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The Power Of A Vision: Because your future has to start somewhere.
by Tony Vidler        Vision is the thing that initially drives all progress.  Somebody’s view of how something can be…will be….is the catalyst for achievement of great change. Who will ever forget the power of articulating one mans vision: “I have a dream….”? His vision of how the world could be.     Should be.   […]
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The Difference That Clear Strategy Makes To A Practice
by Tony Vidler        Having a clear strategy is probably the most under-estimated element in professional services. The business often has a Vision; a clear picture of what it wants to look like, and what success means to the owners. The business often is excellent at Operational Planning. Perhaps because we are trained as planners […]
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How are you planning to differentiate and stand out?
by Tony Vidler        You have to differentiate to stand out and attract business…but where do you do that. How do you do that? Well, it begins by thinking strategically about where you want to do it. I remembering reading way back in one of the academic tomes on marketing that there were 5 attributes […]
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The 9 Business Building Blocks Which Will Stand the Test Of Time
by Tony Vidler        To create a firm which will last you need the right business building blocks, or the foundations if you like. When it comes to building something to last the ancient civilisations can teach us a thing or two about the building blocks of a business.  Anybody who has had the privilege […]
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R.I.P. To Some Accepted Wisdom For Growing A Practice
by Tony Vidler        In good times growing a practice is difficult enough and one of the methods has become conventional wisdom – but that doesn’t mean it is right in these days of fundamental and structural change for the industry. The concept of a professional firm requiring 3 distinctly different roles of a Finder, […]
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6 Things Banks Taught Us About Building A Super Profitable Business
by Tony Vidler         The most profitable business to have in financial services is a bank. They know how to make money.  They understand that the more you know about your customers the more business you can do with them.  Not “will do with them”….but “can”. And that makes a lot of money for them. […]
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Differentiate By Building A Strong Promise
by Tony Vidler        There are notable differences between high growth professional firms and others when it comes to differentiating themselves.  How they choose to express their value and stand out is quite different to the mainstream.   Undoubtedly the average or low growth firms inability to express what their difference is in relation to […]
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Are you just swimming in circles, or do you have a strategy?
by Tony Vidler        To ensure business success you must have a strategy.  But where do you begin with designing a business strategy?   It isn’t quite as hard as you may think….   First, you need to decide what you want to be known for, which then makes it relatively easy to work out […]
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A Value Creation Model For Advisory Firms
by Tony Vidler        Challenging times test whether we are truly delivering value, and whether we have a good value creation model for the advisory firm.  Is the practice focussed upon the areas where it can improve in its value delivery to clients…does it even know which areas they are?  Where do we need to […]
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Some Advisory Firm’s Are “Going Out Of Business” Without Even Realising It
by Tony Vidler        I have a strong sense that a lot of advisory firms are “going out of business” at the moment and don’t even realise it.   For a very long time markets were going well, and commission and fee rates were at the high end of the scale, and there were plenty […]
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