Creating a firm where all the partners work in unison.
By August Aquila
Creating the Effective Partnership
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Your vision is a journey to some place in the future. It’s not where you are today. It may even take generations to get there. It becomes even more compelling when it’s somewhere your people want to go.
While it’s the ultimate destination that people engage with, the journey there is also important. If the end point is exciting and has benefits that your people share, they will be more engaged in the journey. And, when partners are engaged with the firm’s future, they perform better.
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So, how do you create a firm where all of the partners work to create an even better firm?
Here are 11 ideas:
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