Powering Independence Podcast

By Dynasty Financial Partners

What's Powering Independence Podcast about?

The Powering Independence Podcast is a conversation about the RIA space with topics spanning the spectrum of wealth management. Hosted by Austin Philbin, this high-energy podcast offers powerful insights and ideas for successful entrepreneurs looking to drive scale, efficiency, and enterprise value.

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Powering Independence Podcast episodes:

01.23.2023
Independence Playbook Part 7: A Credible M&A Strategy
Welcome back to another episode of the Independence Playbook. In today’s episode, John is joined by Harris Baltch, Head of M&A and Capital Strategies, to talk about how advisors can prepare for M&A pre-launch, prepare for M&A post-launch, and create...
01.23.2023
Independence Playbook Part 6: Remove Compliance and Legal Red Tape
Welcome back to another episode of the Independence Playbook. In today’s episode, John is joined by Jon Morris, Chief Legal and Governance Officer at Dynasty Financial Partners. Jon shares some of the essential items advisors need to know from a...
01.23.2023
Independence Playbook Part 5: Move Beyond Antiquated Technology
Welcome back to another episode of the Independence Playbook. In today’s episode, John is joined by Frank Coates, Chief Technology Officer. Technology is a vital component of any business, but its rapidly evolving environment can make it more difficult for...
01.23.2023
Independence Playbook Part 4: Best Practices for Operations
Welcome back to another episode of the Independence Playbook. In today’s episode, Angela Gingras, Chief Administrative Officer, joins John. Angela has deep experience in RIA operations and can provide great insight into best practices for advisors transitioning to a fully...
01.23.2023
Independence Playbook Part 3: Marketing YOUR New Brand
Welcome back to another episode of the Independence Playbook. In today’s episode, John is joined by Gordy Abel, Chief Marketing Officer, to discuss how advisors should approach their brand development and marketing strategy as they transition to a fully independent...
01.23.2023
Independence Playbook Part 2: The New Transition Checklist
Welcome back to another episode of the Independence Playbook. In today’s episode, John is joined by Caitlin Douglas, Director of Transition Services, to discuss the transition to the independence model. Caitlin shares the checklist for advisors considering the move to...
01.23.2023
Independence Playbook Part 1: All Things Due Diligence
Welcome to the Independence Playbook Podcast! Join John Sullivan, Head of Network Development and Sean Lindenbaum, Director, South East Division, as they lay the foundation for this series and discuss all things due diligence. Some of the questions they will...
02.23.2022
The Future of Wealth Management
Episode 32: The Future of Wealth ManagementGuest Speaker: Anand Sekhar, Vice President, Practice Management & Consulting at FidelityThere are many forces driving innovation in wealth management and lots of questions around the future of wealth management. Anand shares his point of...
02.07.2022
How Great Leaders Combine Data and Instinct to Produce Results
Episode 31: How Great Leaders Combine Data and Instinct to Produce ResultsGuest Speakers: Steve Tenney, Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer at Great Diamond Partners. Nikolee Turner, Managing Director, Business Consultant, Advisor Services at Charles Schwab.Data is an important theme...
08.19.2021
Getting the Inside Scoop on the Independent Space: A Conversation with Ben Harrison
Episode 30: Getting the Inside Scoop on the Independent Space: A Conversation with Ben Harrison In this episode, Austin speaks to Ben Harrison, Co-Head of Wealth Solutions at BNY Mellon | Pershing. Their discussion covers Ben’s professional journey and some of...
07.08.2021
How to Find and Keep the Best Talent within Your Organization
Episode 29: How to Find and Keep the Best Talent within Your Organization With more than 30 years of experience in Financial Services, Mason Salit, Chief Talent Officer at Dynasty Financial Partners, has a very unique vantage point on identifying and...
06.09.2021
Inside the Deal Part 4: Integration
Inside the Deal Part 4: Integration Zero in on how to integrate an RIA, a new team, or a new advisor into your firm. In Part 4: Integration, Harris Baltch is joined by Jack Petersen, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Summit...
05.24.2021
Inside the Deal Part 3: Closing
Inside the Deal Part 3: Closing Zero in on negotiating & closing RIA deals, and learn best practices for RIAs contemplating a sale. In Part 3: Closing, Harris Baltch, Dynasty Head of M&A and Capital Strategies, is joined by Marty Bicknell,...
