David Ingram: In professional connections, be compatible not combatable

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Starting a professional connection on the right terms is key to creating success and, says David Ingram, that means ensuring from the off that your relationship is compatible not combatable

When advisers and solicitors work well together, the relationship proves to be beneficial to both parties and to their mutual clients. Despite initial enthusiasm, however, not all these relationships do work as they should,. This can lead to the relationship breaking down with, very often, both parties deciding not to make the attempt to work in similar relationships in the future. Over the years, we have had the opportunity to look at a lot of these failed relationships and the reasons for the failure. There is usually no single factor but one very common issue is that insufficient care...

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