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\"aquila<\/a>partners persuade their people to join them on the journey and to play a part in building a better firm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by robert j. \u00a0lees and\u00a0<\/em>
\naugust j. aquila<\/em>
\n
creating the effective partnership<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

just as the partners need to engage with the firm\u2019s vision so do the firm\u2019s people. but, like everyone, they actually engage with people not words. so, effective partners continually engage with their people, regardless of their level and role. they go out of their way to create a personal bond, sharing personal information and operating with honesty and integrity in all of their interactions.<\/p>\n

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\"aquila<\/a>partners persuade their people to join them on the journey and to play a part in building a better firm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by robert j. \u00a0lees and\u00a0<\/em>
\naugust j. aquila<\/em>
\n
creating the effective partnership<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

just as the partners need to engage with the firm\u2019s vision so do the firm\u2019s people. but, like everyone, they actually engage with people not words. so, effective partners continually engage with their people, regardless of their level and role. they go out of their way to create a personal bond, sharing personal information and operating with honesty and integrity in all of their interactions.<\/p>\n

creating the effective partnership: <\/strong>every partner\u2019s first question: \u2018what\u2019s in it for me?\u2019<\/a> | <\/strong>the 9 building blocks of a winning vision that the big four have discovered<\/a> | the politics of an accounting firm partnership<\/a> | nine rules to creating highly effective partnership teams<\/a> | <\/strong>audacious vision and grand purpose prove essential to cpa success<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0are you creating a sustainable firm?<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0the debilitating effects of denial at accounting firms<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0the five psychological hurdles that cpa firms must confront today<\/a><\/em> read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2259,1908,5,3120,2297,9],"tags":[643,715,575,1124,26],"class_list":["post-37645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","category-management","category-outlook","category-pro-member-exclusive","category-staffing","category-strategy","tag-hiring","tag-jobs","tag-leadership","tag-partnership","tag-practice-management","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nwhat does being a partner mean? 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