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Advancing your career – FREE resources from our Career Kitbag

YOUR FREE CAREER KITBAG – ADVANCING YOUR CAREER Everything you need to get to partner – and when you get there, stay there   In the FREE Career Kitbag is the following: All 40+ guides, plans, templates, cheat sheets specifically written for the needs of technical experts in a partnership environment Career Action plan and…

Who is taking responsibility for YOUR career?
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Who is taking responsibility for YOUR career?

You may be wondering, what does taking responsibility for your own career have to do with making partner?  Surely it’s your firm’s responsibility to help your career progress? Well, yes and no. At the end of the day, it is your responsibility to drive your own career. Your firm can help you to get to…

Have you sat down and really thought about what you want from your career and life?
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Have you sat down and really thought about what you want from your career and life?

The title of our book is ‘How to make partner AND still have a life’. However, how many of us actually take the time to step back and think about what the ‘AND still have a life’ bit means? We only tend to think about the ‘how to make partner’ – often to the detriment…

What ‘other stuff’ do I need to make time for to progress my career?
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What ‘other stuff’ do I need to make time for to progress my career?

In yesterday’s post on ‘are you spending enough time on the stuff that will help you make partner‘, we talked about the importance of making time for the ‘sky blue’ types of activities. i.e. activities which are not chargeable, and unlikely in the short or medium term to lead to more chargeable work, but likely…

What are political mistakes? And, can they really wreck my career?
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What are political mistakes? And, can they really wreck my career?

In our last three blog posts (part 1, part 2, part 3) we have been looking at ways to navigate and survive the firm’s politics. In this blog post we will look at what we mean by political mistakes. Firstly, let us remind ourselves about what we mean by being politically savvy: (definition is taken…

27 reasons why you may have lost your career mojo
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27 reasons why you may have lost your career mojo

In yesterday’s post we looked at ways to identify if you are lacking in career ambition. In today’s post we look at the many reasons why you may have lost your career ambition: 1. Bored 2. Don’t trust your firm 3. Don’t trust your partner 4. Don’t trust your mentor 5. Don’t trust your counseling/line/staff/appraising…

Reframe, Recharge, Refocus: How to Make 2025 the Year You Achieve Your Goals

Reframe, Recharge, Refocus: How to Make 2025 the Year You Achieve Your Goals

It’s been a long year. Has your career progressed as far as you hoped it would this year? Perhaps your firm makes all the right noises but it seems as if your development and career progression never seems to happen, You know you consistently do a good job and you know that you over achieve on your…

Making Time

’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 network which will help you…

Networking For Lawyers

Networking For Lawyers

Effective networking powers your law career Networking is an essential skill for making law firm partner. Find free guides and playbooks, and join us for courses and webinars. How to Win New Business If you want to make partner you need to show you can win business. It is often the lack of a client…

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