Insights for Financial Advisors on The strategic thought process, planning, and company policies that drive all other areas of business operations such as: Business Strategy, Vision, Company Culture, Job Descriptions, Wage/Commission Strategies, Policies, Benefits, Systems Strategy, Financial Reports, and Growth Strategies.
When we talk to Financial Services professionals one area of pain that we hear about is managing tasks that need to be followed up with after a client or prospect meeting. There are follow-up tasks that the agent needs to do, tasks that the client or prospect has committed to...
Owners in the financial services industry spend a lot of their time developing and improving skills that allow customers to be comfortable with them. Your sales skills, and even natural abilities, might include knowing how to mirror a prospect, how to match their tone, and overall, how to make them...
We’re near the end of a year that no one expected. There have been many surprises, but what has remained steady are the needs of your business. Regardless of what takes place around you, your agency has a need to manage time, develop high performing teams and increase sales. The...
Especially in the financial services industry, we hear many leaders express concern about micro-managing their team. As we all know, micro-managing is not an effective management technique. It can lead to low morale and rarely gets the results that you desire. However, we often see that when a leader is...
You’ve got your goals for the year in front of you. You’re motivated and ready to take your business to the next level. What’s your next step? Are you set up to succeed? There’s a simple and easy exercise that you can complete, right now, that will allow you to...
People make mistakes. We all know this. We understand that mistakes happen, yet what does your agency do to protect against it? We like to promote the usefulness of systems. They help to create consistency not just for your clients, but also for your employees and yourself. They are designed...
Do you have an entrepreneur mindset? In its simplest form, you - the financial services professional - are an entrepreneur. You took the risk to own your own business, answer to limited authority and make your own decisions. Not to rely on a paycheck, but to be paid for the...
The power of your WHY drives all your decisions. It is the heart, soul, desire and passion you have to achieve something through your business and life. Your WHY provides the inspiration to take action to realize results.
We know it's a busy time. You're still trying to reach goals for this year. And, as a business owner, you have end of the year items to wrap up. Of course, there's also a need for personal time with family and friends for the holidays.
It happens over and over again; when a financial services professional adds an employee to their business, it creates growth and increases revenue in more ways than they initially thought. So then, why do so many financial services professionals delay in hiring? It boils down to three barriers: not enough time, too much money, and it's hard to find the right people. Overcoming these barriers requires a combination of seeing beyond them and having a strategy to leverage good people to achieve the desired results.
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