by Jim Stackpool | Jul 7, 2022 | best practice, Business Performance, Business Planning, Career Management, future of advice, Greater Good, Growth Stress, Hierarchy of Uncertainty, Leadership, Leverage, Measures of Success, Methodical, Planning, Priorities, Productivity, Professionalism, Profitability, Quality Advice, stages of growth, Successful On Purpose
“I just want a handful of good clients without all the stress and grief.” This was from the principal of a well-established firm with a fast-growing team. It is a common situation facing owners who appear to have built a successful advisory firm but who...
by Jim Stackpool | Jun 22, 2022 | best practice, Business Performance, Business Planning, Complexity, Growth Stress, Leadership, LIfe Choices, Priorities, stages of growth, Successful On Purpose, Uncertainty, Valuable Lessons, wobble theory
With apologies to my first favourite author – Dr Seuss. No is no foe to grow. For grow without no is the toughest of grows. In his book “The Cat In The Hat Comes Back”, Cats A through Y unleashed incremental mayhem until the tiniest Cat Z makes...
by Jim Stackpool | Oct 5, 2021 | Advice Clients, Advice is not a Product, advisers v distributors, Growth Stress, Leadership, Measures of Success, Pricing Advice, Professionalism, Public Good, Successful On Purpose
One of my favourite books is Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow. The following is from the book’s introduction… “As we navigate our lives, we normally allow ourselves to be guided by impressions and feelings, and the confidence we have in our...
by Jim Stackpool | Feb 9, 2020 | Business Performance, Certainty Advice, Future of Financial Advice, Leadership, Mindsets, Professionalism, Success Stories, Successful On Purpose, Talent, Value of Advice, Value Proposition
“There’s so much opportunity for financial advisers in today’s market”. Samantha Albiez is Senior Adviser with Bravium, a self-licensed boutique advisory firm in downtown Braddon, Canberra. The firm specialises in SME owners, young families, busy professionals and...
by Jim Stackpool | Mar 5, 2018 | Client Meetings, Client Offerings, Consultative Approach, Engagements, Meetings, Successful On Purpose
What are the secrets to consistent and successful delivery of your most important client meetings? Firstly, rapport-building is over-rated. Whilst I agree that rapport provides a vital oil between all successful relationships, I reckon too many advisers use rapport...
by Jim Stackpool | Feb 10, 2015 | Client Meetings, Consultative Approach, Engagements, Leadership, Successful On Purpose
In Part 1 of this series about the first five minutes of client meetings, I discussed the importance of “setting the context of the meeting” to effectively take control of important client engagement and progress meetings. The focus of Part 2 and second crucial...
