It is a tricky business – making the transition from senior associate to partner in a law firm. There are the many booby-traps which come from having to create, write, and pitch your business case for partnership. Then, there’s the other stuff: the intangibles that demonstrate to your partners that you haven’t “got it” yet. …
5 common career limiting mistakes that stop senior associates making partner Read More »
Despite your best intentions, sometimes you have to write your business case for partnership really quickly. Maybe, as has happened for some of our clients, your partnership sprung the need for a business case on you. Our Big 4 as well as law firm clients have experienced this. Or maybe you’ve never quite had the …
Tips to write your business case for partner in a weekend Read More »
Most firms require their potential partners to create a partner business case. Typically there are only 7 types of partner business cases. Once you know which type your business case is, you can then increase its impact and persuasiveness. In the 2nd part of this 3-part blog post, (part 1 here, part 3 here) I …
The 7 types of business case for partner (part 2) Read More »
Most firms require their potential partners to create a partner business case. Typically there are only 7 types of partner business cases. Once you know which type your business case is, you can then increase its impact and persuasiveness. In the first of this 3-part blog post, (2nd part here, 3rd part here) I examine …
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Client service tip: How to build up rapport with important clients and why not to use mirroring and matching as a technique to build up rapport
Making partner is more than just proving you can win work. You also need to prove that you can build and develop a team. As a ‘team leader’ you will be playing multiple different roles. In this article, based on an extract from Poised for Partnership, I look at the 5 different roles team leaders …
The Christmas Party festive networking season is already upon us! In this article, I will be exploring how to make it through Christmas networking in one piece. Last year I wrote 5 good ways to eat, drink, network and be merry this Christmas season. In that article, I suggested: Don’t feel you need to accept every …
When should I specialise? The challenge for any lawyer, accountant or consultant in practice is when to specialise. (Not if they need to!) Do it too soon and you don’t get the broad base of technical and commercial skills you need. Do it too late and you will struggle to build your own practice. The …
