You move firms. You move platforms. And sometimes it's not what you expected.
This can go either way. No matter how much due diligence you do, it's genuinely hard to know what a firm is like until you're actually there. Sometimes that surprise is a good one - the connections, the opportunities, the receptiveness of partners turns out to be far better than anything you'd planned for.
Other times, it's not so good. The relationships you expected aren't quite there yet. It's a less collaborative and more challenging environment than you'd been led to believe.
Maybe you've moved to a different brand of firm entirely and the style of business itself needs adjusting to, not just the type of clients. Maybe you expected clients to follow, or your team, and they haven't. Or it's taking far longer than you hoped.
Either way, the situation is not always exactly what you had planned.
The partners I have worked with who thrive after having moved firms, adjust to the reality of the new circumstances as quickly as possible.
The best strategy always deals with reality, not how it could have been, should have been or how you wish it was.
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