Category: Coaching
Financial Planning Insights Interview Part IV
Prospect and Client Engagement Effectiveness “Planning is not a thing; it is the way we approach advising our clients.” “Planning is any meaningful conversation that helps a client connect their priorities to their likely outcomes.” “The first step to engage prospects and clients is to introduce it as a way for them to become more involved in the process.”…
Read MoreFinancial Planning Insights Interview Part III
Overcoming the Adoption Challenge Advisor adoption remains the single most significant challenge facing firms who are focused on the integration of planning into their offering model. Two previous blogs – The Adoption Challenge in Financial Planning and Changing the Planning Paradigm – The Key to Overcoming the Advisor (and Client) Adoption Challenge – discussed some key strategies…
Read MoreBest Practices from Financial Services Industry Leaders: Strategies for Achieving Differentiation and Growth
Greene Consulting recently hosted a forum with some of the best market level leaders we know in the wealth management industry to discuss some of the key opportunities and challenges facing financial services firms. These leaders who come from a variety of firms from small to large, have a unique perspective with true, “street-level knowledge”…
Read MoreChanging the Conversation Part IV: Enhancing the Impact of your Client Discovery Conversation
Whether you are an advisor, coach a team of advisors or lead a division, the purpose of this brief article is to encourage you to pause for a minute and honestly reflect on your approach and your firm’s approach to the Client Discovery Conversation and, more specifically, think about how you would answer the following…
Read MoreThe Adoption of Planning in your Organization/Practice and “Atomic Habits”
If you haven’t read Atomic Habits by James Cleary, pick it up (and a thank you to Joe Sicchitano, Head of Financial Planning at SunTrust for the recommendation). Like many books, it’s a good read that in the end you might say is “common sense”. But the realities are that he makes the challenge of…
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