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Portions of this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment. The omitted portions, indicated by "*" marks, have been
separately filed with the Commission.
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7

                                COMPENSATION PLAN
                                  FOR PARTNERS
                                  MARCH 1, 1997


Base salaries will be reviewed at least once a year. Managing Partners will
submit salary recommendations through appropriate channels to the President by
February 1. The President will evaluate the recommendations, make the final
decision, and the changes will be effective March 1.

Base salaries are guaranteed for a fiscal year. Any deficits which occur from
billings which do not result in sufficient credit to cover base salaries will be
forgiven at the end of the fiscal year. However, if deficits occur whereby an
employee is compensated in excess of base salary, and billings do not result in
sufficient credit to cover compensation, the deficit will be carried forward to
the following year. When deficits occur with regard to base salary, there
probably will be a downward adjustment in base salary the following year.

Percent of Billings To Be Paid (On cash-received basis)

         *** percent on billings up to $******.
         *** percent on billings over $******.

Billings will be defined as the average of fees developed and fees credited.
Essentially, the plan places equal value on business developed and business
executed. A minimum level of business development is expected of each Partner.
To the extent a Partner is not credited with developing at least $****** in
professional fee billings for a given fiscal year, all professional fee billings
credited will be compensated at *** percent. The percent of billings collected
in excess of base salary distributed will be paid in the month following
collection.

Follow-on Search Billings

To further encourage the passing of work (and relationships) where the client is
benefitted, it is important to have a clear policy for sharing the fee credits
on follow-on search billings. Any time a consultant passes a search, he/she
takes the risk of losing that client either as a result of poor search work or
the client continuing to work with the conducting consultant. At the same time,
it is in the best interests of the firm to have senior Partners introducing
junior Partners and Principals into relationships and allowing them to establish
a base from which to build a practice.

Where a consultant is brought into a search with the expectation that the client
will be turned over to him/her, *** percent of business development credit for
follow-on searches booked within the following 12-month period and *** percent
of business development credit for follow-on searches booked within the second
12-month period will be credited to the passing Partner.
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With respect to billings credit, the split would be dependent upon the level of
involvement of the Partner passing the search, but at a minimum, *** percent of
the fee would be appropriate where the passing Partner continues to have an
important client relations role.

These guidelines for follow-on credits discussed above are benchmarks. If the
two consultants involved in an assignment deem, for whatever reason, that the
percentages and/or period of applicability are unreasonable, they can decide
between them a more equitable split. However, we are attempting to avoid every
assignment being subject to a negotiation process.

Recovery of Past Billings Credits

When a consultant accepts a search assignment, he/she commits to the firm and
its clients that he/she is professionally obligated to complete that assignment
to the client's satisfaction. If the consultant leaves the firm with incomplete
assignments for which he/she has received either accrual bonus credit or actual
cash compensation, the firm may, at its discretion, disallow all or a portion of
that credit and transfer it to the consultant who will assume the obligation for
completing the assignment.

Discretionary Bonus

To further encourage and reward top-quality professional work and the long-term
development of the firm, all Partners who are credited with developing at least
$****** in professional fee billings for a given fiscal year will be eligible
for a discretionary bonus at each fiscal year-end.

The year-end discretionary bonus pool will range from *** percent to *** percent
(*** percent targeted) of annual accrual billings for Partners as a group and
will be allocated to the respective offices based on evaluations by the Managing
Partners of key performance factors.

Each Managing Partner will have the responsibility for recommending the
individual discretionary bonus awards for his respective office. Awards will be
based upon the Managing Partner's evaluation of the Partner's performance
against certain factors which are critical to the long-term success and
reputation of the firm. Therefore, the following factors, weighted in terms of
their relative importance to the overall objectives of the firm, will be
considered in determining individual bonus awards:

- -        *** percent based on fees developed.

- -        *** percent based on performance tied to individual achievement of
         certain key firm objectives.

To receive a discretionary bonus, the Partner must be on the firm's payroll on
February 28/29 of the appropriate fiscal year. If deficits occur whereby a
consultant's billings do not result in sufficient credit to cover guaranteed
compensation, his/her discretionary bonus may be applied against the resulting
deficit.
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Additional Benefits for Partners

         Business Club Membership

         -       At the discretion of the Managing Partner, the firm will pay
                 the membership fee and yearly dues for one appropriate business
                 club membership for each Partner.