Partners in advisory firms often find themselves struggling to find consensus and make decisions about everything from how they pay themselves and their employees to how they will grow their firms. As a consultant, I often hear from owners looking for external guidance to help them through these decisions. After one or two conversations, it becomes clear that the first thing that needs attention is alignment among partners, not a compensation plan or business development strategy.
G2 Leadership Institute | A Mentor’s Perspective: Watching the Next Generation Step Into Leadership
Leadership isn’t taught in a single workshop. It’s developed through experience, reflection, and
guidance. At its core, the G2 Leadership Institute is about transformation: helping advisors see
beyond their individual roles and think like firm leaders.
Beyond the Label: Where Real Change Happens
Identifying a firm’s challenges is only the starting point. Real transformation happens through action, alignment, and follow-through. At The Ensemble Practice, we partner beyond diagnosis, helping firms implement change and achieve lasting results. Check out the next installment of Ensemble Edge: Consulting Insights to learn more.
The Greatest Business Hero: Finding the Instruction Manual You Never Got
Introducing our new blog series: Ensemble Edge: Consulting Insights
This series gives a behind-the-scenes look at how Ensemble works with firms to solve complex challenges: from scaling operations and defining ownership to building leadership capacity and driving long-term growth.
Getting to Know The Ensemble Practice: Kristen Woody
Kristen is celebrating three years with The Ensemble Practice, and in true Ensemble fashion, she wears many hats.
Getting to Know The Ensemble Practice: Matt McGinness
The Ensemble Practice gains valuable expertise with addition of industry veteran Matt McGinness.
Ensemble Encounters: A Q&A with Stacey McKinnon on Mentoring and Coaching
We caught up with G2 Alum and current G2 Coach, Stacey McKinnon, to discuss human capital, including employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, as well as her role in the G2 program.
The Foundation of a Successful Team: Meet the G2 Coaches
We had the opportunity to sit down with our G2 coaches so you can get to know a bit more about them for yourselves.
What It Means to “Feel” Like an Owner, and How to Get There
Team members who identify most strongly with the mission of the firm, and who dedicate the most emotional and physical energy to helping it fulfill that mission, are the most likely to “feel” like owners. They are also the ones most deserving of equity.
Next-Gen CEOs Take the Wheel
Developing young leaders, empowering them to steer the ship and then, most importantly, letting go and putting the wheel in the hands of this next generation is the key to meeting the succession challenges facing G1 founders. Several of our G2 alumni were spotlighted in a Barron’s article focusing on the industry’s next-gen CEOs.
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