CPA Firm Partners - What You Wish You'd Known On Making Partner

Making partner at a CPA firm is a huge milestone. It’s also a transition that a lot of people walk into without a clear picture of what’s ahead. Over the coming months I’m going to be creating content focused on what partners wish they’d known when they first stepped into the role. My hope is that it helps new and soon-to-be partners walk in with clearer expectations and adds a little more transparency to a process that often feels like a black box. To make this as useful as possible, I want to hear directly from the people who’ve lived it: If you’re a partner, what do you wish you’d known before you made the jump? What surprised you most in your first few years? Compensation, capital contributions, business development, leading people, the shift from doing the work to owning the relationships. Anything goes. Share in the comments or send me a message if you’d rather keep it private. I may feature some responses (anonymously unless you tell me otherwise).