stop working long hours
| | | | |

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…

make partner law firm
| | |

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…

make partner law firm
| | |

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 clients
|

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…

The 4 foundational habits
| | | |

The 4 foundational habits: How to be at your best each day (regardless of what cr*p you have to deal with)

ByHeather Townsend

Given that your day job keeps you pretty busy… and you want to progress your career to partner (or just get promoted)…. and you want to have quality time with your family, it’s absolutely key that you can be at your best, pretty much every day. In order to be at your best each day,…

How to move up in law
| | | | | | |

How to write a career plan if you are a lawyer, accountant or consultant (without getting overwhelmed)

ByHeather Townsend

Understanding how to write a career plan if you are a lawyer, accountant or consultant is key to make partner and stay there. As the saying goes, “fail to plan, plan to fail”. And this couldn’t be truer if you are wanting to progress your career in the professions. How to write a career plan…

attorney burnout
| | |

2 essential ways that attorneys can avoid burnout from the stress of practising law

ByHeather Townsend

Did you know that lawyers suffer from depression at a rate 3.6 times higher than that of other professions? It’s true. Practising law is stressful and demanding and the constant high pressure to improve with the same resources day after day leads a lot to attorney burnout. Here are 2 essential ways that attorneys can…

Improve team performance
| | | | | | | |

6 clues that you are letting your team members get away with poor performance

ByHeather Townsend

Want to improve team performance, but don’t know where to start? From experience, it might be you who is hindering growth. Like many other talented professionals who shy away from having difficult conversations, you may be accepting substandard performance from the members of your team as a result.  If you are going to make it…

survive the big 4 busy season
| | |

Top 6 busy season survival techniques from Big 4 veterans

ByHeather Townsend

The Big 4 busy season can break even the strongest of accountants no matter how experienced you are at them. So how is it done? How do the veterans keep surviving them only to fight another year? We asked them just that and here they are – the top 6 survival techniques straight from the…

How to get a promotion to partner
| | | | |

How long does it take to become a partner at a Big 4?

ByHeather Townsend

It’s a question that most junior members of a firm want to ask: “How long does it take to make partner?” It’s even more difficult to answer. You can work all your life and still only reach the position of a Director or you could defy the odds and make partner by the age of…

End of content

End of content