{"product_id":"9781118866474","title":"Succession Planning for Financial Advisors, + Website Building an Enduring Business","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Finance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSuccession Planning for Financial Advisors, + Website\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBuilding an Enduring Business\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Grau\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Finance \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is going to challenge you and everything you think you know about succession planning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor independent advisors, succession planning is quickly becoming the cornerstone to a strategic growth strategy designed to perpetuate their business and their income streams beyond their own lifetime, while providing a multi-generational service platform that attracts and rewards younger advisors. This makes succession planning one of the most, if not \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e most, important practice management tools in this industry today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs an independent financial advisor, now is the time to address the question of what will happen to your practice and your clients after you “exit the building.”  In most cases, the answers are right in front of you. Thankfully, \u003ci\u003eSuccession Planning for Financial Advisors: Building an Enduring Business\u003c\/i\u003e has arrived to transform today’s practices into businesses designed to endure and prosper and serve generations of clients.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how to create a “Lifestyle Succession Plan” that can provide a lifetime of income and benefits to the founder even as he\/she gradually retires on the job\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnlock the power of equity management – the best planning and building tool an independent advisor owns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how to attract and retain the best of the next generation to help you build a great business and to support your succession plans and care for your clients and their families\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetermine precisely when to start a formal succession plan and related continuity plan so that your business can work for you when you need it most\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand why succession planning and selling your business are completely different strategies, but how they can complement each other when used correctly \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e95% of independent financial service professionals are one owner practices.  To the positive, these practices are among the most valuable professional service models in America. But almost all advisors are assembling their practices using the wrong tools – tools borrowed from historically successful, but vastly different models including wirehouses, broker-dealers, and even OSJ’s and branch managers.  Revenue sharing, commission splitting and other eat-what-you-kill compensation methods dominate the independent sector and virtually ensure that today’s independent practices, if left unchanged, will not survive the end of their founder’s career.  It is time to change course and this book provides the map and the details to help you do just that. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor independent practice owners and staff members, advisors who want to transition to independence, as well as accountants, attorneys, coaches and others involved in the financial services space, there are invaluable lessons to be learned from \u003ci\u003eSuccession Planning for Financial Advisors\u003c\/i\u003e. Written by the leading succession planning expert in the financial services industry, former securities regulator, M\u0026amp;A specialist, and founder of the nationally recognized consulting and equity management firm, FP Transitions, David Grau Sr., JD, has created an unmatched resource that will have an enduring and resounding impact on an entire industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID GRAU SR., JD\u003c\/b\u003e, is the founder and president of FP Transitions, a firm that specializes in building financial services businesses of enduring and transferable value. He has authored over 85 nationally published articles, white papers, and manuals on complex succession strategies, equity management, business continuity, income-perpetuation plans, and mergers and acquisitions. Grau Sr. was named one of the most influential people in the profession in an industry survey by Financial Planning magazine and is a nationally recognized expert on succession planning and business-perpetuation strategies in the financial services industry. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 June 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118866474\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311304110220,"sku":"9781118866474","price":56.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118866474.jpg?v=1780111387","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781118866474","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}