Case Study: Onboarding Next Generation of Leaders
CLIENT: Global Leading Accounting/Consulting Partnership
SITUATION:
- Top-four accounting/consulting firm with international presence in over 100 locations
- Desired an innovative, engaging experience to onboard and inspire new equity and non-equity partners
OUR ROLE:
- Delivered to 300 participants simultaneously in “teams of 6-8”
- Team-based simulation to align new partners on elevated firm and client responsibilities
- Deliberate practice of best practice mindsets and behaviors during pivotal- firm and client-related leadership moments
- Positioned and effectively delivered as “fully custom for us” and “delivered by us”. Senior partners co-created design and facilitated key sessions
- Example topics included new VC incubator, C-suite relationships,
- Washington DC practices, portfolio innovation and global collaboration
RESULTS:
- Strengthened commitment, engagement and loyalty among new revenue-generating, firm-leading partners
- Improved client-facing and internal performance by giving new partners a safe environment to try on new behaviors/skills, fail without consequence, reflect and hear corrective feedback from senior partners
- Internalized and aligned to firm best practices across geographies and business units
- Created an annual event with prestige for aspiring partners to look forward to (“I made it” and “I was there”)