With recent global events, the demand for assurance and confidence through financial advice has spiked simultaneously as the number of accountants and financial planners decline. Given the talent pipeline is dwindling for these professions, I discuss with Paul Barrett, Chief Executive Officer at Next Generation Advisory, the ways advice can compete for talent in this booming profession.

Growing any profession with the next generation of talent has always taken a significant investment - both in the people themselves and as a collective profession. What are transferable skills that your profession needs? How can we identify these skills in this next generation? Is there a formula or a 'secret sauce' that we can use? I unpack all these questions with Daryl Stout, Senior Consultant Recruitment at Insignia in this episode...

We judge all the services and products that we use not always by how good they are but by how they stack up to the benchmark expectations we have in all aspects of our lives, think online shopping, social media, doctors appointments and in-branch banking! 

Discussing a tech-focused approach to UX and CX with Mark Akeroyd shed some interesting light on how people want to interact with you.....

Accessibility to advice becomes a global issue along with the talent shortage in the local advice market (and more broadly within professional services) so do you leverage technology to lift the burden? By adopting a hybrid advice and service model. Hybrid models are proving to be an efficient channel to deliver better well-being outcomes for both the recipients of, and the providers of financial advice. I spoke to Craig Keary, CEO Asia Pacific at Ignition, about the reasons why you need to be a hybrid adviser...

Imagine - you invest in hiring and training the best candidate, then they leave in 2 or 3 years time, lured by the promise of an arbitrary higher salary. So what now? It's always great to speak with Nick Sinclair from TOA, especially when we are entering the largest global resource shortage in history. We discuss what variables are worth focusing on to ensure you can make the best decisions, to build an enduring team around your business. As the war for talent heats up, these are the factors that are worth your focus...

The graduate talent market is about to enter its hottest season ever! Firms are touting 6 figure salaries, relocation allowances, massive superannuation payments and sign-on bonuses. What?! Yes, you read correctly - sign-on bonuses! But is this all smoke and mirrors? And can you and your firm compete for this talent? Yes. We catch-up with our rockstar community manager Mel (www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-nguyen) to step through what this cohort really wants...

I had a fun and frank chat with Yolanda Bettie about team dynamics, diverse perspectives and professional intimacy, yeah that's right !! And it all means more now than ever especially within high-performing teams that are growing, I know you will like this podcast...