By not providing coaching to people after providing them with behaviorally based skill training, we set them up for failure. Thomas Crane, in The Heart of Coaching The basis of Supernova is live coaching. All of us have seen great speakers who have been effective presenters. But the danger in presentations alone is that there… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Personal Development
Every Successful Advisor Needs a Mentor
“Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.” – Lyndon B. Johnson A few years ago, during a follow-up coaching call, one of my clients told me she had just generated more business over an eight day stretch than she had done in her prior four months… Read more »
Leadership, Core Values and Achieving Excellence
Leadership can be a burden. On the other hand, it can be a great opportunity for growth. Whether you are a team leader, producing manager, or managing director, you are entrusted with the future of your people. Shirk from that duty at your own peril. So if you have to do it, how do you… Read more »
Setting SMART Goals
What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? Supernova teams incorporates business planning into their model and continually tweak it to keep up with current conditions. They plan an annual two day meeting, 4 quarterly 1/2 day meetings, a weekly 1 hour meetings and daily 10 minute stand up meetings to create, customize… Read more »
Four Questions For Your Annual Business Planning
As we turn the page to 2014, what comes to mind but New Year Resolutions. Many make them, but few keep them. Why? Psychologically there are several reasons. One is that they are not our own. They are what someone else thinks would be best for us. Second, they are too ambitious. Too hard to… Read more »
Good to Best
It is gratifying when others reinforce your work. Maya Ivanova, in an article in Investment Advisor Magazine, explains that the best RIA/FA Firms(Teams) have several things in common. In a study of all RIAs, her firm Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking concluded that the top 26 were rather unique verses the others in the difficult year 2008: They… Read more »