How to build up a pipeline of new work via my network
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How to build up a pipeline of new work via my network

How to create a pipeline of new work via your network Recently I have been having a similar conversation with my clients who are in the process of building up a pipeline of new work and their client portfolio via their network. Therefore, in this blog post I will share the conversation I had with…

Business development advice that harms more than helps
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Business development advice that harms more than helps

Clients often tell me about the business development advice they have had from well-established partners in their firm.  Lots of these tips are spot-on and very helpful. Others are . . . well, we have a chuckle!   Some of the tips I have heard have been at best unhelpful and sometimes actually damaging to…

8 tried and tested ways to increase your profile
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8 tried and tested ways to increase your profile

It’s a common piece of feedback that many aspiring partners or directors will get told. In a professional services organisation, having a good profile leads to getting onto the plum assignments and being first in line for any promotions. But what does it mean, and how do you go about increasing your profile?

Starting a law blog: 3 reasons you haven’t yet
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Starting a law blog: 3 reasons you haven’t yet

Starting a law blog Starting a law blog can be a great way of building a strong profile and generating work from your own desk. So, why don’t many more lawyers do it? Or more to the point, why do so many lawyers have the intention to start a law blog but never quite get…

7 tried and tested ways lawyers can make the time to network
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7 tried and tested ways lawyers can make the time to network

  Networking tips for lawyers I’m guessing you became a lawyer because you love the law. Yes? Makes sense. You didn’t go into it because you love forging relationships with strangers.  However, that’s what you have to do.  Network.  If you want to move your career forward you need to have built and nurtured a…

What to blog, and how? 3 tried and tested tips create client winning assets
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What to blog, and how? 3 tried and tested tips create client winning assets

What to blog about to win clients? You’ve written a blog post. You’ve published it, added it on Twitter and LinkedIn. Now what? If you are like most lawyers, accountants and consultants I know, you probably leave it there. Thereby missing out on most of the value of your blogging work, limiting your chances of…

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