I was wrong … this time it’s different. In a post in November I likened today’s arms race for talent to feeling like 2006/7 all over...

Dear Santa I've been very good this year, ask the equity partners. I would like a big tuna. Not just a good lateral hire partner but a...

This picture tells a story of 1.1m UK job vacancies in September, up 25% on pre-pandemic levels. And a disproportionate share of those...

My Inbox has been twitching after I plagiarised Benjamin Disraeli’s ‘greasy pole’ as a metaphor for the launch of myPartnerCompass. Maybe...

There is an old saying that the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy is that in a dictatorship someone tells you what to do...

Top sportspeople seem to have more time than the rest. Sometimes it can even be as if they make time stand still. You might see this...

Teenagers will tell you their big dilemma in today’s social media world is to stand out from the crowd whilst also fitting in - to be...

Working from home? As a partner? I am hearing this more and more at the moment as professional firms tip toe towards some form of new...

I know next to nothing about rowing, but a friend who rowed to a high standard once told me that the key to river racing is ‘find and...

How many variations on ‘partnership’ can you name? When I was an articled clerk, it would have been two or perhaps three, at least...

My transition in Summer 2008 from by then a part-time deal-doing partner to full-time management transpired to be interesting timing - I...