How Good a Partner Are You, Really?
Fifty questions across ten competencies and the four faces of a modern professional-services partner — Expert, Rainmaker, Steward, Mentor. Behavioral and scenario-based, not flattery. About 15 minutes. Built for the partners who must both serve clients superbly and build the firm: deep expertise, a strong book, a well-run practice, and the next generation coming up behind them.
What this assessment measures
10 competencies across the 4 faces of the Partner role — Expert, Rainmaker, Steward, Mentor — built on the Partnership: expertise, origination, firm-building, people. Five questions each: scenarios, honest reads and forced choices designed to resist self-flattery.
Expert
Deep expertise, judgment and client delivery.
- Expertise & Mastery — Deep, current, recognized expertise clients seek out and pay a premium for.
- Delivery & Client Outcomes — Consistently excellent delivery that produces real outcomes, not just deliverables.
- Advisory Judgment — Tells clients the truth they need, not what they want — the value of a trusted advisor.
Rainmaker
Client relationships, origination and a book of business.
- Client Relationships & Trust — Deep, trusted relationships; the partner clients call first, who keeps coming back.
- Business Development & Origination — Wins work — originates, pitches and closes; not waiting for it to arrive.
- Book of Business — Builds and grows a durable, profitable book — a portable, compounding franchise.
Steward
Practice economics and firm citizenship.
- Practice Economics & P&L — Runs the practice profitably — leverage, realization, utilization, pricing all managed.
- Firm Building & Citizenship — Builds the firm, not just a personal franchise — collaborates, shares, gives back.
Mentor
Developing people and leadership.
- Developing People — Grows juniors into experts and partners; a magnet and a maker of talent.
- Leadership & Influence — Leads teams and the firm; respected, influential, a builder of the partnership.
How the score reads
- Emerging (0–34) — Foundations forming — operating below a full partner mandate today.
- Developing (35–51) — Real strengths with clear, nameable gaps before a top partner seat.
- Established (52–67) — A solid, credible partner across the four faces.
- Advanced (68–82) — A strong partner operating ahead of the role.
- World-class (83–100) — A world-class partner — serves clients superbly and builds the firm.
What you get
- An overall score out of 100 and a maturity level
- Your Partner archetype — the honest read on how you lead today
- A 10-competency radar across the faces above
- What companies actually demand from Partner hires, from real job postings, against your profile
- A personalized AI analysis and development roadmap, delivered by email with a print-ready PDF report
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