Episode 62

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29th Nov 2022

Optimize Your Efficiency Levels with Libby Greiwe

One of the most important skills to learn as a service-based business owner is how to create and sustain efficient processes that value everyone’s time. I invited an efficiency expert on the show, who has also scaled a successful financial advisory business, to share what works and what doesn’t when growing your business.

Highlights:

3:00 - It boiled down to three main things: building simple systems and processes for myself; it was building a simple client service model that we could execute with a high client experience; and it was building a simple team with the right people in the right roles with the right culture and right vision.


12:23 - The number one mistake advisors make while growing their business is doing everything because they can.


17:08 - Three best practices to help an owner grow their business are executing a CEO day, building a model week, and anything you can do to buy back your time.


22:28 - We’ll look at profit and loss. I call it income vs. heading. What percentage came from different streams of income and what percentage of our headings was that line of business?


30:38 - How are we wasting time or wasting money? We won’t actually know until we’re documenting our process and tracking our efforts.



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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.