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Leadership (and Humanity) in the Moment: Luke Hancock and Kevin Ware
In the literature of financial advisors, as well as the lexicon of sport, “leadership” and “heroism” are virtually clichés. We read all sorts of articles and books on...
5 Good Reads on Listening: A "Secret" Skill for Financial Advisors
“You're short on ears and long on mouth.”…John Wayne A very Duke-like quote on listening, as spoken by John Wayne as Big Jake. Big Jake wasn’t one of the Duke’s best...
Financial Advisors: How to Partner with Problem Clients
Are you a financial advisor who has a client (or clients) who, whenever they call, your stomach tenses up in a twisted knot because there is no pleasing them? If so,...
The Spring Sprint: Our Top 16 Financial Advisor Posts on Planning
Today is the 92nd day of the year, with 273 days remaining in 2013. Yikes! I know that it’s a cliché to say this, but does the year seem to be flying by for you? Maybe,...
Financial Advisors: What do you want to achieve in the 2nd quarter?
If you believed that anything was possible, what do you really want to achieve in the second quarter? If there were no constraints upon you, what is the limit to your...
Financial Advisors: Ditch the Pitch! 4 Ideas for Better Intro's
An elevator pitch for financial advisors and successful professionals are typically short and sweet -- they seem like a no-brainer. Consolidating your value proposition...
Your Growth Mindset: A Key Factor to Raising $25-100 Million Annually
As a business coaching firm that works with leading financial advisors to create client acquisition structures that consistently raise $25-100 million in assets each...
How Financial Advisors Build Useful Behavioral Momentum with Clients
Each quarter, Russell Market Research compiles the Financial Professional Outlook, the collected opinions of financial advisors from national, regional, and independent...
Building a Referral Process for Financial Advisors: Top 10 Tips
For financial advisors, referrals can be a surprisingly tricky business. On the one hand, everyone knows that referrals are good and something to strive for. On the...
Facing Change! How Successful Financial Advisors Move Forward
Change! When Bob Dylan wrote, “The Times They Are a-Changin'” in 1963, financial advisors were still referred to as the “customer’s man”. A customer’s man was...
Things We Believe. Financial Advisors, and Others
A belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true. Collectively, we hold some interesting beliefs: Earth’s orbit. In a...
What Shaquille O’Neal Teaches Financial Advisors and Entrepreneurs
This past week, former NBA ballplayer Shaquille O’Neal could be seen wandering around South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas; meeting entrepreneurs, checking...
Time Is On My Side: 9 Time Management Tips for Financial Advisors
When the Rolling Stones’ version of “Time Is On My Side” climbed to #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1964, who knew that they’d be still alive and kicking (even...
Financial Advisors: It’s All About Marketing! 10 Books to Read Now
With more than 330,000 financial advisors who are working in the good ol’ USA, investors have a lot to choose from when seeking financial advice. What differentiates the...