Hi I'm Heather Townsend. My weekly email tips will help you learn what you need to do to get noticed as "one to watch" in your firm (Hint, it's nothing to do with your billing). Join the 3000+ lawyers, accountants and consultants who are learning how to make partner. I am the author of 6 books including Poised For Partnership, How to make partner and still have a life, The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking and The Go-To Expert.
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Hi Reader You may think that you are technically better than some of them so why are you being overlooked? ⚡ You have to drive your career. Your firm won't do that for you. The partners in your firm will not be thinking about your career 24/7 ⚡ Making partner is not just another promotion. You don't deserve it just because you are achieving your billable hours targets or have been with a firm for a number of years. ⚡ You need to prove to your partners that you are already acting at that level before you will get promoted or admitted to the partnership. To summarise... if you want to make partner you need to DO SOMETHING actively. It's not going to land on your lap. Remember, you don't need to WAIT to be noticed for training and development by your firm; ⚡ you CAN control the speed of your career development ⚡ Are you prepared to treat your career almost as another client and spend time on it each week? Those people who are progressing faster than you have taken control of their own career progression I want you, [FIRST NAME GOES HERE] to feel in control of your career and and be able to learn how to get noticed. Did you know that I have a Progress to Partner Basic Level Membership that is just £35+VAT that will give you 12 months access to: • All the Progress to Partner Academy guides and workbooks • All our short videos that are packed with help, advice and pep-talks to keep you going • Past Recordings ( 3+ years worth of expertise and knowledge from our webinars & virtual workshops) • Game Plans (excluding self-study course content*) • Access to all the content in Progress to Partner APART from the Self-Study Courses and their modules* • Access to all the I Need Help With content APART from Business Case* and Partnership Admissions Process* • Attend my Live Lunch & Workshops for just £35+VAT each What are you waiting for? Join now as a Basic level member for an incredible £35+ VAT for the year - click here to unlock Basic access to Progress to Partner Academy! I'll also send you a weekly email with advice and suggestions of resources to look at so that you keep motivated and are doing something at least every week to work on building your "partner-ready" skills. If you want to unlock access to all the recordings, quick wins & guides but don't yet need access to the self-study courses or the business case & partner admissions resources, a Basic membership is the one for you. Get Basic level Progress to Partner for £35+VAT If you're ready to unlock access to to all the self-study courses, including the business case & partner admissions resources, a Premium membership is the one for you. Get Stuck in to the Self-Study Courses and join Finally here is my plea to you for 2025 ...Stop working diligently, head down, waiting to be chosen for career development courses by your firm. Make this the year that you take control of your own career development. Make the firm notice you! My Progress to Partner Academy members have checklists, guides, short recordings and self-study courses at their fingertips. Let's make 2025 the year you stop spinning your wheels and start moving your career forward with purpose. Have a good weekend! Heather PS - build the skills and mindset you need to progress your career in your firm with my Progress to Partner Academy. Find out more here Heather Townsend Author (Poised for Partnership, the Financial Times Guide to Business Networking) Co-author How to Make Partner (and Still Have A Life) The leading global expert in what it takes to move from senior fee earner to partner, and when you get there, stay there. Founder of Progress to Partner Academy |
How to Make Partner from Heather Townsend
Hi I'm Heather Townsend. My weekly email tips will help you learn what you need to do to get noticed as "one to watch" in your firm (Hint, it's nothing to do with your billing). Join the 3000+ lawyers, accountants and consultants who are learning how to make partner. I am the author of 6 books including Poised For Partnership, How to make partner and still have a life, The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking and The Go-To Expert.
Hi Reader Are you technically brilliant? But has your career progression stagnated?Do you consistently smash your targets and deliver great work for clients? That's fantastic – but is it enough to make partner? Often, the answer is no.Many high-performing senior professionals get stalled on their partnership journey because they're still operating with an 'employee' mindset, focusing primarily on utilisation and technical delivery. Making partner, however, requires a fundamental shift –...
Hi Reader Have you delegated any work this week? Don't forget that one of the key reasons that learning to delegate is so important is that it will give you time to work on areas that will help your career.If you are going to expand the amount of time you have to build your practice, you will need to learn to delegate well to more junior staff. This means, delegating the lower value tasks that you don’t need to do to others. It means, delegating authority as well as tasks (so that they don’t...
Hi Reader If you want to get noticed as one to watch and for promotion to the next step up, you need to stand out and be known - for the right reasons. This means starting to build your personal and business case for partner The type of brand you now want to develop is very much a continuation of the last stage in your career, i.e: hitting your numbers and KPIs, trusted to have an element of managerial or leadership responsibility within the firm, not just leading a small team maintain strong...