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5 tried and tested tips to stop your working day from becoming your whole day when working from home.

ByHeather Townsend

How to stop working long hours when working from home Did you start lockdown with adrenaline-fuelled intentions about what you were going to do with all your spare time now you were working from home? And are you now finding that spare time you had from not commuting, not travelling, not doing the school run…

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The Lawyer, Accountant, and Consultant’s guide: How to create a new daily structure when working from home for the first time (even if you have failed miserably so far)

ByHeather Townsend

Many of us have now been working from home for the last month. And if you are like me, it hasn’t quite gone to plan. Perhaps you had unrealistic ideas, fuelled by the adrenaline buzz, of how productive you would be working from home freed of the shackles of the daily commute and needing to…

How to say no to a partner through email
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18 tried and tested tips on how to run effective online meetings whilst working from home

ByHeather Townsend

For a long time, physical meetings were considered far more productive and collaborative than online meetings. As technology continues to progress over time, however, this thinking has slowly been changing especially as more and more companies are starting to embrace remote working. Fast forward to today and we have a truly unique situation on our…

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How to avoid back and shoulder pain when working from home

ByHeather Townsend

Many of us are finding out what it is like to work from home for an extended period of time. Given the speed at which most firms moved their employees to work remotely, many of the niceties didn’t happen. Namely support to get a working environment at home which minimised the impact on your body….

How to say no to a partner through email
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8 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts

ByHeather Townsend

So many working in professional service firms are shocked when they realise that they are expected to go out and win work. They don’t consider themselves as working in “sales” and can’t work out how to fit it in. Sound familiar? If you want to progress your career, you need to get over these thoughts…

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How to take back control of your time and workload if it has gone sky-high due to Coronavirus

ByHeather Townsend

Overwhelming workload: Is this your reality at the moment? You have clients calling you on the landline, mobile and via Whatsapp or Facetime? Add into the mix you have multiple pings coming at you from all the communication channels you have set up to keep in touch with your team who are now working from…

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How to get your career back on track if the Coronavirus has sabotaged your career plans

ByHeather Townsend

These last 2-3 weeks here in the UK have been, frankly, surreal, scary and the nearest I will hopefully come to war time conditions in my life time. I have been hearing from many of my clients that their career plans have gone completely to awry. (Some of them used stronger language than this.) So…

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How to create your own client following

ByHeather Townsend

How do I create my own client following? I’m often asked this question on a webinar. The truth is, it’s hard. But it’s not impossible. Time can be a constant enemy or an ally when it comes to networking. So the real question is, how do you create your own client following and still have…

Your ultimate guide to leading your team during COVID-19 (even if you are all working virtually for the first time)
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Your ultimate guide to leading your team during COVID-19 (even if you are all working virtually for the first time)

ByHeather Townsend

In the last 3 years, I have grown a virtual team of people and worked from my home office. I never thought that my expertise in leading a virtual team would be so in demand right now as Europe and the US goes into lockdown due to the COVID-19. Therefore, in this article I have…

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5 ways your online footprint helps you sign up the right clients quicker

ByHeather Townsend

Every lawyer, accountant, and consultant is looking to save time doing business development. What many professionals don’t know, however, is that they can do just that by building their online footprint. Actually finding and making the time to grow their own client portfolio is one of the biggest challenges for potential partners and that’s partly…

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