Another burning question from the recent AFA Webinar related to how to help clients with funding their advice fees when they already have tight cashflow. The team at Elixir Consulting discuss this and give you practical ways to help your client with this very dilemma. If...
A recent AFA Webinar highlighted a number of questions on the lips of many advisers. This one covers how to juggle existing service agreements while implementing new 12 month agreements. (We had a bit of a giggle after viewing the recording of this - the 'Brady...
Andrew George moved out of a Leadership role in a large financial planning business in 2019 to join the Elixir team as a Consultant in Melbourne. In this article, Andrew shares his personal experience with receiving coaching support that ultimately led him to pursue his...
Respected industry contributor, Elixir Consulting founder, Sue Viskovic, offers a future pathway to success for risk advisers that she says can and does work. This pathway articulates a risk advice business model that embraces a combination of both fees and commissions… There are roughly three months...
There is so much change happening for advisers right now that you could be forgiven for falling into the trap of introspection and worry. You may be juggling thoughts of compliance, education requirements, rising costs, obsolete (or inadequate) pricing models, falling business valuations, licensee issues ...
A few thoughts here if you've been thinking of moving your fee model away from asset-based fees. We had a giggle in the office about this one...
During a busy week in the East Coast I reflected here on the habit of many advisers of undervaluing themselves...
Amidst all the changes facing advisers, I came across this saying the other day, and considering it from the point of view of what advisers are going through right now has helped quite a few people...
We see it all the time: overwhelmed advisers making the mistake of working harder and putting in more hours just to get more done...