Conclusion
It’s a huge commitment to be a partner in a firm. One of my own former partners used to tell me, “No one can make you as successful as your partners can … but also no one can make you as miserable as your partners can!” A good partnership should be one that prepares for the possibility that it might not work out.
Sometimes people fail or we fail them, but whatever the reasons may be, separation is sometimes the only way to resolve the situation. The decision, as painful as it can be, is the only way forward.
Philip Palaveev is the CEO of the Ensemble Practice LLC. He’s an industry consultant, author of the books G2: Building the Next Generation and The Ensemble Practice and the lead faculty member for the G2 Institute.