{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Building The Billion Dollar Business","title":"The Producer vs Builder Conflict That Quietly Destroys Advisory Firm Partnerships","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":626,"description":"After a merger or the formation of a new ensemble advisory firm, partners often assume that revenue growth and increased scale will resolve any lingering tension. But in most cases, it does not. In this episode of Building the Billion Dollar Business, financial advisor coach Ray Sclafani identifies the single most common and most destructive conflict inside advisory firm partnerships and it is not laziness, ambition, or personality. It is a fundamental misalignment in how each partner defines growth.\nBuilding the Billion Dollar Business is hosted by Ray Sclafani, founder and CEO of ClientWise, the financial services industry's leading executive coaching and team development firm for elite advisors and wealth management teams.\nFind Ray and the ClientWise Team on the ClientWise website or LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube\nWhat you will learn in this episodeWhy the \"eat what you kill\" production model and the visionary builder model create a collision course inside growing advisory firmsHow a producer-only organizational model creates a hard ceiling on firm growth and puts your highest-value partners at a bottleneckWhy leadership time is an investment, not an expense, and how to make that case inside your partnershipThe real cost of avoiding the growth alignment conversation: governance battles, partner exits, and firm-wide resentmentHow high-performing advisory firms institutionalize production by distributing demand creation, client experience, and expertise across a teamWhy the question shifts from \"who brought in the most this year\" to \"what have we built together that makes the next few years stronger\"The five areas of clarity every partner group needsClarity on the kind of firm you are buildingClarity on the definition of contribution across partnersClarity on which decisions require full partner alignmentClarity on what happens when alignment cannot be reachedClarity on the value each partner brings to the table — and an acknowledgement that...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mJm_XL0UTJjZkBTCSBQ__qB9-hm1tR6zloWUz9aPF-s/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84Mjk5/M2NhZDliZTUxYWNj/Yzg4OTA3OTA4NzA1/NjZiYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}