About Advisor Transition Consulting
Why This Practice Exists
I’ve spent decades inside wealth management - watching where transitions succeed, where they fracture, and where regret shows up later even when everything looked fine early.
I work with experienced advisors on the thinking side of high-consequence decisions—risk, sequencing, due-diligence, and narrative
This practice exists to focus on and protect:
- Decision quality
- Client experience and trust
- Team continuity and role clarity under stress
- Technology/workflow
- Economic reality vs headline optics
- Equity and control
- Timing risk
What if I'm Not Changing Firms?
Not every transition is about moving to a new firm. Sometimes advisors just want to get better at their craft. Their 'transition' is growth and evolution - in skills, processes, practice management.
These advisors want someone who is:
- a thought-partner
- an accountability-partner
- willing to pressure-test ideas
- able to assist with business planning
- experienced in developing and coaching
- willing to share proven best practices
Wealth Management Executive Thought-Partner (retainer)
$3,000/month
Not every transition is about moving to a new firm. Sometimes wealth management executives just want to get better at their craft. In this case, 'transition' is growth and evolution. These executives want someone who is:
- clear about their goals and objectives, their career vision, etc.
- a thought-partner
- able to put together market research to assist in evaluating competition and targets
- an accountability-partner
- willing to pressure-test ideas
- able to assist with business planning
- experienced in developing and coaching
- willing to share proven best practices
- supporting with light-touch governance: cadence check-ins, friction triage, narrative reinforcement
Typical time commitment: Minimum 3 months / Up to 90-minutes calls each month
Value-added deliverables and research: analysis of competition, DISC assessment, assistance with due-diligence (written summary and comparisons as needed), assistance with interviews and economics
Access to library of proprietary business development resources
New Wealth Management Firm Buildout
$15,000 and/or equity/advisory role in new firm
- Advisory, Firm Buildout, Launch
- Understand and document your goals and objectives, timeline, and expectations
- Match your vision with firm and business models - with written rationale - allowing a fully transparent analysis.
- For advisors who want clarity and a controlled arrival narrative
- Includes the value proposition reset + launch narrative assets + 90-day discipline
- Includes independent work to take many tasks off your plate
- Assist building your firm and launch/arrival
Typical timeline: 10-26+ weeks (depending on timing)
Value-added deliverables and research: analysis of competition, DISC assessment, assistance with due-diligence (written summary and comparisons as needed), assistance with interviews and economics
