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Transfers of Trust: Passing the Torch to Tomorrow's Team- Lessons from a $10M advisory team

For this article, let’s call the firm we’re referencing WYSIWYG Wealth Management—a high-performing advisory team setting the standard for building a sustainable and...

Gobble Gobble! Gratitude! 🦃

As the leaves crunch underfoot and the Thanksgiving Holiday season is upon us, it’s time to hit the pause button on the chaos and soak in a little gratitude. Sure, the...

The Secret Sauce of Great Leaders: How PDPs Multiply Success- Build Stronger Teams, Free Your Time, and Drive Sustainable Growth

One of our clients, let’s call her Sarah, is the epitome of a high-performing professional. She leads a successful wealth management division. She consistently ranks top...

Hold On! Strategies to stem the outflow of assets as they transition to the next generation

Let's face it – most advisors lose out when wealth passes down to the next generation. In fact, less than 20% of those assets stay with the same advisor after the...

Turning Failures into Fuel for Future Planning

When you think of an American success story, it’s hard to imagine one more compelling than Abraham Lincoln’s journey from a humble log cabin to the White House. But did...

Get Out and Vote

You and your team hold a noble responsibility—guiding clients towards financial security and helping shape the current and future well-being of your community. This work...

When’s the Right Time to Hire a CEO?

“There’s no recipe for really complicated, dynamic situations.” – Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things Not every owner sets out to be a CEO. Most wealth...

Unlocking Hidden Opportunities: Three Actionable Tactics to Tackle Before Year-End

The industry's top performers are focused on growth and preparing for the year ahead—are you confident your strategy is built on a solid foundation to navigate the...

The Talent Management Epidemic in Financial Services: A Blueprint for Developing Your Firm's Next-Generation Leaders

Many financial advisory firms have grown so fast that they've lost sight of building and nurturing their talent ecosystem, or they're simply clinging to outdated...

Should You Stay or Step Aside? When Founders Face the CEO Dilemma

Recently, I found myself coaching a group of firm founders and controlling owners – all of them grappling with one extremely critical question: Am I the right person to...

Schwab’s 2024 RIA Benchmarking Study: Top Highlights, Insights, and Opportunities

What separates ‘Top Performing’ advisory firms from everyone else? Is it their size and scale that affords them the ability to deliver more specialized services and...

Do You Know Your True Value? How advisory revenue models evolve to better capture the true value and impact firms deliver to clients

As Mark Tibergien points out, financial advisors operate in a unique industry where "advisors are often paid for the value the client brings to the relationship, rather...

How Mission, Vision, & Values Impact Your Bottom Line

For many advisors, concepts such as refining their mission, vision, and values (MVV) tend to be viewed as secondary concerns—things that are somewhat useful for the firm...

The Stockdale Paradox: What is it? And how can it strengthen your year-end planning?

As we turn onto the home stretch and drive towards the finish line of 2024, you may be faced with confronting some hard truths – needing to acknowledge both internal and...

6 Key Insights from Fidelity's 2024 RIA Benchmarking Study

I recently had a chance to sit down and digest the data presented in Fidelity’s latest RIA Benchmarking Study. It’s an invaluable report that helps shed light on several...