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Partner Teams – the benefits, the challenges and why some partners don’t like them! (Part Two)

Partner Teams – the benefits, the challenges and why some partners don’t like them! (Part Two)

In Part One of this article I set out, in bullet-point form for the purposes of brevity, what I saw as the:

  1. Benefits of teams and why partners like them;

In this Part Two I look at:

  1. The disadvantages of not having them;
  2. Potential challenges and disadvantages of a team structure;
  3. Why some partners, in our experience, do not like them!

Remember that in Part One I said that by partner teams we mean a partner with tiers of lawyers by seniority or experience who report to her or him and for whom such partner is principally responsible.

PART TWO:

PARTNER TEAMS

  1. The disadvantages of not having them;

LAWYERS & FEE EARNERS:

FINANCIAL:

GENERAL:

PARTNER TEAMS

POTENTIAL CHALLENGES AND DISADVANTAGES:

PARTNER TEAMS

DISADVANTAGES OF NOT HAVING TEAMS:

PARTNER TEAMS

WHY DO SOME PARTNERS NOT LIKE TEAMS?

PARTNER TEAMS

CASE STUDIES

NOTE: in each of the above illustrative examples, the partner-team structure was supported by the Responsible Partner and Development Discussion philosophies and programs.

Sean Larkan
Author

Edge Principal Sean Larkan is a former corporate/tax lawyer with extensive experience in conference and retreat presentation and facilitation. He is the author of Brand Strategy & Management for Law Firms.