talent & career development

making partner: today’s 15 essential skills and traits

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do you have what it takes? bonus: six boxes to check off, and seven tough questions.

by marc rosenberg

what is the right stuff to earn a promotion to partner? this is one of several questions that if asked of ten partners from different firms, you may get ten different answers.

more: why you might want an executive committee | how to specify managing partner duties | when votes must be taken, what are the options? | ownership percentage and capital accounts | 5 key reasons to have a partner agreement

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i have worked the following script dozens of times at partner retreats: i ask the group what it means to be a partner and write their responses on a flipchart. when we’re done, one of the partners yells out “oh no. none of us qualifies!” and because the truth is often said in jest, this retort is no joke.

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true diversity means creating equity

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woman opens door to find brick wall behind itwho is trying to get in the room but can’t?

by liz gold
in from success to significance: the radical cpa guide

so, we know you can’t just put the diversity and inclusion phrase on marketing materials and call it good. there needs to be some substance behind the claim.

more on radicalism: a legacy of leadership must extend to diversity | 5 ways to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace | goals, goals, goals | 3 challenges in shifting to product management | productized 1099s the new vision way | why our clients need us to be radical
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part of that substance includes looking at the word “equity” and considering how you can provide equitable opportunities and growth potential to every individual in your firm.
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3 ‘letting go’ actions to help you get unstuck

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it’s not the same as giving up.

by bill reeb

while i’ve discussed “letting go” actions before, it is time to get a little better understanding of how to leverage them.

more: become your mind’s lead programmer | let go to get unstuck | investing in loss | you might be your biggest obstacle | what to stop may be more important than what to do | stop wishing your life away | don’t let inertia determine your direction | what does ‘getting stuck’ or ‘being stuck’ mean? | 3 ways to get ‘unstuck’
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at any point in time, when you realize you are dissatisfied with your level of success or happiness, once you have decided what to let go of that was the source of the negative emotions you are feeling, you will end up making at least one – if not two or all three – of these choices.
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become your mind’s lead programmer

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calm balanced businessman sitting outdoors on bench in yoga lotus pose meditating, with office building and blue sky in backgroundmeditation is one way, but there are others.

by bill reeb

your mind is the most powerful resource available to you. it is easy to think of it as a supercomputer, running your physical being: constantly compiling data, processing complex transactions, creating internally revealed reports and so on.

more: let go to get unstuck | get better, work better, right now | constantly build on the basics | from martial arts to business: 5 steps of evolution | expect and embrace failure anytime you do new work | determining your desires should be an active process
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we know through research that most of us barely tap into our brain’s full capability, so it is also not hard to get complacent and deem the brain to be some magical organ that we just hope keeps running properly. as well, it is easy for us to get comfortable interacting with our minds as if we were only data entry operators rather than the brain’s lead programmer.
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running on passion, or running on empty?

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feinberg

‘passion is nice. but passion with positive cash flow is so much nicer.’

by andrea feinberg

hey, new business owner: congratulations on making a huge leap. your choice to risk it all (and i’d say a predictable income, resources and benefits are pretty huge to leave behind) takes enormous courage, persistence, and a plan. and, many would say it takes a strong devotion – some call it ‘passion’ – to the service or product you plan to deliver.

well, i have a suggestion and i hope you’ll take this personally (not a typo: i want you to take it personally because your business will be among the most personal relationships and responsibilities you’ll ever have.)

i’m going to suggest you shift your thinking: don’t start a business; solve a problem. unless your product or service can solve a specific problem (or, secondarily, expand on an opportunity) for a recognizable category of customer, you’ll never make a penny. read more →

the secret to making millennials more efficient

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carrick
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five good reasons to let them make their own hours.

by drew carrick

what i am about to say might cause you to break into absolute hysteria.  depending on whom you are,  you will either: share and embrace, or smear and critique. my intention is not to demand a change in the working world, but rather to stimulate a cultural conversation that can change the way we work.

employees should be able to make their own hours.

are you crazy, drew? nobody would ever work then!

well, while that may be your first thought, let me explain my thought process. read more →

let go to get unstuck

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trapeze artist about to grab partner's handswhat beliefs no longer serve you?

