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How to create a culture of success at your firm
Added on August 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: As wealth advisers, we spend our days elbow deep in portfolio management, estate planning, market analysis and other endeavors important to the financial success — and ultimate satisfaction — of our clients. Yet more goes into building a truly exceptional client experience than an adviser's individual expertise or experience. Successful firms intentionally cultivate a culture that provides support and opportunities for their employees to thrive, their businesses to grow, and for their clients to become advocates for the teams that advise them.
Possible election to Congress has this adviser thinking of practice transition
Added on August 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: J. French Hill is thinking through a challenge many financial advisers face — transitioning out of his practice — but is doing so not because of declining health or pending retirement. His change involves a possible career move to Capitol Hill.
Building A Niche Advisory Business: It Takes 3 Years For People To Know, Like, And Trust
Added on August 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary:Starting a niche business can be very difficult. It’s hard to be a specialist for a particular type of clientele or need that they face from day 1; it takes time to learn the issues and the pain points, and acquire the knowledge and expertise. And even once you have the knowledge and expertise to provide the solutions, there’s still the simple challenge of actually finding clients to whom you can deliver those solutions! After all, it’s not enough to just know how to solve the problems of your target clientele; ultimately, people do business with people they know, like, and trust… which means even after getting the expertise, you still have to become known, liked, and trusted.
How to Fix Your Strategic Plan
Added on August 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Let's hope most advisors are better at planning their clients' futures than their own. Just 17% of respondents in a new study -- largely focused on advisors who have strategic plans for their firms -- say their strategic planning factored strongly in their recent success
6 Ways Leaders Can Earn and Keep Trust
Added on August 2014 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: "Just trust me.” “Why don’t you trust me on this?” “Trust that it will all work out.” These are sentiments any person in business today has heard at one point or another. It could be the boss telling you to trust you will be treated right, a colleague telling you to trust they will deliver their portion of the project or a vendor asking you to trust they will apply the credit for your company correctly.
