Team away days… an 8 point action plan to get them right
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Team away days… an 8 point action plan to get them right

Have you been asked to help run a team away day or session? Here’s your 8 point action list for better team away days Objectives: Be absolutely clear what the objectives are, in terms of a measurable business outcome (Why do they need bringing together? What/ how will the firm or the team gain? How…

Business Development Clinic: How can I make myself more memorable at networking events
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Business Development Clinic: How can I make myself more memorable at networking events

I often run workshops on ‘working the room’ and I am always being asked how to make myself more memorable at networking events. In this business development clinic post, I share 4 ways of helping you be more memorable when working the room. Help people remember your name When you introduce yourself, say your first…

Team away days… Where do they go wrong? Part 2
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Team away days… Where do they go wrong? Part 2

When I used to be employed as an in-house learning and development manager, I was always being asked by my business units whether I would run a team away day for them. Very often it’s the up-and-coming partner or junior partner who is given the job of organising the department away day. I’m all for a…

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Team away days… Are they just a waste of time and money? Part 1

When I used to be employed as an in-house learning and development manager, I was always being asked by my business units whether I would run a team away day for them. Very often it’s the up-and-coming partner or junior partner who is given the job of organising the department away day. I’m all for a…

Business Development Clinic: How to network effectively without having to go out networking in the evening
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Business Development Clinic: How to network effectively without having to go out networking in the evening

  Heather Townsend helps professionals become the ‘Go To Expert’. She is the author of the award-winning and best-selling ‘The FT Guide To Business Networking‘. In this post, Heather shows you that it is possible to build up a network which helps you win business without compromising on your evenings with the family. How does…

4 clues to identify where the new partners will be needed in your firm
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4 clues to identify where the new partners will be needed in your firm

In this article, I share with you the clues which you need to be looking for to understand what the partners will require from the future firm’s partners. Regardless of whether you are a lawyer, accountant or consultant, these clues will form part of your personal and business case for partnership.  Firstly, technical ability will…

Business Development Clinic: Actions speak louder than words
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Business Development Clinic: Actions speak louder than words

This is the third blog in a series by Martin Bragg, highly experienced business development expert with 20 years experience in professional service firms. Martin has worked in business development for major international law firms including the magic circle and for accountancy practices in the big four and beyond. (See here for Martin’s 1st and 2nd…

8 ways of building up your fan base with your partners – Part 2
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8 ways of building up your fan base with your partners – Part 2

Following on from last week’s blog post on what you need to do before you start writing your personal business case for partnership, we are now considering in the last part of this 2 part blog post, (Part 1 here) a vital step to making partner – building up your fan base with the partners in…

8 ways of building up your fan base with your partners – Part 1
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8 ways of building up your fan base with your partners – Part 1

Following on from last week’s blog post on what you need to do before you start writing your personal business case for partnership, we are now considering in this 2 part blog post, a vital step to making partner and achieving this last hurdle – building up your fan base with the partners in your…

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