Tips for dealing with an older managing partner? I have plenty of older partners who are east to deal with, but the managing partner is stuck in 1995 and doesn’t seem to grasp how technology can be incorporated nor does he understand how to attract talent from younger generations. I like my firm, but I want to know how to approach these issues without offending him.

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I mean you could just approach them and ask. Frame it in a way that brings value and doesn’t make them feel like a dinosaur. Chances are they’re not about it, though. I have a friend at a firm getting paid with physical checks the partner goes around handing out every pay period despite the fact that direct deposit is a thing.

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