Why are you here with us?

🤔 Recently, as always, I get to ask this question!

It was a simple, straightforward question being asked!  

Typical ask by interviewers like myself who want to help my potential mentees to get to understand, not just the role but the ability to demonstrate the conviction of being an iFA rep. (aka Financial Consultant who provides planning advice based on analysis and unbiased product recommendation.)   

It can be a simple question. 

But then, a simple question comes with no easy answer. 

🤔 Why? 

I want my mentees to understand that building and owning a financial advisory practice is just as “easy” as being a qualified medical physician or raising the bar for being a legal adviser! 

We’re professional.

We learn. 

We care.

We understand.

We explore.

We discover.  

We train. 

We keep learning. 

And that’s being professional.   

If one is not willing to take the road less traveled, success is always not within reach.  

Hence, clarity is vital in career selection, and building it becomes natural.  

If you ever feel you’re not hired for the right reason, may I suggest not being hired at all in the first place! 

How do you know? 

Probably the following observations would tell tales sign. 

🤔🤔 Package, in dollar value, attracted you.

This is good but you are probably left all alone on your learning journey. 

Highly likely you are “handcuffed” for a period of time. 

Payback for those who did not perform during the hired period would be disastrous, especially for the few who are already with liabilities. Probably, appropriate for some who are determined to perform in this setting. 

🤔🤔Next, you are promised the sky in the financial services industry. 

Earning is the sky the limit and all you need to do is to sell, sell and sell! 

Though there could be true in this statement, diligence, trustworthiness & creditability are part of the equation. The best interest of whom to benefit is always questionable. 

🤔🤔Last but not least, you are promised given leads.

This is rather perplexing. 

Have you ever wondered if leads can be found easily, and why the recruiter wants you to join them?

And if leads can be given out easily, then why are there so many hiring reps' ads posted every day?

✅ So how do we land ourselves on your “ideal” platform? 

A few pointers for your consideration. 

1️⃣ Infrastructure 

This is the core of any financial services advisory business! 

Without suitable products to market, there is no business.  

Work with business partners & product manufacturers as many as possible. 

Why? 

We meet people from different walks of life. 

Everyone needs financial services advisory solutions, not just product matching.

With such a comprehensive infrastructure, you can nitpick the most appropriate game plan for your specific client to suit their targeted financial concerns.

❗❗Coming Wednesday is our U+ (zoom) webinar at 2 pm.  

Tony Ong will share with you more.  

❗❗Here’s my invite: https://bit.ly/3L7Aoh3 

2️⃣ Train, develop, and evolve.  

And if you worry that so many products to handle, you are in a treat to enhance your brain power! 

Training is an ongoing process to keep your advisory mindset on full alert! 

Especially with target training, service providers are dedicated to giving their full might to ensure you are highly competent to make appropriate placement in your advisory solutions. Thus, fulfilling the best interest of the right audience.

3️⃣ Mentorship.

The above 2 are only half of the solutions to your building & owning your independent financial services advisory ownership! 

The other half of the equation is by hand-holding with specialists to challenge the VUCA situation.

In this VUCA environment, there is a pressing need for an organization with a Vision to tackle the Volatile economy. 

Uncertainty always leads to anxiety and seeking the right Understanding of the situation is always the best policy. 

Due to the sophistication of our economic progression, it is always wise to keep Complicated stuff simple! 

Ambiguity can be confusing at times, delaying action taking. Seeking leadership’s Agility is much preferred. 

✅ Hence, MENTORSHIP is critical in this VUCA environment. 

Keeping things simple isn’t that simple but with clarity in a collaborating effort, I believe we can short-circuit the learning path.... together.

In conclusion, I’m hiring. 

And I’m hiring for the right reason with the right conviction. 

BTW, have I shared that question? 

✅ Why are you here with us?

Feel free to connect with me. 

I’m Hock Beng 🇸🇬 !

Here’s my mentorship playbook for your preview: https://lnkd.in/g7FYsYf2