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Management Is Not a Promotion. It’s a Profession. The 2026 Numbers Make That Undeniable.
Leadership Development Manager Development | 6 min read Key Takeaways About 60% of new managers fail within their first 24 months, per Gartner research. Managers account...
The Firm That Develops Leaders Wins
Leadership Development Talent & Team Building | 5 min read Key Takeaways Promoting a high producer into leadership without teaching them how to lead isn't development....
What Does 'High Performance' Actually Mean?
Leadership Development Team Performance & Culture | 8 min read Key Takeaways Every team has a unique definition of high performance, but leadership often assumes they're...
Why Talent Calibration Matters More Than Ever
Leadership Development Talent Strategy | 7 min read Key Takeaways 68% of HR professionals report difficulty recruiting employees, making talent calibration essential to...
Your Star Advisor Is About to Become Your Worst Manager. Here's How to Change the Trajectory.
Leadership Development Team Management | 6 min read Key Takeaways Promoting a top advisor to manager without training is a leading cause of new-manager failure at...
7 Questions That Reveal Whether People Will Follow You
Leadership Development Next-Generation Leaders | 9 min Key Takeaways Followership, not execution, determines whether people will choose to follow a leader. Being...
What Should a Talent Strategy Budget Look Like?
Leadership Talent & Organization | 6 min read Key Takeaways A comprehensive talent budget requires eight categories: total compensation, recruiting/hiring, onboarding,...
The $10 Trillion Problem: What the Current Engagement Crisis Means for Advisory Firm Leaders
Advisory Leadership Manager Development | 8 min read Key Takeaways Global employee engagement has hit 20%, the lowest since 2020, meaning only 1 in 5 employees worldwide...
Contributor to Manager: The Hardest Move in Any Advisory Career
Leadership Development Management Transition | 5 min read Key Takeaways Roughly 60% of new managers fail within their first 24 months — not from lack of effort, but...
The Leadership Gap Behind the Talent Gap: Most Advisory Firms Are Solving the Wrong Problem
Leadership & Succession Firm Growth | 6 min read Key Takeaways The advisor succession cliff has already arrived: 100,000+ retirements are projected over the next decade,...
Yesterday they were your friends and peers. Today you’re their boss. Now what?
Leadership & Team Management Peer-to-Manager Transition | 6 min read Key Takeaways The peer-to-manager transition is one of the hardest leadership moves in a financial...
Unclogging the Bottleneck: Six Hidden Challenges Nobody Warns New Managers About
Leadership & Management Growth | 6 min read Key Takeaways The new manager problem in wealth management is an expectations problem, not a skills problem. Firms promote...
AI is a Talent Strategy Issue; Not a Technology Project
AI & Technology Talent Strategy | 7 min read Key Takeaways 68% of RIAs already use AI — yet most firms still treat it as an IT project, not a talent strategy issue AI...
6 Forces Reshaping Talent Strategies in Wealth Management
Team Development Growth | 7 min read time Key Takeaways Over 105,000 advisors are expected to retire in the next decade — succession planning is now a board-level...