by Elixir Coaches | Aug 11, 2021 | Advice, Business Management, HR
To most financial advice businesses, the concept of Outsourcing is not new. Many businesses have outsourced their licensing and/or paraplanning for years – but more and more advice businesses are also outsourcing elements of their administration either to...
by Elixir Coaches | Jul 12, 2021 | All Posts, Business Coaching, Business Management
One of the key attractions of owning a financial advice business has always been the benefit of generating recurring revenue from long-term clients. While the removal of grandfathered commissions and introduction of mandatory renewals has removed the ‘guarantee’ of...
by Elixir Coaches | May 31, 2021 | All Posts, Business Coaching, Business Management
This article is a summary of a Webinar delivered by Sue Viskovic and Graham Burnard from Elixir Consulting on how to approach the challenge of leveraging technology in a financial advice business. Technology decisions are one of the most critical decisions that owners...
by Graham Burnard | Apr 22, 2020 | Advice, All Posts, Articles, Business Management, Client Service, HR
We are currently dealing with the twin challenges of creating messages for clients and staff in an environment of huge uncertainty and then delivering these messages remotely, with all of the challenges this can bring. Engaging with people remotely does not...
by Graham Burnard | Mar 20, 2020 | Advice, All Posts, Articles, Business Management, Change
No doubt you’ve been working with your team to create a response to COVID-19. We certainly have with our coaching clients here at Elixir, so we thought we might share some high-level strategies with you in this article. Between the health precautions and the impact...
by Sue Viskovic | Jan 14, 2020 | Business Management, Change, Fees & Commissions, Videos
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...