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How to avoid back and shoulder pain when working from home
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….
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8 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts
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. If you want to progress your career, you need to get over these thoughts and start…
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How to take back control of your time and workload if it has gone sky-high due to Coronavirus
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
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
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…
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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)
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
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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Everything you ever wanted to know about choosing your niche
One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. This may not make sense right off the bat, but it does when you think about it. Having a goal or a target to hit puts you on a path to success,…
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Five essential steps to find your niche
When you fined a niche of your own, it allows you to specialise and become the Go-To-Expert on your chosen topic. “That’s all very well” you may be thinking, “but how on earth do I work out what my niche should be?” We’ve laid out the five essential steps that you need to take to…
