If you are planning on bringing in new partners as lateral hires we recommend you consider integration support (provided by our team of consultant coaches) to ensure this investment sticks. Too many firms fail to plan and integrate new partners: ‘s/he is highly capable, so it would seem unnecessary to provide them with that sort of support’ said one MP. Integrating a lateral hire partner into a new role is about supporting them to become the most effective, to ensure they learn quick ‘the way we do things here’. Assuming that because they have been in the market for x years doesn’t mean they will fit seamlessly in. HoDs, Senior Partners are all busy people, often don’t have time – and the attrition rate so give pause for thought about how to make laterals long to stay with you.
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