What Do You Expect from Your Senior Associates?

Expectations graph.Do they know?

By Kristen Rampe

We polled a group of senior associates recently and asked what they believed the top five expectations of their role were. That is, what do the partners of the firm expect these seniors to do all day? They were not given time to research answers from any company documents describing expectations of seniors, just a moment to jot down what they felt was most important.

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Before reading further – what are your top five expectations of your senior associates?

Write them down on a piece of paper or blank word doc and you can compare them to their responses below. Looking at your list, how consistent would these expectations be across different partners or managers at your firm?