Adapting to Disruptions

Today, we are hearing a lot about the rise of the “robo-advisor”— a self-service platform that give users a suite of investment tools for accessing and analyzing their financial information

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Mindfulness Meditation and Presence

What is Mindfulness Meditation? Dan Siegal, a prominent psychiatrist and advocate of Mindfulness would say that mindfulness is being present without being swept up by judgements. Researchers have found that being present affects our

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Mind Over Matter

As a performance coach in New York City to many competitive wealth managers and advisors around the world, I have become profoundly aware of the need for the skill known

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To Whom are you Accountable?

Large, publicly traded corporations have regulators, as well as their shareholders, to hold them accountable to their performance and compliance. What about smaller firms? Who is ensuring that they engage

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Making Family Philanthropy Work

In my work with high net worth families, philanthropy can be one of the great positive experiences they share together. When done well, these families lever their philanthropic engagement to

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Visual Thinking for Business

Visual thinking is way to organize and work with your ideas creatively, leverage both your left and right brain, and communicate more effectively. Why is it so powerful? Because it appeals to all

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Three Types of Conversations

Most entrepreneurs understand the importance and value of obtaining introductions. However, many of them do not have a process or methodology that generates a consistent stream of quality prospects. In client

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The Basics of Email Testing

Email marketing can be a successful business builder, especially when it's done right. Even though email blasts seemed as though they fell out of favor in recent years, a new report shows

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Recruit the Right People

“In learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn” Phil Collins, Genesis A number of years ago Sun Life Financial entrusted me with the responsibility of growing the vast

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