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The 6 P’s of Sustained Peak Performance

by Tony Vidler How to stay on top of your game, get the results that you want in business, and maintain peak performance….it all comes down to having a system, or a process. Consistent output does after all usually result from consistent inputs….but putting in the right amount of the right things is what […]

A financial advisers best weapon: The Meeting Agenda

by Tony Vidler One of the most powerful weapons in an advisers armory is the Client Meeting Agenda. Yet, so few use them regularly…. The client meeting agenda sets up the entire professional relationship – not just the next hour or so that you happen to be with a client. In addition; It minimises […]

Fix the prospecting problem forever

by Tony Vidler You can fix all prospecting problems forever if you generate enough referrals. It is that simple. Get this right, and prospecting problems are non-existent, as the number one source of professional prospecting is going to be “word of mouth” for some time to come. The theory on getting more refrrals […]

The Art Of Giving Suitable Advice Which Is Defensible

by Tony Vidler The most challenging area in forming a professional opinion is ensuring that it is “suitable advice”, as what is suitable is subjective – until the time comes somewhere in the future to see if the advice actually worked. Despite the issue of nobody actually knowing whether advice really was suitable much […]

Even Great Advisers Can Use A Coach

by Tony Vidler Great advisers can use a coach. Even great advisers running great practices can use a coach. Pretty bold assertions, right? I mean, after all, we are talking about people who are actually pretty damned good at what they do AND they are good at running the business as well. […]

Bring Back The Long Lunch…it will be good for your business!

by Tony Vidler Tom Peters suggested many years ago that one of the most effective marketing activities a professional could engage in were weekday lunches. 250 of them in fact over the course of the year. That is perhaps a bit excessive in today’s environment (and for ageing waistlines), but the concept […]

Are Your Clients Or Staff Coachable?

by Tony Vidler Here is a question we should ask when contemplating taking on new clients: “I can coach, but are You Coachable?” It’s a tough question perhaps. It is certainly a confronting question at the very least. But is an absolutely necessary question…even if we don’t ask the client directly, it […]

How does culture create lasting success?

by Tony Vidler If you doubt that culture can create lasting success, then consider this: Imagine a sports team (or club if you prefer) that competed continuously for well over 100 years and during that time had a winning record against all comers of over 83%? The best that every nation on earth can […]

This is why many Advisers (and practices) do not grow

by Tony Vidler Growing productivity – or getting financial advisers to grow themselves and their business capability – appears to be a problem no matter who you talk to in financial services. And it doesn’t need to be. All too often the lack of growth in production levels by advisers or the lack […]

Is it just a bad day or is it a bad job?

by Tony Vidler How can you tell if you are just having a bad day on the job, or whether it is time to move on from the job completely? There’s no escaping the fact that even in great jobs that we love, there are days where things just don’t go the way […]

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