What Makes a Great Partnership: Just about Everything You Need to Know

by August J. Aquila

Great partnerships are all different - Walt and Mickey, Bogie and Bacall, Bert and Ernie, Milk and Cookies, SpongeBob and Patrick, Ben and Jerry, The Blues Brothers, Calvin and Hobbes, Thelma and Louise and so on. While they were all different, they also had a lot in common. The partners were unique, but liked to be together, talk together and do things together. While they didn't always agree on things, they argued in a skillful manner that left the relationship stronger, not weaker. They were in the relationship for the long haul - they were committed to each other. And, they had shared values. Ask a hundred partners what it takes to make a great partnership and you may well receive 100 different answers. Being a partner in one firm does not automatically make you partner material in another. August Aquila has been working with partners of professional services firms for more than 36 years in the United States, Mexico, Canada, England and India. For nine years, he was a partner in a top 50 accounting firm in Chicago. This book comes from those 36 years of experience. These are things he has learned from his clients and from his own working experiences as a partner in a top 50 accounting firm, a senior executive in a Fortune 100 firm and an owner of his own consulting practice.

200 pages, Paperback

Published August 5, 2016