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Developing Your Advisory Firm's New Hire Training Program With A Growth Mindset

From Nerd's Eye View
Added on July 2019 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Back when the financial services industry was focused almost exclusively on product sales, the process of “training” new employees was relatively straightforward: either new hires were able to learn to sell enough to survive and build a book of business, or they didn’t… and moved on to do something else.

If you aren't asking tough questions, you aren't doing your job

From InvestmentNews
Added on July 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: As fiduciaries, it's our job to push clients to think about uncomfortable aspects of their lives. To name a few: discussions around retirement and death, providing feedback on spending, estate planning, gifting to family members — or saying no to adult children.

Voices It's time to rethink advisory industry career progression

From Financial Planning
Added on July 2019 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Keeping talented young recruits in place means creating the right balance of learning with realistic expectations for the timing of career advancement.

Making the future of financial advice as effortless as Uber will be no easy ride

From InvestmentNews
Added on July 2019 in Plan for the Future
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Summary:What does the financial advice firm of the future look like? For many industry leaders, it's making financial planning and investment management as easy as shopping on Amazon, ordering a ride on Uber or streaming a movie on Netflix.

David Canter: The Case for Merging Now

From Barron's
Added on July 2019 in M&A Issues
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Summary: DAVID CANTER LIKES TO THINK of his team at Fidelity Clearing & Custody Solutions as business consultants who just happen to be in the wealth management vertical. “Our orientation,” says the man in charge of serving some 3,000 registered investment advisors, “is, ‘How can we help our clients to grow and succeed and endure in the marketplace?’” ​

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