• Your first 90 days in the job – why is this so important to your work/life balance?

    Your first 90 days in the job – why is this so important to your work/life balance?

    Over the last few months I have been delivering a couple of events around the topic of ‘how to have it all – partnership and a life’ or if you were at the ACCA autumn update, ‘how to have it all – a career and a life’. In this talk we do talk about how…

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  • Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 2)

    Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 2)

    The days when you could get to partnership as a brilliant technician are long gone.. Even if you only work on very big ticket items, to get to be a Magic Circle, Big Law, big 4 partner or partner at a large firm you still need to have proved your ability to win work and be seen…

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  • Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 1)

    Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 1)

    The days when you could get to partnership as a brilliant technician are long gone.. Even if you only work on very big ticket items, to get to be a Magic Circle, Big Law, big 4 partner or partner at a large firm you still need to have proved your ability to win work and be seen…

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  • Find out why potential partners need to be a triple threat

    Find out why potential partners need to be a triple threat

    If you were a director or senior associate and bringing in work worth over £1 million, you would think that you would be a sure bet for partnership. This may not always be the case, read on to find out more… The world of theatre has a phrase called a triple threat. This is someone…

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  • 7 tips to help you build strong internal firm relationships when you spend most of your time out of the office

    7 tips to help you build strong internal firm relationships when you spend most of your time out of the office

    This article helps you build strong and powerful relationships in your firm, even if you are on the road, off site, or get little opportunity for face-time in your relationships.

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  • 7 signs that your firm will put on you on partnership track – and your technical ability isn’t one of them

    7 signs that your firm will put on you on partnership track – and your technical ability isn’t one of them

    Did you know that behind closed doors your partners are considering whether you are future partner material? This will have a huge influence on whether you make partner at your firm, or any other firm. This may happen very formally with a firm doing a talent audit, or very informally when partners get together. In…

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  • 6 pretty big clues that you will make partner – and confidence isn’t one of them…

    6 pretty big clues that you will make partner – and confidence isn’t one of them…

    Many young professionals sadly never achieve their burning ambition of making partner, regardless of whether they start at a Big 4 firm. However, it’s pretty easy to see who is going to make it through to partnership, just by looking out for these six clues. 1. Have a rough timescale to make partner Those future…

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  • Business Development Clinic: How can I win more personal tax clients?

    Business Development Clinic: How can I win more personal tax clients?

    This was an interesting and pretty short question which landed in my inbox recently. I thought it may be useful to share my reply here in a blog post. Whilst you may not be after personal tax clients, the same questions and process holds true regardless of the type of clients you want to attract….

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