time for your career progression? Perhaps you start the year, or maybe come back from holiday, full of fantastic intentions to finally focus on making time for your career progression, only for those plans to evaporate within days under a mountain of client work and deadlines? You know you need to…

Referrals for M&A Finance

Why is establishing a referral network essential for M&A or Corporate Finance Lawyers? Are you a lawyer who is involved in deal making, i.e. M&A, Private Equity, Financing? You’ll know the importance of working to establish a referral network. This is because the route to generating work for deal makers is typically via an introducer…

Balancing Client Work

The ultimate guide to balance client work and networking (even if you have a large deal on) As a junior professional you always have drummed into you that client work always comes first. That’s fine when you are a junior professional. But what happens when you need to grow a partner-sized client portfolio AND still…

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