What are the principal challenges that financial advisors face vis-à-vis their client interactions? Generally, financial advisors have the best of intentions with...
Our brains process each new experience through filters that have various forms. When it comes to listening to others, these filters often exert great influence. The...
If you had a good friend who had been off the grid camping for the past 7 days, who called you this morning and innocently asked, “So, how was your week?”…where would...
As a financial advisor, even a very successful financial advisor, are you irreplaceable? New York Times columnist and author, Paul Sullivan, poses this very question in...
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,...
Successful financial advisors are, most likely, very familiar with the Pareto Principle as it applies to their business. The Pareto Principle -- aka the 80:20 Rule -- is...
As a successful financial advisor, how do you determine the right amount of communication to provide to your clients? Before you answer, let me lay a number on you. 3.6...
Trust! You already have this, of course. All financial advisors do to some extent. Yet, the really, really good and successful financial advisors know how to leverage...
Contrary to popular belief, lemmings don’t hurl themselves off cliffs. And the Fiscal Cliff is more like a hill. However, this hasn’t prevented the collective media from...
Client engagement defines how a financial advisor, and their team, chooses to engage and serve clients. Breaking it down even further, ClientWise research has identified...
Financial advisor-client relationships are more likely to end with a whimper than a bang. That’s because most disgruntled clients leave their financial advisor quietly....
Top-performing financial advisors know that their new client onboarding process sets the tone for a long-term partnership. Indeed, the initial impression that the...
Referrals are the lifeblood of a thriving financial advisory business. Our proprietary research has shown that 71 percent of new assets for top-performing financial...