How to Make Partner and Still Have a Life

by Heather Townsend

The burning question on every ambitious fee-earner's lips '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.

Genres: Business

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 3, 2012

Reviews

[Jorė · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's few reliable sources of advice for career planning, if you leave all the BS on do what you love/everyone is a startup'er behind.
This book is a very good reminder that there are no overnight successes, and the best way of getting somewhere is by doing actual work. I bought it in a moment of despair and found lists of action steps highly useful. For me it's not that much about earning promotions or whatever - it is a good roadmap on using one's time at work usefully, being responsible for the value you bring and following your own improvement. Things I care about.
It is a bit too focused on the nature of law firms, but skipping all the "success stories" helps to ignore it. If I would be just out of uni starting my career, I would give myself this book, if I will find myself in another job crisis I will open it and if one day I need to help someone else to use their time at work wisely, this book will be helpful.
And it is surprising, because seriously, who doesn't have a paranoia about all "here's the smart way to achieve something" books?

[Annarella · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is useful and interesting, I liked how it is organized and the clear explanation.
I think it can be very useful for both people who are interested in a career and those who want to improve their life/work balance.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

[Toni Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

essential resding for every newly qualified professional ( and a good reminder for their bosses too)

[Gwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an audit trainee at a Big 4 firm, I gained invaluable knowledge from this book:

I don't want to make partner.

:)

[Anthony Deluca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has allot of great ideas and really sets a foundation one can user to advance their career to business ownership

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was actually pretty informative. Lots of take aways. Will take a lot of effort to get there and even more to stay there. One step as a time.