A client owns a business which has several insurance policies, significant debt with banks and other lenders, and even an investment portfolio. The owner employs a CFO to oversee those issues. Are we offering in the Commit to Hire Conversation™ to handle these areas for the client in addition to their personal insurance, debt, and investments?

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Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

You are offering to be their personal financial advisor. You may interface with their business advisors or key employees, like their CFO, but you don't replace them.

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During the Financial Road Map Interview™ when I’m telling the client exactly what they’re going to get in the way of a financial plan, the script talks about the four areas but never mentions their goals that we just spent time and energy identifying and then emotionally tying to them. Is it just assumed that the goals will be planned? Seems like I should say we’ll give you a plan for meeting your goals, which is of course, what we do.

I have several existing clients and prospects that have zero debt and range typically from $3-$10 million in liquid net worth. Many of them have believed in “Term and invest the rest” mentality and therefore don't like to discuss insurance needs and their term policies have expired. By this, I'm referring to clients who are past the accumulation phase and confident in their mind that they have been adequately insured and no longer need much insurance (I realize this may not be true), and have the notion typically to only buy term and put the rest of their money into savings. When we get to the Commitment to Hire Conversation™. Many of my existing clients have zero debt, more cash then they need to have sitting around (I realize this needs to be addressed), and don't feel they need much help with insurance. Therefore the step-by-step plan addressing these four areas only has one area where they typically want, or feel, they need help in creating a plan. I'm curious if it would it make sense to change the "What you get” discussion to something that could provide a little more value than the 4 bullets currently in the script? Can you please tell me perhaps a different word track then the Financial Road Map® script since two of the four areas are not of much interest to these types of clients?

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