The burning question on every ambitious fee-earner's lips is: 'how do I make partner at this firm?' This book is your route map to making it to the top in a professional services firm. It shows you how to stand out, be in the right place at the right time and build your kitbag of skills to overcome the many hurdles and reach the Holy Grail of becoming partner. This book reveals what it really takes to make it, and what it will involve once you're there. It helps you make an informed decision on whether or not this is the right step for you, and guides you on how to become a partner and still have a life of your own. Heather Townsend and Jo Larbie show you the rules of the game, laying bare exactly what you need to do to take the ultimate step.

The ultimate prize in the world of professional services is making partner. This is the definitive guide to fulfilling your potential, becoming a successful partner - and still having a life outside work.

Becoming a partner in a professional services firm is for many ambitious fee-earners the ultimate goal. But in this challenging industry, with long hours, high pressure and even higher expectations, how do you stand out from the crowd? How do you build the most effective relationships? And how do you find the time to do all of this and still have a fulfilling personal life? Now in its third edition, How to Make Partner and Still Have a Life equips individuals at the start of their career through to partner with the skills needed to reach and succeed at the leadership level. How to Make Partner and Still Have a Life details the expectations and realities of being a partner and outlines how you can continue to achieve once you have obtained the much-coveted role. This edition is updated with guidance on developing the right mindset for success and the importance of mentoring and sponsorship. There is a specific focus on women and BAME professionals and the challenges faced by individuals coming from non-traditional or under-represented backgrounds. Heather Townsend and Jo Larbie provide a guide to help you tackle common obstacles and work smarter - not harder - to reach the top. Start your journey to partnership and still have the time for a life outside of work.

This book is a hard hitting comprehensive guide that takes a look at relationships and how they really are in the world today. This is your new user and repair manual for healthy relationships. It is the brainstorm of Professor Thomas W. Nagle. He started doing research for this book 10 years ago and became serious about writing it about 5 years ago. Hundreds of men and women were interviewed during this time to gather the important information needed regarding what makes a good relationship and what doesn't work.“This is your user and repair guide” for present day relationships.”Some of the concepts in this book are embedded in multiple articles. This is by design. We want you to get the “essence” of all the important concepts within multiple contexts. Many of these concepts will apply to various cycles of a relationship and the overlaps will help you remember them. For example, stress management applies to the looking for a new relationship, sustaining an existing relationship and exiting a bad relationship. A breath of fresh air has just blown into the world of old school relationship books. Most everyone will be able to relate to the articles regardless of gender, income class or relationship status. They have mixed the “academia” theory along with the “school of hard knocks” to bring you the perfect blend of both. You will be armed with new tools and ideas to handle most of the relationship issues that may come your way. This information can change your way of thinking and help you to see things about yourself and others that you may have never thought about before. Happily married, on the market, not happy, conflicted or just breaking up, this book has you covered on what you need to know. This is a definite value added book and most everyone can learn something new about Life and Love. This book was written to get you to start thinking. We have written this book it in a way that encourages you to critically think your own assumptions about love, life and relationships. You will gain new insights and acquire new tools to help you make better decisions in many aspects of your life. We will attempt to answer many of the "why" questions that you may have. In the end you should draw your own conclusions. This book will hopefully spare you from making some mistakes that we have already made and save you from wasting valuable time. It may also help clarify what it is exactly that you are really looking for in a relationship. In a nutshell, you will be better equipped to make wiser decisions when it comes to “matters of the heart.”We will take you full circle from wanting to find a relationship, how to find the right kind of partner and how to avoid hooking up with toxic people. You will learn to see the red flags and warnings that you will want to stay clear of when searching for a new mate. You need to be open minded and willing to change your own bad habits, thought process and behavior patterns if you wish to change the outcome of past bad relationships. We will then enter the phase of a new relationship with a new partner and provide you with tips to help you keep your new relationship healthy. This will give you the tools that you need to make a healthy long-term relationship. You will learn how to leave your old baggage behind you for good.You will learn that you must find closure and that you need to heal your wounds before you can move forward. You will then be able to move forward again and be able to find a healthy, happy and sustainable relationship. You can then use all the tools you have learned in this book to do it right the next time. This has taken you step by step right back to the beginning of being “Back on the market” again. The insights that you have gained here will stay with you long after you have finished reading.

How to Find Love The Secret to Finding your Life Partner and Making it Last This book is about the foolproof ways to find love and a partner for life. Strategies for finding the right man or woman are also found in this book, as well as pre-dating tips. Readers will also enjoy reading about relationship pitfalls and ways to avoid them. There is likewise a bonus chapter entitled Spice Up Your Love Life for couples who want to make their relationship, or marriage, last. The contents of this book are arranged chronologically and readers are advised to start with the first chapter, Love and Its Nuances, to get an overview of love and its many kinds and definitions. It also elaborates on the various misconceptions about love that people have believed over the years. The second chapter, The Preliminaries, covers pre-dating tips and narrations of real-life experiences of men and women who have been in the dating game. Some of the names have been changed to protect their identities. The next chapter, The Search for 'The One', centers on the qualities that one should look for in a partner. Examples from people were likewise included in this chapter to help the readers relate to the situations. Another feature of the third chapter is the list of characteristics people should think twice about. This would help readers gauge the people they meet and whether they are ready for a relationship. The next chapter, Relationship Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them) emphasizes couples or single men and women who are already in the dating and getting-to-know-you stage. This was written in an optimistic tone, and the readers have been provided with practical tips to make their relationships last. The fifth chapter, on the other hand, is a short description of ideal romantic pairs in literature that real-life couples could emulate. Aptly entitled as Literary Models, the chapter hopes to inspire couples through literature. What's Next?, the last chapter, gives the readers several last-minute suggestions, with the knowledge that they have already learned a lot from the previous chapters and are now ready to find their life partner."

Are you frustrated that you haven't been able to find the love of your life? Perhaps you feel a nagging fear that time is passing by and, if things don't get better, you might end up alone or settling for the wrong partner? If so, you've probably also noticed that these worries affect other areas of your life as well, making it even more vital to find a solution. Trust me - I know exactly what this is like, because I was there. I was managing world-class tennis players, dating many women, and living a seemingly great life. Yet I knew I was fooling the world and myself, as something within me simply did not allow me to engage in lasting, meaningful relationships. At the age of 33, when another relationship ended as quickly as it had begun, I vowed that I would not only find the love of my life, but that others wouldn't have to go through the same frustrations. Finding the partner of our dreams is our birthright, and a necessity to living a fulfilled life. This was the beginning of a journey that started with learning what makes some athletes so much more successful than others, and ended with finding my soul mate and dream partner. The solution to our problems lies in the thoughts and beliefs we have in our heads, most of which we aren't even aware of. These thoughts work like programs that run our lives. And unless we change these programs, we will experience the same results over and over again, no matter how much we try to achieve better results on a surface level. How to Win at Life & Love will not only give you a blueprint of how to attract your dream partner, but also help you develop the thought patterns that will allow you to prosper in your relationships and your career. These steps have helped me enjoy the most fulfilling, loving, and joyful relationship I could have imagined, and they have also helped some of my closest friends prosper in their lives. Now, this book is here to help give you the exact road map that you need. Remember, your time is precious. In fact it's the most precious resource that you have. Don't waste more time going through life on your own - learn how to become the person who will attract the partner of your dreams. For a book guide and access to the 14-step program for free, please visit: AllonKhakshouri.com/free Tags: dating advice, love, relationships, marriage, romance, wife, psychology of success, personal development