Partner Problem? First, Ask Yourself These 21 Questions

Dealing with dysfunctional partners: The six-step process.

By August Aquila
Creating the Effective Partnership

As much as you would like to, you cannot ignore them; nor can you accept them as they are. Doing that would be unfaithful to your core principles and ultimately cause more harm to the firm than any one of them is worth.

That leaves us with three options: rehabilitate them, fire them or place them outside of the firm. But first, be sure it’s not you.