What is more important; your Personal or Business Case for partnership?
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What is more important; your Personal or Business Case for partnership?

The partner track process will assess both your Personal Case and Business Case for partnership. The Big 4 and large law firms will typically assess formally both your Personal and Business Case. However, the smaller or mid-tier firms may only formally assess your Business Case. The Personal Case will be assessed informally.  It tends to…

Tips for presenting your Business Case at your partnership panel interview
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Tips for presenting your Business Case at your partnership panel interview

You’ve poured your heart and soul into writing your Business Case for partnership. Your challenge is now to condense your ‘war and peace’ Business Case (and we have seen firms which literally require their partnership candidates to submit business cases which are over 50 pages long) into a 10-minute persuasive, engaging and impactful presentation for…

This is the most important tool you can use to talk about your Business Case for partnership
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This is the most important tool you can use to talk about your Business Case for partnership

Over the last few years we have been advocating using a tool called a one-page Talk Sheet to communicate your Business Case for partnership in your firm. In fact, this tool is probably the most important tool you can use when on partner track (or if you want to get onto partnership track). In this…

4 important things I learnt recently when helping craft Business Cases for partnership
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4 important things I learnt recently when helping craft Business Cases for partnership

We regularly help lawyers, accountants and consultants with their Business Cases for Partnership. This is often helping our clients put together their Big 4 Partner Business Case. This article summarises what I learnt from this experience: Timescales are normally very tight I’ve always known that firms (even Big 4 firms) have a habit of tapping…

The reason why NOW is the right time to start working on your business case for partner
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The reason why NOW is the right time to start working on your business case for partner

I regularly speak to audiences of lawyers, accountants and consultants about the challenges of making partner. In my talks I often share the ten lessons that my clients have learnt along their journeys to make partner. In this blog post I am going to share the tenth and final lesson; starting working towards your partner…

Two things that will significantly increase the impact of your Business Case
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Two things that will significantly increase the impact of your Business Case

I reviewed the Partner Business Case for 3 potential partners in one week. I gave the same advice every time. It’s typically my advice after reviewing any Business Case for partnership. And here it is for you. Add numbers and evidence to your partner Business Case Words can tell a good story, but there is…

The 4 most common (and damaging) mistakes lawyers make with their business case for partnership
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The 4 most common (and damaging) mistakes lawyers make with their business case for partnership

Your business case to make partner in a law firm In this article, I share the common mistakes I see in business cases for a partner in a law firm. Whilst these are largely similar to the mistakes made by other professionals in practice, a few crop up time and time again in lawyers’ business…

What data do you need in your Business Case for partnership?
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What data do you need in your Business Case for partnership?

What makes a strong Business Case for partner? The best and most effective partnership Business Cases continually verify and quantify all the statements within them. In this article, I discuss what data is required and how to use it to strengthen your Business Case for partner in your firm What is your evidence that you…

5 common career limiting mistakes that stop senior associates making partner
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5 common career limiting mistakes that stop senior associates making partner

It is a tricky business – making the transition from senior associate to partner in a law firm. There are the many booby-traps which come from having to create, write, and pitch your business case for partnership. Then, there’s the other stuff: the intangibles that demonstrate to your partners that you haven’t “got it” yet….

Tips to write your Business Case for partner in a weekend
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Tips to write your Business Case for partner in a weekend

Despite your best intentions, sometimes you must write your Business Case for partnership quickly. Maybe, as has happened for some of our clients, your partnership sprung the need for a Business Case on you. Our Big 4, as well as law firm clients, have experienced this. Or maybe you’ve never had the headspace or time…

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