Episode 121

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3rd Apr 2025

Elite Insights - Time Management

Time management is a challenge every high performer faces. Your calendar reveals the truth about your priorities, and it's time to take control instead of letting it control you.

In this episode you will learn how:

• The biggest mistake leaders make is letting their calendar control them instead of the other way around

• High achievers often get stuck in a cycle of busyness without making real progress

• Conduct a calendar audit to understand how you're spending your time

• Define your available work time to plan effectively within constraints

• Rank your business priorities from most to least important for clarity

• Assign appropriate time allocations to each priority

• Compare ideal time allocation with actual time spent to identify misalignments

• Make intentional adjustments to align your calendar with your priorities

If you're ready to take control of your time and work with a coach who will help you stay accountable, book a discovery call using the link in the show notes and let's make your time work for you, not against you.

Is Your Time Aligned with Your Biggest Goals?

If your calendar isn’t reflecting your top priorities, it’s time to make a change. This is exactly what I help my clients do—gain clarity, align their time with what matters most, and take intentional action toward their goals.

If you’re ready to structure your time for greater impact and work with a coach who will help you stay focused and accountable, let’s connect.

Book a Discovery Call to explore how coaching can support you in achieving your next level of success.

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About the Podcast

Elite Achievement
A leadership and execution podcast for financial advisors and firm leaders
Elite Achievement with Kristin Burke

You’re a financial advisor. Your calendar is booked with back-to-back client meetings. You have a vision to grow your firm. You’re not sure if you have the right team in place. You’re holding on to work you know you should be delegating. You want to spend more time doing complex planning and working with your best clients, but you’re still trying to deliver for every client in your book.

At the end of the day, you’re still the one driving the revenue.

Or…

You’re leading a team of financial advisors or a firm. You’re responsible for growth, but don’t produce the results yourself. They come through the people you recruit, develop, and retain. And many of them aren’t traditional employees, which means you’re leading as much through influence as you are through expectations and accountability.

Your calendar is full, but your time doesn’t always feel well spent. You start the day with a plan, and it quickly shifts as people come to you with questions, challenges, and decisions that need your input.

You’re constantly balancing competing priorities. Attracting and bringing in new talent. Launching and developing new financial advisors. Supporting career advisors as they continue to grow. Having difficult conversations when someone isn’t performing. Protecting the culture and keeping everyone aligned to the vision.

At the end of the day, you’re still accountable for the results.

Different roles. Same challenges.

How do you create clarity around your vision and get others aligned to it?

How do you focus on the right priorities when everything feels important?

How do you develop people and hold a high standard of performance?

How do you lead effectively while still driving results?

This is the work of Elite Achievement.

A leadership and execution podcast for financial advisors and firm leaders who are building and scaling a firm and being challenged to lead at a higher level as success becomes less about your individual effort and more about how you lead.

Kristin Burke brings over 20 years of industry experience and works closely with financial advisors and firm leaders as they build firms, develop people, and navigate the challenges that come with growth.

Elite Achievement is about setting a bold vision, executing consistently, and becoming the kind of leader capable of building a legacy.