What Managing Partners Should Be Doing

How do you measure up against these 8 factors?

By August J. Aquila
What Makes a Great Partnership

The responsibilities of a managing partner can be captured in the following two paragraphs:

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General responsibilities include reporting directly to the governing committee and the firm, being responsible for the firm’s overall management and practice, supervising the overall marketing and business development effort, managing the professional staff and providing guidance for the support staff.