05.12.2021
Inside the Deal Part 2: Execution
Inside the Deal Part 2: Execution Zero in on RIA deal execution behind closed doors and learn best practices for RIAs contemplating a sale. Harris Baltch, Dynasty's Head of M&A and Capital Strategies, is joined by Liz Nesvold, Managing Director and...
04.28.2021
Inside the Deal Part 1: Deal Readiness
Inside the Deal Part 1: Deal Readiness How do RIAs know if they are M&A ready? How are deals sourced? Harris Baltch is joined by Mark Tibergien, Founder of Mark Tibergien Insights, former CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions and current Board...
03.22.2021
Improving Your Communication as a Leader
Episode 28: Improving Your Communication as a Leader This podcast focuses on a very important theme for leaders—communication. I am joined by Adam Piandes, who is a coach, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. We discuss how to have authentic conversations with fellow...
03.09.2021
Trends in the Off-Shore Advisory Space
Episode 27: Trends in the Off-Shore Advisory Space As one of the major wealth management institutions exits the international market, we sit down with Miguel Sosa, Founder and Partner at Premia Global Advisors. After more than 30 years at Merrill Lynch,...
12.17.2020
Hungry, Humble, Smart
Episode 26: In this year’s final podcast, I speak with Lisa Crafford, a principal within the Platform Strategy and Consulting Group at BNY Mellon | Pershing. A former Australian National Trampoline Champion and world-wide traveler, we discuss a wide variety of...
11.05.2020
What it means to be a "Schwabie" - Examining the Powerful Culture of Charles Schwab through the Stories of its People
Episode 25: What it means to be a “Schwabie”—Examining the Powerful Culture of Charles Schwab through the Stories of its People Guests: Brad Losson, VP & National Managing Director, Relationship Management at Charles Schwab Advisor Services Jerry Cobb, Managing Director, Business Consulting at...
09.28.2020
Making the Uncomfortable, Comfortable: How to Discuss the Meaning of Wealth as a Financial Advisor
Episode 24: Making the Uncomfortable, Comfortable: How to Discuss the Meaning of Wealth as a Financial Advisor Guest: Tobias Donath, Vice President, Fidelity's Center for Family Engagement The roles of financial advisors have morphed over the years. With the democratization of products and...
09.01.2020
Homemade Volcanoes, Zoom Calls, and Snap Filters: Managing Work-Life Integration in Today's Environment
Episode 23: Homemade Volcanoes, Zoom Calls, and Snap Filters: Managing Work-Life Integration in Today's Environment One of the most obvious impacts of COVID-19 has been the need to integrate professional and family life in a much closer way. With many schools beginning...
07.14.2020
A Differentiated Business Model for Differentiated Clients: How Intellectus Built a Firm for Entrepreneurs
Episode 22: A Differentiated Business Model for Differentiated Clients: How Intellectus Built a Firm for Entrepreneurs Guest: Dave La Placa, Founder and CEO of Intellectus Partners Dave La Placa has an incredible background and many great experiences that fuel this conversation. A...
06.10.2020
Operational Excellence
Episode 21: Operational Excellence: A Discussion on How to Effectively Translate Military Knowledge to Financial Services Organizations On this episode of the podcast, Austin speaks to Jim Combs, Chief Executive Officer of National Advisors Trust. Jim discusses his time at West Point,...
05.19.2020
Into the Great Wide Open: Perspectives of the Advisor Transition Process from the Front Lines.
Episode 20: Into the Great Wide Open: Perspectives of the Advisor Transition Process from the Front Lines. Into the Great Wide Open was the eight studio album recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1991. The title track follows Eddie...
05.05.2020
Hitting the Right High Note: A Conversation with one of the Founders of High Note Wealth
Episode 19: Hitting the Right High Note: A Conversation with one of the Founders of High Note Wealth Michael Forrester received a degree in History from the University of Minnesota and an Associate Degree in Culinary Arts from Le Cordon Bleu...
04.21.2020
Entering the Matrix: A View from Inside the Future of Wealth Management
Episode 18: Entering the Matrix: A View from Inside the Future of Wealth Management Guests: Ben Weisshaut, Founder and CEO of Wishlife and Mang-Git Ng, Founder and CEO of Anvil Foundry Fin-tech is a buzz word within the financial services and wealth...
04.06.2020
How Does The Math Work?
Episode 17: How Does the Math Work? Guest: Ben Bines, Senior Vice President, Network Development, Dynasty Financial Partners Compensation matters…full stop…period. Understanding the economics of running an independent registered investment advisor is incredibly important. The benefit in this transition from an employee to...
