Career development

Podcast: The pursuit of partnership, career transition and personal values

Podcast: The pursuit of partnership, career transition and personal values

I chat with Lawyers Weekly about the traditional career path for lawyers and how individuals can decide whether partnership is right for them. Also delving into law firm culture, work/life balance and the way personal values can shape a successful career.

Empathy: a key to a successful legal career

Empathy: a key to a successful legal career

It’s a cliché, but it is also true: change is the new constant. We live in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world where everything can become overwhelming very quickly. 

Most of us are searching for certainty at some level, and this offers the modern lawyer with the opportunity to provide certainty – in the form of trust. 

How to decide if you want to become a law partner

How to decide if you want to become a law partner

It seems like there is ready advice to determine how to become a law partner, each firm will have their model of what you have to achieve to be considered, and most partners can tell you what they had to do to get there.  What can be a little trickier is deciding if you really want to become a partner.

Beyond Partnership: 3 steps to reinvigorate your career

Beyond Partnership: 3 steps to reinvigorate your career

If partnership is the pinnacle of a professional services career, what comes next?

It’s a question that is not always easy to answer. There isn’t really a natural career progression after partnership, apart from moving up the ranks to equity partner (where that option is still available).