The 5 people you need in your corner if you want to make it to partner
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The 5 people you need in your corner if you want to make it to partner

Read any article or book on progressing your career and inevitably you will be told the benefits of having a career mentor. And I totally agree. A mentor for your career is essential if you want to make it to partner. But, making it to partner in a professional services firm is NOT like getting…

The 3 questions your Business Case for partnership needs to answer if you are to be successful
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The 3 questions your Business Case for partnership needs to answer if you are to be successful

If you will make partner (or even director in some firms) you will need a persuasive Business Case. After all, not many partnerships are prepared to give up a slice of their profits to someone who is just a ‘good pair of hands’ or a trusted team member. The problem is that (as far as…

The right (and wrong) way to stand out on LinkedIn and win work and find new opportunities
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The right (and wrong) way to stand out on LinkedIn and win work and find new opportunities

Many lawyers, accountants and consultants are being forced to re-evaluate their business development plans to include LinkedIn. The key question every professional I meet wants to know is how to stand out on LinkedIn. After all, there are many hundreds of thousands of people who do what you do on LinkedIn. How do you rise…

The lowdown on how to ask for and get a decent pay rise
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The lowdown on how to ask for and get a decent pay rise

Hang on a minute! You can actually ask for a pay rise? So many accountants, lawyers and consultants in practice think they can’t ask for a pay rise, but sometimes it’s a conversation you need to have. Given that so many firms have put in place pay freezes, pay cuts and recruitment freezes, there is…

The missing ingredient in why we struggle to make the time for business development
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The missing ingredient in why we struggle to make the time for business development

It’s too hard! I don’t know where to start! How to find the time for business development? I’m a good technician…I won’t do it. Sound familiar? If I am honest, the biggest thing that holds so many great lawyers, accountants and consultants from progressing their career is knowing how to find the time for business…

How to move from being seen as “a safe pair of hands” to future partner material
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How to move from being seen as “a safe pair of hands” to future partner material

Look around you in the office. How many people can you see who just stand out as a future partner? Let me guess they are not the people who you would necessarily call ‘a safe pair of hands’? Being seen as a “safe pair of hands” is a bit of a double-edged sword. On the…

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