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Investment Advisor February 2010 James J. Green	Raising Your Game Ray Sclafani's coaches help advisors provide advice and guidance.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Mindy Diamond	Valuable Lessons A broker in mid-career doldrums with a desire to teach, coach or mentor should let prospective employers know of this interest. It may provide an enriching experience for a whole class of brokers.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Susan Konig	Branch Managers Key to Team Building It's no secret that many branch managers feel their firms now view them more as "costly overhead" rather than as talented coaches and leaders who can greatly benefit their firms' bottom lines.
On Wall Street December 1, 2010 Matthew Leung	Winning Over Clients Who Have Been Burned It's not surprising that investors and even financial advisors may be disheartened about the market. So how can advisors remain motivated and prevent clients from sitting on the sidelines?
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Ray Sclafani	Pick the Right Coach If you are considering engaging a professional coach, look for one who has the expertise, skills and industry knowledge required to coach financial advisors.
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The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Avoid the Boiler Room Some financial advisors know more about sales than they do about investing. Finding good financial advice is tough. Investors with little or no knowledge about their finances are extremely vulnerable to disreputable professionals.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Anne Field	A Coach's-Eye View For a financial advisor, hiring a coach is not an easy decision. It means opening up to an outsider and questioning basic assumptions. And coaching does not come cheap.
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 Ray Sclafani	Keep Your Focus A new year means new goals and plans for your financial advisory practice. Here's how to keep yourself on track.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Lewis Schiff	The Affluentialist: What Do Counselors Think About Clients? Advisors to wealthy families speak out about clients and careers.
Investment Advisor November 2005 Andrew Gluck	The Gluck Report, Part I: Get Back in the Game Advisors, should you get a coach? Here is how they can help and what to look for when hiring one.
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Danny Sarch	This Is Your Career, So Start Acting Like It Like any labor market, the financial services one comes down to supply and demand, and a number of forces are in line to start pushing values down.
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	5 Questions for Maribeth Kuzmeski What is marketing if not forging a link between you, clients and prospects? In her new book, the connectors, marketing expert Maribeth Kuzmeski discusses strategies for building long-term client relationships.
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On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Gerri Leder	What Should You Do Next for You and Your Clients? While some advisors are paralyzed by inertia, others are working overtime: reading, calling and bringing perspectives to their clients. If advisors don't move, their clients surely will.
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Registered Rep. August 9, 2010 Susan Konig	How One BOM Retains Top FAs The dizzying industry turmoil of the last few years has induced wirehouses to offer their top producers some of the largest retention packages ever.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	RIAs on the Recruiting Warpath: LPL's Morristown Financial Recruits 70 in 2010 Investors will refer their family and friends to their advisor if they're satisfied with the service. For financial practices that seek to recruit advisors, the game plays by much the same rules.
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Registered Rep. July 11, 2011 Susan Konig	The Art of Coaching Coaching is a pivotal part of any branch manager's role as a leader. Being truly effective at it can make all the difference in the morale and success of your branch office.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.
On Wall Street March 1, 2011 Bill Willis	The Power of Positive Leadership When you think of your branch manager, what images come to mind? Does he or she send off positive, negative or neutral vibes? Perhaps the message is mixed.
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Registered Rep. March 28, 2012 Charles Paikert	Branch Managers Are Key For Aggregator Growth There is growing demand for their talents in one corner of the wealth management universe: newly formed aggregators who are busy buying up firms and opening offices across the country.
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On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Carri Degenhardt-Burke	Recruitment Pitfalls to Avoid From making a good first impression to not making as many impressions as you should, it pays to avoid these common pitfalls when the recruiting process is starting its cycle.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince	Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors.
Registered Rep. March 2, 2010	Check Out RegisteredRep.com's Newly Revamped Advisor Forums Want to "socialize" with other financial advisors? Discuss how to sell your book? Have a question about marketing yourself to high-net-worth investors? These and many more topics are being discussed right now on RegisteredRep.com's Advisor Forums.
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Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Mindy Diamond	The Branch Manager Switch In today's turbulent markets, many financial advisors may want to give up a book of business and graduate to management, but that position also isn't as risk-free as they may think.
Investment Advisor June 2010 John Sullivan	Grow and Learn A poll recently conducted by the SEI Advisor Network found that the top priority for advisors in 2010 is to "create new initiatives to increase sales and grow business."
Financial Advisor May 2006 Tracey Longo	What Have You Done For Me Lately? The race is on among independent broker-dealers to recruit more top fee-based advisors.
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AskMen.com December 9, 2001 Rashmikant Patel	Trusting Your Advisor Many of us are looking back at our investments over the last couple of years, and blaming our advisors for the less than stellar performance. It all comes down to one issue: do you trust your financial advisor?
Registered Rep. April 15, 2009 Kristen French	Bank of America Launches Client Referral Program It's one of several referral programs the bank is putting together as part of its integration with Merrill Lynch, including one that would offer leads from the commercial banking division to certain Merrill Lynch advisors.
Financial Advisor June 2008 Grove & Prince	Survival Of The Fittest Whatever plateau your advisory business may have reached, whatever ceiling you might have bumped up against -- now is the time to blast off or blast through.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Grove & Prince	Staying Connected If financial advisors need yet another reminder about the importance of contacting clients, here it is: In our study of affluent investors conducted in late October, almost half of the respondents said they had changed primary advisors in the last year, often citing lack of contact.
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