coaching and mentoring Archives - Page 2 of 5

How to do client video testimonials the right way!

by Tony Vidler Testimonials are good for business – but we all know that, right? Video testimonials are even better for business – and not everyone has got THAT yet. Being able to see the body language, and hear the inflections in a clients voice as they talk about their positive experience, are far […]

New Adviser Hires: getting the relationship right

by Tony Vidler One of the most common options for leveraging your professional practice is more adviser hires, however getting more advisers is itself is often a path to frustration and disappointment for business owners because it simply has not been thought through. Everyone begins with great intent: the owner really does want new […]

Sales management is more than “make the troops jump through hoops”

by Tony Vidler The majority of professionals running practices have superb technical competency, and often have significant commercial management skills, but a very common shortcoming is “Sales Management” experience or skills. The typical result of this shortcoming is that management of the revenue producers in a professional practice becomes a matter of making the […]

5 Points That Align Interests For The Adviser AND The Firm

by Tony Vidler A key to success for an advisory firm hiring other advisers is making sure that you align the interests of both parties. That is, getting the behaviour you want as an employer while ensuring that the new adviser is most likely to be getting the outcomes they want too. There […]

What you should expect from good coaching

by Tony Vidler It is a peculiar thing…most of us recognize the difference that getting good coaching – or poor coaching – can make to any athlete or sports teams performance. In fact most of us have often held quite passionate views about the merits of coaches…Very few professionals however seem to make the […]

The missing ingredient in professional development: SKILLS

by Tony Vidler We are awash with recommendations on how to “improve the advice business” and enhance professional developement. Regulators, politicians, consumer groups, product manufacturers…competing business models that look to bypass advice entirely….all of them are making a lot of noise about how advice delivery can be improved and where professionals involved in the […]

How to work out who to keep on your team

by Tony Vidler One of the toughest areas of practice management is building your team and keeping the team “right for you”. So it is best to begin with an unpalatable truth: It is inevitable that at some point you will get team selections wrong. You will get hiring decisions wrong….and sometimes firing decisions […]

Are You AND Your People Clear About What YOU Want?

by Tony Vidler Pretty much everyone running a business hates having to come up with job descriptions for their staff. Your people hate them too usually. A statement which may have been correct at a moment in time to describe a role, and the role is subject to constant change…they are pretty much a […]

Business planning a struggle? Perhaps you should plan “life” instead…

by Tony Vidler When business planning is a bit of a struggle it pays to ask yourself why you went into business for yourself. You could have had an easy job somewhere, and just made a living….but you would have gone into business for yourself because you saw it as your best chance […]

What you need to know if you buy to grow

by Tony Vidler As many advice businesses reach maturity it is common to consider whether they should “buy to grow”. Should they buy another practice, or more commonly, should just buy a book of business from another practice. The typical reasons suggested for wanting to grow through acquisition are: 1. Get new […]

coaching and mentoring

SEARCH BY SUBJECT AREA

Get financial adviser coach blog updates via email.

Other useful resources

Fresh ideas delivered to your inbox