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How to fight fatigue and increase your energy levels – even if you are still in lockdown

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Managing yourself, stress management, Work/life balance / 6 minutes of reading

So many people I speak to recently (myself included) are telling me they are feeling fatigued and their energy levels are low. Given how much change we have had forced upon us, and our general levels of stress and anxiety, this isn’t surprising. Add in the threat of an impending global recession, firms pausing recruitment, …

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5 tried and tested tips to stop your working day from becoming your whole day when working from home.

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Personal efficiency, Personal Impact, stress management, Work/life balance / 5 minutes of reading

How to stop working long hours when working from home Did you start lockdown with adrenaline-fuelled intentions about what you were going to do with all your spare time now you were working from home? And are you now finding that spare time you had from not commuting, not travelling, not doing the school run …

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The Lawyer, Accountant, and Consultant’s guide: How to create a new daily structure when working from home for the first time (even if you have failed miserably so far)

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Managing yourself, stress management, Work/life balance / 10 minutes of reading

Many of us have now been working from home for the last month. And if you are like me, it hasn’t quite gone to plan. Perhaps you had unrealistic ideas, fuelled by the adrenaline buzz, of how productive you would be working from home freed of the shackles of the daily commute and needing to …

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The ultimate guide to putting together your networking strategy to save you time (and heart ache)

By Heather Townsend / Networking, Networking / 14 minutes of reading

Probably the biggest waste of time I see lawyers, accountants and consultants do with their business development, is to network without a clear purpose or strategy. It isn’t helped by many firms asking their people to sub in for another person at the drop of a hat either. Having a personal networking strategy that you …

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18 tried and tested tips on how to run effective online meetings whilst working from home

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Building your team, Managing others / 11 minutes of reading

For a long time, physical meetings were considered far more productive and collaborative than online meetings. As technology continues to progress over time, however, this thinking has slowly been changing especially as more and more companies are starting to embrace remote working. Fast forward to today and we have a truly unique situation on our …

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How to avoid back and shoulder pain when working from home

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

Many of us are finding out what it is like to work from home for an extended period of time. Given the speed at which most firms moved their employees to work remotely, many of the niceties didn’t happen. Namely support to get a working environment at home which minimised the impact on your body. …

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8 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts

By Heather Townsend / Blog, business development / 9 minutes of reading

If you’re working from home, possibly with the kids underfoot and wanting your attention as much as your boss, team and clients, it’s understandable to think that you don’t have time to network and keep at your business development activities. With everything that is going on, it’s also understandable that you may feel a bit …

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How to take back control of your time and workload if it has gone sky-high due to Coronavirus

By Heather Townsend / Blog, Managing yourself / 11 minutes of reading

Overwhelming workload: Is this your reality at the moment? You have clients calling you on the landline, mobile and via Whatsapp or Facetime? Add into the mix you have multiple pings coming at you from all the communication channels you have set up to keep in touch with your team who are now working from …

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How to get your career back on track if the Coronavirus has sabotaged your career plans

By Heather Townsend / Advancing Your Career, Blog, Career planning / 8 minutes of reading

These last 2-3 weeks here in the UK have been, frankly, surreal, scary and the nearest I will hopefully come to war time conditions in my life time. I have been hearing from many of my clients that their career plans have gone completely to awry. (Some of them used stronger language than this.) So …

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How to create your own client following

By Heather Townsend / Advancing Your Career, Blog, Building your client portfolio, Increasing Your Profile / 4 minutes of reading

How do I create my own client following? I’m often asked this question on a webinar. The truth is, it’s hard. But it’s not impossible. Time can be a constant enemy or an ally when it comes to networking. So the real question is, how do you create your own client following and still have …

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