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When partners become competitors without acknowledging it

My consulting partner and I have started competing for the same type of client work instead of complementing each other and we both know it but we're both scared to bring it up because it might mean admitting this partnership isn't working. We used to divide leads naturally but now we're both going after the same opportunities and being weird about it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You and your partner are quietly competing for the same work, and neither of you will admit it.

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