Why Many Financial Advisors Struggle with Closing Ratios

Financial advisors don’t struggle with closing ratios because they lack intelligence or credentials. They often struggle because they underestimate the importance of people skills, proper discovery, and persuasion. Selling is not separate from advising; it’s what allows advising to happen. Selling skills are still the foundation of advice.
What Ensemble Practices Can Learn from Classic Rockers

Reprinted with permission from the April 2, 2019 issue of ThinkAdvisor. © 2019 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Let’s talk about the power of multi-advisor practices in the wealth management industry — also referred to as “ensemble practices,” based on the work of Philip Palaveev. You can chart the course and issues many practices encounter to a lesson learned from the legendary classic rock bands and artists of our time.