03.23.2020
Providing Financial Advice In the Middle of the Corona Virus Outbreak and Market Volatility
Episode 16: Providing Financial Advice In the Middle of the Corona Virus Outbreak and Market Volatility These are unprecedented times both domestically and globally. COVID-19 has had far-reaching impacts upon many areas of our lives. Volatility has spiked in the global...
03.10.2020
Making Change Count
Episode 15: Making Change Count How to Positively Impact Diversity and Create Change in the Financial Services Industry, Guest: Meghan Philbin, Communications Consultant and Coach, Templar Advisors
02.21.2020
The Story of Shirl Penney and Dynasty Financial Partners
Episode 14: The Story of Shirl Penney and Dynasty Financial Partners From Bates College to New York City to Saint Petersburg, Florida we follow the journey of Shirl as he worked to create Dynasty Financial Partners. We’ll talk about the financial...
02.04.2020
Succession Planning
Episode 13: Succession Planning Most advisors know they need to create both a contingency AND succession plan, but that’s a task for another day! It is an emotional process and one that many advisors have difficulty facing. This special episode of...
01.21.2020
Safe Passage: How to Move Your Business Optimally and Compliantly
Safe Passage: How to Move Your Business Optimally and Compliantly Along the journey to independence, compliance is one of the most misunderstood topics. Although many advisors have a basic grasp on what their risk officers do, how to run a...
01.06.2020
The Intersection between Elite Athletes and Business
Episode 11: The Intersection between Elite Athletes and Business Elite athletes spend years honing their physical skills in order to compete at a professional level. For many of these individuals, training, playing and recovering consume most of their physical and mental...
12.16.2019
Mapping Your Journey: Can I Really Use What I Like?
Episode 10: Mapping Your Journey: Can I Really Use What I Like?
09.04.2019
Catch Me If You Can: Cybersecurity for RIAs
Episode 9: Catch Me If You Can: Cybersecurity for RIAs In 2002, Steven Spielberg released the movie Catch Me If You Can – focusing on the life of Frank Abignale, a master con-artist and check forger. Frank was eventually caught by...
07.25.2019
Legal, Compliance and Freedom - Making Compliance Fun Again! (Part Two)
Episode 8: Legal, Compliance and Freedom - Making Compliance Fun Again! (Part Two) Who would have ever thought that the topic of legal and compliance would require two episodes, but it does! Part #2 continues the discussion covering how a firm...
07.10.2019
Legal, Compliance and Freedom – Making Compliance Fun Again! (Part One)
Episode 7: Legal, Compliance and Freedom – Making Compliance Fun Again! (Part One) One would never think about putting the words Legal, Compliance and Freedom in the same sentence. Many advisors, in the past, have considered the compliance departments in their...
06.19.2019
The Next Generation of Advisors - Who Will Lead Your Firm’s Future?
EPISODE 6: The Next Generation of Advisors - Who will lead your firm’s future? Who will lead your firm’s future? If the answer is uncertain, then the enterprise value of your company will definitely be affected and it could even lead...
06.05.2019
Technology - Is My Stack Better Than Yours?
EPISODE 5: Technology - Is My Stack Better Than Yours? There has never been more innovation when it comes to technology within the wealth management industry. With that, there has never been more confusion too! What is the best tech solution...
05.23.2019
Marketing Masterminds
EPISODE 4: Marketing - You Mean I Shouldn't Buy a Billboard? With new technologies and strategies constantly being developed, the approach to Marketing has seen dramatic change in recent years. RIA teams and industry leaders need guidance on how to...
05.09.2019
M&A - The Power of Inorganic Growth
EPISODE 3: M&A - The Power of Inorganic Growth So many firms want to grow inorganically and recruit established advisors to their firms and transfer their clients across, but what does this process actually entail? Is your firm M&A ready? How...
04.25.2019
The Science of Client Acquisition
EPISODE 2: The Science of Client Acquisition Growth is the lifeblood of any independent wealth management business. Adding new clients and assets is central to that growth. The best firms in our industry take a very deliberate, process driven approach. The...
04.10.2019
Women on Wall Street
EPISODE 1: Women in Wall Street - When Socks Tell a Story Why have so few women joined the wealth management industry? What can the industry do to change this? What should a wealth management firm be doing to ensure it...