by bill reeb

if you have identified a desire, created a plan and are working your plan to your satisfaction, you are in what i refer to as the “try (work)-evaluate” loop that continues until you accomplish whatever you want to achieve. as long as you recognize the early warning signals and respond to them in a timely way, you will remain unstuck, continuing to work better and achieve more.

more: get better, work better, right now | stay in the present | how ‘take what’s given’ works in business | learn to work ‘better’ instead of ‘harder’ | be realistic regarding expectations | a clear direction provides you a sanity check
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however, most of us are not that fortunate. we start getting stuck and rather than respond to the early warning signals, we either ignore them, hoping they will go away, or try to power through them.
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get better, work better, right now

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businessman looking at calendar on tabletyou have an obligation to yourself. put it on your calendar if that’s what it takes.

by bill reeb

whatever you decide you want to improve or accomplish takes effort. relationships take effort. your job takes effort. having fun takes effort.

more: stay in the present | investing in loss | you might be your biggest obstacle | what to stop may be more important than what to do | stop wishing your life away | don’t let inertia determine your direction | what does ‘getting stuck’ or ‘being stuck’ mean?
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know that whatever is important to you could easily start to wither away if you don’t give it the right amount of attention.
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stay in the present

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business meeting of a woman and two menthis goes for both your business and personal lives.

by bill reeb

have you ever caught yourself daydreaming and realized a significant amount of time has passed while you were on autopilot and you can’t remember any details in between?

more: investing in loss | constantly build on the basics | from martial arts to business: 5 steps of evolution | expect and embrace failure anytime you do new work | determining your desires should be an active process | know where you are running to
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in the beginning, when i was driving back and forth between austin and arlington when michaelle was earning her ph.d., i found that there were times when my mind would get immersed in a topic and when i came back to the present, i might have driven between 50 and 100 miles. i couldn’t remember passing through cities. i did make the drive often, so the road was familiar, but what a scary thought that i was driving a death machine at 70 miles an hour on a crowded freeway and had no recollection of my navigation for such a long distance.
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three ‘bads’ and you’re out

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exhausted man rubbing his eyes under glassesstop sabotaging yourself.

by bill reeb

third “bad” and you’re out.

this is a philosophy that i adopted years ago while i was reflecting on a number of situations that had gone wrong as i was doing the work. as i have mentioned numerous times before, when we make mistakes (and for me that is often), that tends to trigger a time of great reflection.

more: investing in loss | constantly build on the basics | from martial arts to business: 5 steps of evolution | expect and embrace failure anytime you do new work
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one day, i noticed a trend. as i would reflect on events ending negatively, i realized that in almost every case, my mistakes had compounded before they hurt me. so, for this discussion, when i refer to a “bad,” this is simply a shorthand way of saying “i made a mistake.”
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investing in loss

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if you rely only on your “winning” skill set, you’ll never develop anything else.

by bill reeb

“invest in loss” is a technique that helps us expand our knowledge and ability by setting our ego aside so that we can learn how to work better and get better. with invest-in-loss, the focus is on improving; whether you win or lose, whether you look bad or like a pro, whether you are embarrassed or held up as an example, the key is to improve.

more: constantly build on the basics | how ‘take what’s given’ works in business | learn to work ‘better’ instead of ‘harder’ | be realistic regarding expectations
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don’t confuse investing in loss with “give up and don’t care.” these two phrases have nothing in common. while investing in loss still means you are trying, you are not restricting yourself to those approaches that give you the best chance of “winning.”
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constantly build on the basics

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climber standing atop mountain with another in distancethe goal is to work better, not just more.

by bill reeb

always keeping the basics top of mind can help you work better. this technique is about making sure you are always building on a strong foundation – strong enough for where you are now, but also strong enough to support where you plan to be.

more: how ‘take what’s given’ works in business | you might be your biggest obstacle | what to stop may be more important than what to do | stop wishing your life away | don’t let inertia determine your direction | let go of what you think you know
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if your foundation isn’t built for the load you will eventually put to bear on it, then though you might make great progress doing the work in the short term, your gains will all crumble underneath you in the long term.
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