Shoots with two photographers (help!!!)

So my partner is much more comfortable up close with her wide primes and I'm more comfortable with my 70-200... we decided that this isn't a bad thing and that we'd both mainly use our strengths in shoots we do together. The issue is that after a couple shoots my photos just don't stack up to hers as far as attention from the clients and composition.

I was wondering for those who have partners, do you try to play to your strengths or do you both use wider angles and get close to the subjects and just take turns taking shots?

Me and my girlfriend have been shooting together for approximately 4 years now. Im the 70-200 and guy and she is the 24-70 lady. I would shoot portraits with a 600mm lens if I had one, I dont like being ontop of my subjects most of the time.

My images are probably the "attention getter" 60% of the time, but the other 40% of the time when her images get more attention, they usually sell more, go figure. It works out good for us, especially at weddings.

I get the feeling that maybe you are shooting the same thing with your longer lens that she is with the shorter one and that she has composed for that. Correct me if I am wrong. I have found that anytime I am using a second shooter, which is frequently, one has to be in charge. You can't both be vying for the attention of the subject at the same time, otherwise you get everyone looking in different directions. I shoot with a 24-70 or 24-105 most of the time and I will get the second shooter to use something longer. I will do what I need and then step back and let the other person take over. There is some paralell shooting but this is kept to a minimum to avoid the problem that I mentioned above. If you are having trouble posing your subjects, that takes practice and patience. I pay close attention to the minute details such as which was the toes are pointing as that can affect the rest of the body placement. I learned most of this in the film days when you had to pay attention or waste a whole bunch of money on useless images. The person that I worked under at a studio had a set of videos that had hours on how to pose couples and groups and I still find myself thinking back to those. I wish I knew who had done them as many would find it useful.

I've been letting her take control. I guess I just need to jump in more often though