McManus Partners
Support Great Lawyers Moving into Leadership Roles
McManus Partners aim to enhance both individual and firm growth. We assist in enrichening firms practice’s via deliberate recruitment strategies and tailored development coaching programs for senior lawyers. For the individual we provide strategic career consultation and growth coaching, facilitating key career moves to match their ambitions.Â
McManus Partners are driven by a genuine investment in our stakeholders outcomes, and pride ourselves on providing them with the necessary information to confidently make informed decisions.
Our team has a proven ability to advance individual careers and aid firms in increasing their earnings and
enrichening their leadership teams.
Connection.
To us, excellence in client and customer care is still all about actively listening and building long term relationships through positive experiences.
Confidence.
Confidence is built through doing. Core to our business is supporting talented lawyers to act precisely and in spite of any fear to take on quality leadership opportunities as they arise.
Ambition.
We want to support the aspirations of great lawyers whatever they may be. We enjoy working with people who reach for the next big thing.
Our Values
drive us to provide the
Support you need
and Enhance
growth for All
Felicity McManus - Director
In Depth Legal Industry Knowledge
During the course of her career Felicity has partnered with Executives across various industries including Environment and Sustainability, Resources, Property, Construction, Engineering, Research and Development and the Law.
Over the last 8 years Felicity has dedicated her own consulting work primarily to the legal sector where she has developed a passion for coaching individual high achievers forward into partnership roles or assisting ambitious partners to reach their practice growth goals, often through detailed uplifting of business plans.Â
This focus has been rooted in her approach of ‘candidate orientated’ consulting; aligning with the best talent and assisting them to reach full potential in the right environment under tailored and strategic timelines.
Outcomes Driven Approach
She has worked closely with leaders in their fields during various economic peaks and troughs, advising around talent driven solutions that will expand revenue for her clients, often in tough market conditions. She focuses on coaching talent to leverage their expertise and networks towards achieving tangible growth goals.
Empathetic Development and Growth Coaching
Felicity has built various successful teams around her internally, often coaching and training consultants from graduate level up. This mentoring and development part of her role has been one of the most rewarding parts of her career and has produced some industry leaders that today exist as her peers and are part of her highly skilled search network.
20+ Years
Professional Services Recruitment and Leadership Development Experience
Amy Smith - Business Manager
15+ Years
Strategic Business Development & Marketing, Project and Operations Management Experience
Broad Spectrum Business Development Expertise
Having held various Senior Management roles and leading large multidisciplinary teams, Amy has extensive experience working with company leaders, executive teams, and team members alike, to develop and implement growth strategies.Â
She has expertise in strategic marketing and business development strategies, team development, process development and implementation and championing operational efficiency for scaling businesses.
To Amy there is nothing better than identifying a gap in a process, or an opportunity to increase efficiency. She is motivated by the thought of improvement for the greater good and long-term benefits, and see’s that every change should have a just business case for its time and cost impact of implementation.
A Planned and Analytical Approach
Amy is a logical and structured thinker, who seeks to keep the bigger picture in mind when executing individual strategies or improvements across a business. A critical thinker, she leverages data and analytics along with considering all possible outcomes when formulating a strategy. Her project management skills, and experience operating in high pressure environments have allowed her develop skills in clarity of thinking, identifying priorities and addressing these with focus and intent.
Delivering a Balanced Outcome
Having worked in a variety of industries both within the business operations, and in delivering projects to clients, she understands the fine balance of priorities for both sides in a situation, and the importance of working together to achieve an outcome that is beneficial and plausible for all.
Targeted Legal Recruitment and Thoughtful Career Consultation across all areas of the Law
McManus Partners Consult Across Australia
Brisbane
Perth
Melbourne
Sydney
Message from our Director
"Our Lawyers are often at the forefront of developing the frameworks for real change in our country. That's what makes listening to their needs so important"
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