Listen in for two fresh conversations about referrals, client engagement and inspiring success stories. At the 3:00 minute mark Julie Littlechild, CEO of Absolute Engagement shares insights derived from years of research and at minute marker 29:30, financial professional James Schleicher offers how his “Quest for Rejection” led to success.

This episode, opens with some tips on how to make the most of LinkedIn. Then at the 15:45 minute mark we speak with Tom Singler, a member of Touchstone’s investment specialist group, who shares with us his sage (and somewhat surprising) top five lessons he's learned from working with hundreds of advisors.

We kick off today's episode with our colleague John O'Neal, who shares insights about business planning, specifically getting out of the trap of ineffective annual planning. Then, at the 15:35 minute mark, we welcome back Daxs Stadjuhar, partner at The Network. Daxs is involved with practice management, and he's been spending a lot of time talking to his folks about effectively working remotely. Even though things are normalizing now, we know remote working in some form is here to stay.

With a year of episodes under our belt The Whole Truth gets its report card from Jerod Morris (begins at the 26:30 minute mark) and he also shares insights about how to build communities with clients in Segment One. Stick around until the end for some enthusiastic college basketball banter in the Costanza Corner segment.

At the 11:50 minute mark James Pollard, founder of The Advisor Coach, shares how to make the most of digital tools available to financial professionals. He hosts the Financial Advisor Marketing Podcast, he writes a daily email newsletter, and he explains why even LinkedIn can be a powerful resource for growing your business.

Today, listen in for some tips on how to make remote working more effective. At the 14-minute mark hear Mary Mock, who returned to discuss her vision, what she has learned working in practice management and what she is working on now.

On today's episode, Penny Phillips joins the show to discuss hiring, firing, managing different personality types, and multigenerational practices. She also explains why she believes you should only ask for referrals from a quarter of your clients.

For many financial professionals, the subject of Social Security can be complex and intimidating. The process can be complicated, and some people even worry the program may shut down before they become eligible. Luckily, our guest Brian Doherty has written a book on the subject, and he is happy to share his boundless enthusiasm and extensive knowledge, adding much-welcomed clarity on the topic.

How has the pandemic changed your business? We share results of a survey to see how financial professionals have coped and thrived through a difficult time. Then, Ben Alge returns to discuss behavioral finance.

Tune in for our ever popular "Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down" approach, as we put Bill Diehl to the test pitching the hosts business development ideas and they turn up the heat with some of their own.