Category: Financial Services
Advisor Insight: The Power of EQ
Does EQ really matter? And what IS EQ? Is it simply about having good “people skills”? Or is it more than that? And is it worth working on and perfecting these skills? Our firm recently concluded our first Forum, collaborating with 16 advisors from various firms across the industry to help them further develop and…
Read MoreAdvisor 2.0: What Makes the BEST Advisor
The Intangibles A few weeks ago the leader of a successful RIA we work with called me about our last blog, What Makes a GREAT Advisor. He said he completely agreed with the claim we made that if the skills, disciplines and practices addressed in that blog are mastered, you’re sure to have a highly…
Read MoreAdvisor 2.0: What Makes a GREAT Advisor?
In July we posted a blog titled “Re-Imagining the Wealth Management Experience: Advisor2.0.” In this blog we described the fact that the experience required to be competitive in today’s wealth management landscape has evolved, requiring more breadth, depth and skill of advisors. Interestingly, this was one of the most popular blogs we have ever posted,…
Read MoreRe-Imagining the Wealth Management Experience: Advisor 2.0
How will you differentiate and drive growth in the modern era of wealth management? I will start out here by stating the obvious – the wealth management industry is changing, and changing at break-neck speed. But what is not so obvious is that the majority of advisors we see out there continue to prospect, serve…
Read MoreKey Questions to Maximize the Impact of Your “Training Initiatives”
Between 85 and 90% of sales training has no lasting impact beyond 90 days. Sales Benchmark Index Recently, we were asked by a Private Banking Executive Leader, “What questions can you share that would help us ferret out training and development opportunities?” As confirmed by the statistic above, traditional training programs do not result in…
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