full transparency

How To Get Buy-In From Clients To Full Advice

February 16, 2024

Clients often want advisers to deal with just one element of financial planning…their current “burning issue” that triggered the need for advice to begin with. Getting them to engage in full advice can be tough…

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Imagine if we REALLY were 100% honest with clients

April 14, 2023

We are expected to be 100% honest with clients, and total honesty with clients is a wonderful concept but 100% honesty in all things with our clients would kill the relationships and kill the industry.…

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Full Transparency? It pays to keep some secrets from clients

November 9, 2022

In this age of full transparency for professional services there is a tendency for advisers to tell clients everything…but there are just some things you shouldn’t tell them in advance. If you want to give…

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