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Prosperous Stagnation: Why Good Quarters Can Hide a Slowdown
Prosperous stagnation is the quiet slowdown. The symptoms of future decline that hide inside healthy results. Revenue looks fine; margins hold. Yet the engines that create durable growth—customer depth, product adoption, innovation velocity, and execution capacity—are flattening. Left unchecked, today’s strength may become tomorrow’s stall. What Prosperous Stagnation Looks Like Depth stalls Balances or accounts grow, but usage, attach rate, and lifetime value plateau. Primar


Quarterly Wins vs. Durable Growth: How Regional Banks Can Have Both
You don’t have to choose between “now” and “next.” With the right levers, your bank can deliver this quarter and build durable growth for the next decade.


The Hidden Risk of Short-Term Wins: Why Sustainable Growth Engines Matter
Firms that rely too heavily on near-term wins often find themselves facing stalled growth, disengaged teams, and eroding competitive advantage.


How to Focus on the Engines of Growth
Breaking free from the Initiative Trap isn’t easy. It requires courage to say no, clarity to define your engines, and commitment to focus. But the payoff is significant: sustainable growth, healthier teams, and stronger client relationships.


The 4% Edge: How Roger Federer’s Secret to Greatness Can Transform Your Business
What separates extraordinary businesses from their competitors?


Be Good Where Others Are Bad
Financial advice is not at its core about money, it’s about people.


The Playbook Problem: Turning Strategy into a System that Works
In our experience helping financial services firms execute their most vital strategic initiatives to drive results, we have observed 4 common missteps when it comes to the utilization of playbooks.


The Power of People, Indeed
Consider the impact you can have on those your lead, work with, and serve every day if you add a little more humanity back into the process and harness the truly remarkable power of people.


Authentic Leadership Isn't Soft - It's Strategic
True authentic leadership is about aligning human capital, creating a sense of shared purpose, and driving meaningful outcomes through trust


Doing It Differently: Transforming Leadership to Accelerate Organic Growth
How leaders can take actionable steps to create a more integrated, dynamic, and successful sales strategy.


Leading Organic Growth: Why the Eyes Are On Us
The Eyes Are On Us — our teams are looking to us to lead by example. Are we ready to rise to the challenge?


Advancing Up the Organic Growth Pyramid
Proven methods for acquiring new client relationships


The Foundation of Organic Growth
Last week, Financial Planning published a thought-provoking article featuring commentary from Citi’s Head of Wealth, Andy Sieg, at the...


Focus on Success in the New Year
2025 begins, and along with it a host of new opportunities for growth, as well as a host of new challenges to overcome. As a consulting...


Red Rock Strategic Partners and Marc Butler Consulting Launch RIA Executive Engine to Accelerate Advisory Firm Growth
Athens, GA – June 10, 2024 – Red Rock Strategic Partners and Marc Butler Consulting are proud to announce the launch of RIA Executive...


Rise of the Machines: Part 2
I recently wrote a brief article regarding the human traits which make the value of financial professionals irreplaceable. As a follow...


Reinforcing Your Value During Market Uncertainty
You have undoubtedly noticed a slight uptick in market volatility over the past week or so. Many in financial services are anxiously...


Becoming Irreplaceable in an AI World
I was replaced by a machine yesterday. Not really, but it kind of felt that way. I was writing some draft content and my teammate ran...


Waze and Portfolio Construction
Millions of people swear by Waze as their go to driving navigation app, I am not one of those people. My wife and friends are constantly...


Language is a Powerful Force
Language is critical in connecting with the client. We must be obsessed with how we communicate. Whether we take for granted how well our...
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