Category: Career

“As satisfying and safe as it can feel to have mastered a craft, it also can be a sign that it’s time to learn a new trick. It’s the known an artist should fear, not the unknown.”

Our attitude to money directly influences many career and life decisions. And there is a strong link between our personal wellness and our financial wellbeing. Too often in the legal

It is common to lose sight of why we do what we do. Much of my time is spent in conversation with Partners about their careers and most confront this

I’ve been speaking with a number of large law firms recently about their Partner performance criteria and changing financial business models. It seems a consistent theme, going forward, that achieving equity

What does being a “Partner” mean to you ?  Is it status, money, autonomy, control, professional recognition?  Are you content with being salaried or do you want or aspire for

I met with a Senior Associate from a big firm yesterday who told me he wanted to move to another firm where he could become a Partner.  He had neither

What so many seemingly fail to understand is the inextricable link between “self”, “relationships” and “work” Back in 1982 (showing my age here) there was an Australian number-one hit song

The path to equity Partnership and even salaried Partnership in many firms has now become much harder.  In a market where revenue and profit figures are challenged it is expected