Heather Townsend

Heather Townsend

Heather Townsend is the global expert on what it takes to make partner. She is the best-selling author of 5 books, including 'How To Make Partner And Still Have A Life' (co-written with Jo Larbie), 'Poised for partnership', 'The Go-To Expert' and 'The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking'.

How to deal with stress on the partnership track: the definitive guide

By / Blog, Managing yourself, stress management / 9 minutes of reading

Anyone who has had a career in law, accountancy or consulting knows just how demanding these industries can be. The long hours, high stakes, and constant competition create a working culture like no other. And this experience only intensifies when pursuing partnership. As a result, many people start to neglect their mental and physical health …

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5 smart strategies to use internal PR to accelerate your career

By / Advancing Your Career, Blog, Branding Yourself, Increasing Your Profile / 4 minutes of reading

Want to accelerate your career? Then stop neglecting your internal PR! Not doing your own internal PR can be incredibly costly to your career progression in a firm. In fact, get it wrong, and you may find yourself out of a job! Sounds dramatic, I know, but I have had so many clients get busy …

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The Ultimate Guide to Switching Off When You’re On Holiday

By / Blog, Managing yourself, stress management, Work/life balance / 5 minutes of reading

Holidays should be relaxing – a welcome break from your busy work schedule. And yet, many of us waste them worrying about deadlines, responding to emails and returning calls that could quite honestly wait. So, in a bid to help you break these bad habits, we’re going to teach you how to switch off from …

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7 ways to put yourself in the driving seat of your career

By / Advancing Your Career, Blog, Career planning / 5 minutes of reading

We deliver a lot of workshops on how to drive your career forward, particularly for the high potential senior managers in the UK200 group. In this blog post, I am carrying on the themes that tend to come out of these events. At the beginning of the day, I ask many of the delegates what …

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12 tips to survive and thrive when you move to a new firm

By / Advancing Your Career, Blog / 8 minutes of reading

Want to move firms? This one’s for you… I recently finished a great book called ‘Strategies for Being Brilliant’ by Sue Ritchie – the book explores 21 strategies to achieve greater happiness, confidence and success. Throughout the book, Sue draws upon her personal experience with emigration to demonstrate how these unique strategies helped her adjust …

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5 career resolutions everyone should make this year (and how to stick to them)

By / Advancing Your Career, Blog, Career planning / 10 minutes of reading

The start of a new year provides us with the perfect opportunity to set new goals and aspirations. Professionally speaking, setting career resolutions (and sticking to them) can increase focus, improve time management and boost productivity. Yet, despite our best intentions (and all of the notable benefits), it’s not uncommon for these resolutions to fall …

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Business networking tips for accountants (7 ways to save you heaps of time!)

By / Blog, Building your client portfolio, Networking / 5 minutes of reading

Ahh…networking. It’s both the key to success yet one of the biggest drains on time, time that most professionals don’t have to spare. So what are your choices: put networking off to spend time on tasks that give you an instant return on investment or dedicate the necessary time to deepening existing connections and creating …

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10 tips to ace your presentation to your partnership selection panel

By / 12 Key Indicators, business case for partnership, Final steps, Partnership Admissions Process / 7 minutes of reading

Part of your firm’s partnership admission process in your journey to make partner will probably involve a presentation of your business case and personal case for partnership to a selection of partners. These partners are typically some of the most influential in the partnership. Nerve-wracking stuff! This blog post will give you ten tips to …

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