Kestra Out Loud Podcast

Discover how the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®) can support small and medium-sized business growth. Join Mark Schoenbeck, EVP of Advisor Engagement at Kestra Financial, as he interviews Alex Panas, Managing Partner and Wealth Planner at Synthesis Wealth Planning, about his experience with EOS. Learn how EOS can streamline operations, increase accountability, and foster team culture. As financial advisors, understanding EOS is crucial for long-term success. Tune in now for valuable insights and practical tips!

Kestra Advisor Rainey Rogers of McKinney Wealth Management shares his passion for beekeeping and how he incorporates honey into his business to win clients and foster stronger relationships. Join host Mark Schoenbeck as he uncovers Rainey's secrets to sweet success and how his beekeeping hobby has become a valuable tool in his financial advisory business.

Digital marketing is the center of any successful marketing strategy, and social media plays a significant role in that outreach. Kestra Financial's Mark Schoenbeck VP, advisor engagement hosts a panel of trailblazing financial advisors who have built leading businesses with strong social media strategies. Ted Jenkin, CEO of oXYGen Financial, Liz Hand, Co-Owner of Pleasant Wealth, and Derrick Jackson, owner of Ryleigh Wealth Management share their stories of how they grew their practices and tips for how you can too.

Being able to manage your business your way is vital to your success. In the financial services industry you must have a partner that provides the technology and operational support that allows you to do exactly that. Kestra Financial advisors, Jason Dudum, Jennfier, Hope, Frannie Gardner, and Troy Flinn explain how they were able to build thriving business through such support.

Giving back to your community and becoming more involved are extremely important ways for you to improve your local while growing the impact of your business. EVP, Advisor Engagement Mark Schoenbeck chats with Yudi Gross, Co-Founder of Aequus Partners, and Thom Shumosic, Founder of MidAtlantic Retirement Planning Specialists. Two advisors who have devoted time and money to local organizations to help build the communities they are a part of.

Kestra advisors, Liz Lopez of Prominent Peak Wealth Management, along with Deborah and Natalie Trouw of Elevation Financial Group discuss the impact Kestra's Business Consulting team has made on their business, the supportive culture at the firm, and their reasons for joining.

In this podcast episode, we’re speaking with Wellness Coach, Author, and former Financial Advisor, Jeff White, to discuss the importance of physical and mental fitness. Our mind and body are our greatest assets, so it’s important to understand how to best take care of ourselves long term. Maria Bethel and Rob Bartenstein lead a riveting discussion that you don’t want to miss.

In this podcast session, former InStyle magazine beauty editor-turned author and health coach, Jolene Hart, will teach us how to tap into our (underrated) individual superpower– personal energy. We’ll talk about how the mind influences the body, the power of tapping into and trusting our instincts, how work and creativity go hand-in-hand, and we’ll leave each listener with three actionable steps for energetic change. You will not want to miss this powerful and inspiring episode, co-hosted by Maria Bethel and Rob Bartenstein that is sure to leave you curious about igniting your light.

Rico Casares, CFP and CLU Vice President, joins cohosts Mark Schoenbeck (EVP, Advisor Engagement) and Mike Pedlow (EVP and Chief Compliance Officer) to talk about the power of outsourcing. Tune in to hear Casares discuss how to evaluate the value of your time, the benefits of outsourcing, and advice for hesitant advisors.

The veteran executive, who joined Kestra in 2018 after her time in Wells Fargo’s treasury management unit, now helps lead the private equity-backed firm of some 2,500 advisors. In an interview with FP Senior Editor Tobias Salinger, Chester explains how the Austin, Texas-based firm supports advisors across two IBD subsidiaries, an RIA M&A arm, and a breakaway RIA channel.

Unforeseen events like the coronavirus pandemic will lead the business side of any firm to increase its appreciation for maintaining normal operations, Chester says, describing how more than 250 home-office employees rapidly moved to remote work in March when the firm found out about a potential case of COVID-19 among its associates

Even in these strange times, though, advisors carry on running their businesses. Kestra CEO James Poer and Chester seek out support staff who can get to know the advisors by name and efficiently address their questions and requests, she says.

“Our promise to our advisors is to serve them well,” Chester says. “And it’s really important to have the right type of individual in those service and operations roles because, at the end of the day, that’s what defines your delivery. And they’re the ones who have to deliver on your promise to the advisors because if you’re not able to deliver solid operations and solid service then there’s really very little value that you’re able to provide to those that you serve.”