A how to guide to avoiding the mistakes ineffective financial advisors most often make Based on a 15-year consulting program that author Steve Moore has led for financial advisors, Ineffective Habits of Financial Advisors (and the Disciplines to Break Them): A Framework for Avoiding the Mistakes Everyone Else Makes details proven techniques which allow advisors to transform their business into an elite practice: business analysis, strategic vision, exceptional client service, and acquiring high net worth clients. Told through the story of a purely fictional and completely average financial advisor, each chapter begins with an ineffective habit that is then countered with a discipline that improves business results and adds value. The book Details a step-by-step strategy for working through current clients, rather than relying on cold calling to form new relationships Includes anecdotes collected through both personal experience and stories relayed to him by clients and colleagues Provides question and answer segments, examples, and homework assignments Ineffective Habits of Financial Advisors (and the Disciplines to Break Them shows you how to deliver exceptional service while generating higher revenue per client.

A how to guide to avoiding the mistakes ineffective financialadvisors most often makeBased on a 15-year consulting program that author Steve Moorehas led for financial advisors, Ineffective Habits of FinancialAdvisors (and the Disciplines to Break Them): A Framework forAvoiding the Mistakes Everyone Else Makes details proventechniques which allow advisors to transform their business into anelite practice: business analysis, strategic vision, exceptionalclient service, and acquiring high net worth clients. Told throughthe story of a purely fictional and completely average financialadvisor, each chapter begins with an ineffective habit that is thencountered with a discipline that improves business results and addsvalue. The book* Details a step-by-step strategy for working through currentclients, rather than relying on cold calling to form newrelationships* Includes anecdotes collected through both personal experienceand stories relayed to him by clients and colleagues* Provides question and answer segments, examples, and homeworkassignmentsIneffective Habits of Financial Advisors (and the Disciplinesto Break Them shows you how to deliver exceptional servicewhile generating higher revenue per client.

Foreword.Introduction.Setting the Stage.Business Disciplines.The 7 Ineffective Habits and the Disciplines to Break Them.The Framework of the Book.INSIGHTS.DECISIONS.ACTIONS.Acknowledgments.1 Stop Living Their Dream and Start Living YourDream.The 1st Ineffective Habit: Living Their Dream.INSIGHTS.PURPOSE: The Primary Reason for the Work you do.Business Goals: Specific Objectives that Support yourPurpose.Guiding Principles: The Rules that Guide Daily DecisionMaking.Vivid Description: A Narrative of the Business Success YouIntend to Create.The Charle Young Story.DECISIONS.Determing Your Purpose.Determining Your Business Goals.Determining Your Guiding Prinicples.Determining a Vivid Description.Determing How You Plan to Keep the Dream Alive.ACTIONS.Chapter Summary.2 Stop Focusing on Quantity of Clients and Start Focusing onQuality of Clients.The 2nd Ineffective Habit: Focusing on Quantity ofClients.INSIGHTS.Target Market.Service Focus.Competitive Differentiation.DECISIONS.The Common Sense Principle.ACTIONS.Chapter Summary.3 Stop Hoarding Unprofitable Clients and Start DisengagingUnprofitable Clients.The 3rd Ineffective Habit: Hoarding UnprofitableClients.INSIGHTS.Segment 1--The 20 to 40 Percent That Represents 1 Percentof Revenue.Segments 2 and 3--Others you are Considering forDisengagement.DECISIONS.ACTIONS.Chapter Summary.Stop Hoarding Unprofitable Clients and Start DisengagingUnprofitable Clients.4 Stop Providing Only Investment Advice and Start ProvidingWealth Management Advice.The 4th Ineffective Habit: Providing Only InvestmentAdvice.INSIGHTS.Start Providing your Top 20 Percent with Wealth ManagementAdvice.Step 5: Present the Wealth Management Solution--TheFinancial Vision Document and Client Engagement Roadmap.DECISIONS.ACTIONS.Chapter Summary.5 Stop Delivering Only Investment Reviews and StartDelivering WOW Wealth Management Reviews.The 5th Ineffective Habit: Delivering Only InvestmentReviews.INSIGHTS.Client Needs Analysis.Client Satisfaction Window.Building the WOW Review System.DECISIONS.WOW Wealth Management Review Package.ACTIONS.Chapter Summary.6 Stop the Rainmaker Approach and Start the TeamApproach.The 6th Ineffective Habit: The RainmakerApproach.INSIGHTS.Team Core Competency Audit.Team Development Evaluation.Team Alignment and Empowerment Evaluation.Internal Challenges.The Organizational Structure of the Team Approach.Role Clarity.Managing the Team Approach.Coaching the Team.The Acquisition of Talent.Team Incentive Compensation.Create a Best-of-Kind Team of Experts and Suppliers.DECISIONS.ACTIONS.Chapter Summary.7 Stop Selling to Prospects and Start Selling ThroughClients.The 7th Ineffective Habit: Selling to Prospects.INSIGHTS.Client Introductory Event.Center-of-Influence Marketing.Managing the Sales Pipeline.Qualify a Call-in Lead.Fact Finding, Planning, Solutions.DECISIONS.ACTIONS.Chapter Summary.8 Jack's Awakening: An Elite Wealth ManagementCompany.Bibliography.About the Authors.Index.