What's Powering Independence Podcast about?

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Powering Independence Podcast episodes:

Independence Playbook Part 7: A Credible M&A Strategy

Independence Playbook Part 6: Remove Compliance and Legal Red Tape

Independence Playbook Part 5: Move Beyond Antiquated Technology

Independence Playbook Part 4: Best Practices for Operations

Independence Playbook Part 3: Marketing YOUR New Brand

Independence Playbook Part 2: The New Transition Checklist

Independence Playbook Part 1: All Things Due Diligence

The Future of Wealth Management

How Great Leaders Combine Data and Instinct to Produce Results

Getting the Inside Scoop on the Independent Space: A Conversation with Ben Harrison

How to Find and Keep the Best Talent within Your Organization

Inside the Deal Part 4: Integration

Inside the Deal Part 3: Closing

Inside the Deal Part 2: Execution

Inside the Deal Part 1: Deal Readiness

Improving Your Communication as a Leader

Trends in the Off-Shore Advisory Space

Hungry, Humble, Smart

What it means to be a "Schwabie" - Examining the Powerful Culture of Charles Schwab through the Stories of its People

Making the Uncomfortable, Comfortable: How to Discuss the Meaning of Wealth as a Financial Advisor

Homemade Volcanoes, Zoom Calls, and Snap Filters: Managing Work-Life Integration in Today's Environment

A Differentiated Business Model for Differentiated Clients: How Intellectus Built a Firm for Entrepreneurs

Operational Excellence

Into the Great Wide Open: Perspectives of the Advisor Transition Process from the Front Lines.

Hitting the Right High Note: A Conversation with one of the Founders of High Note Wealth

Entering the Matrix: A View from Inside the Future of Wealth Management

How Does The Math Work?

Providing Financial Advice In the Middle of the Corona Virus Outbreak and Market Volatility

Making Change Count

The Story of Shirl Penney and Dynasty Financial Partners

Succession Planning

Safe Passage: How to Move Your Business Optimally and Compliantly

The Intersection between Elite Athletes and Business

Mapping Your Journey: Can I Really Use What I Like?

Catch Me If You Can: Cybersecurity for RIAs

Legal, Compliance and Freedom - Making Compliance Fun Again! (Part Two)

Legal, Compliance and Freedom – Making Compliance Fun Again! (Part One)

The Next Generation of Advisors - Who Will Lead Your Firm’s Future?

Technology - Is My Stack Better Than Yours?

Marketing Masterminds

M&A - The Power of Inorganic Growth

The Science of Client Acquisition

Women on Wall Street