Aug 27, 2026 · 24 min · 9 segments
Hiring an associate should scale your practice, not add to your headaches. So why do so many associate relationships fall apart within the first year?In this episode, we break down why practice owners…
Kirk TeachoutHost
Zach ShelleyHost
I am Zach Shelley and I have Kirk Teachout here with another awesome episode of Management Unfiltered.

Okay, so today we're talking about why we struggle with associates and how I feel like there's this Almost, I mean, just like there's this tension between the front and the back sometimes, I feel like there's also a tension of associates and owners, right? And or office managers, leadership in general, right? And it can be really great.

And I've seen it work really well, but I've also seen some nightmares and some things that I would not wish on anybody.

So today, let's just kind of dive in on maybe some things that we've seen that we see associates struggle from not only the associate side, but also the leadership side.
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