25 YEARS The wealth management business has seen stunning growth over the past 25 years. In fact, according to research published in the Financial Times, the average annual financial market growth of over the 10-year period from 2012-2021 pushed global private client wealth to an estimated level of $360 trillion.1 But there are significant headwinds. First,…

Given the extremely high level of responses we received in our last article – This is Your Wake-Up Call – Are You Prepared to Deliver Value in an AI World? – we thought it worthwhile to stay on this topic and provide some additional thoughts and perspectives, expanding a bit on our point-of-view pertaining to the…

I’m starting this piece out with a little personal perspective about a point we believe is vitally important. After more than 25 years working in the wealth management industry as an advisor, market leader, and executive leader, in early 2005, I left the industry for 7 years to work in a completely different field (education).…

A wealth management executive leader recently asked us a fundamentally important question that not enough leaders ask … but should. This insightful question came at the end of an hour-long discussion in which their leadership team was seeking ways to drive organic growth. The question she asked was … “How do we get our teams…

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…

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,…

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…

The Scenario There’s an old story about the future of air travel; the pilot’s job is fully computer-controlled from before takeoff to after landing yet, as the story goes, every flight has a human pilot and a dog in the cockpit. The dog’s job? Bite the pilot if they touch any of the controls. Here’s…

The Scenario Bear markets and sell-offs evoke strong emotional responses that can lead clients to investment decision errors. Yet, tragically, clients may be unaware that their response is emotionally driven, not logic-driven. As a result, in extreme cases, a client’s portfolio can take years to recover from investment decision errors. Challenge for Financial Advisors How…

Schedule a Call Pre-call planning, once perfected, is one of – if not THE – most powerful practices we know of to accelerate revenue growth while enhancing your teams’ ability to consistently deliver truly differentiated value in their prospect and client calls Yet, the reality is that many do not even do pre-calls prior to…