For high-performing professionals, switching on is rarely the problem. When a deadline is approaching, a difficult decision needs to be made or a client needs an immediate response, you know how to focus. You can manage pressure, solve problems, make decisions and keep moving when the demands of work increase. But knowing how to perform under pressure does not necessarily mean knowing how to switch off afterwards. For many lawyers, investment professionals, finance specialists, consultants,...

“I’m fine. I’m just exhausted.” Irina and I hear this quite often, usually from people who, on the surface, appear to be doing perfectly well. They are meeting deadlines, looking after clients, making decisions, attending meetings and getting through everything that needs to be done. There is nothing immediately obvious to suggest that they are struggling, and because they are still functioning and performing at work, the assumption is often that everything is fine. But when we talk to them,...

You became a partner because you were an exceptional lawyer. But partnership brings a very different set of performance pressures. Managing demanding clients, winning new instructions, leading solicitors, meeting financial expectations and contributing to the firm's strategy can leave even highly successful partners feeling that there are not enough hours in the day. For solicitors and law firm partners in Central London and King's Cross, technical legal expertise is only part of what is...