Tag: Scaling

Using Leadership Agility to Scale Your Business with Rob Ferguson, CEPA (Ep. 74)

Using Leadership Agility to Scale Your Business with Rob Ferguson, CEPA (Ep. 74)

Can you lead your business through change without losing balance?

In this episode of the Advisor Mentorship Podcast, Jeremy Houser is joined by Rob Ferguson, CEO of Ferguson Alliance, to explore how independent advisors can differentiate themselves through effective restructuring and strategic planning. 

You’ll gain insights on how to evolve from a salesperson to a business leader, ensuring your practice’s sustainability while balancing work-life dynamics. 

They discuss: 

  • Strategies for successful business restructuring and growth planning
  • Tips for 2025 Business Planning
  • The importance of balancing structure and flexibility in leadership
  • Ways to delegate task efficiently 
  • How to maintain a sustainable business while planning for future succession
  • The power of mentorship and advisory boards for business growth
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

With over a decade of steering middle-market family-owned companies, Rob Ferguson, Founder and President of Ferguson Alliance, harnesses his NACD Board Leadership Fellowship and Certified Exit Planning Advisor credentials to guide CEOs and boards through generational transitions. His team’s focus on strategic implementation and value creation prepares business leaders for successful exits, fostering sustainable growth and operational excellence.

Leveraging his skills in family business governance, succession planning, and process improvement, Rob’s clients thrive on strategic insights that enable concrete results. In collaboration with stakeholders, he has shaped robust strategies that drive growth, optimize operations, and ensure the realization of his clients’ business objectives.

Institutionalizing Your Business for Long-Term Success with Ken McGee (Ep. 70)

Institutionalizing Your Business for Long-Term Success with Ken McGee (Ep. 70)

The most successful financial advisors in 2024 are laser-focused on one thing above all, and that’s operations. 

In this installment of the Advisor Mentorship Podcast, host Jeremy Houser welcomes Ken McGee, the COO of Simplicity, for an in-depth discussion on how focusing on operations is transforming entrepreneurial financial advisory practices. 

Learn about the most critical aspects of institutionalizing your business model, overcoming common challenges, and the recent recapitalization news that’s creating waves in the industry. Ken provides valuable insights into how Simplicity’s proven systems can help your business thrive and grow sustainably, ensuring long-term success and stability.

Jeremy and Ken highlight: 

  • The importance of aligning interests and culture during mergers and acquisitions.
  • Tips for integrating new operations to scale your business effectively.
  • Simplicity’s recent recapitalization and what it means for advisors going forward.
  • Opportunities for advisors to benefit from Simplicity’s long-term growth and stability.
  • And more!

 

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About Our Guest:

Ken McGee serves as Simplicity’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. McGee is responsible for overseeing Simplicity’s daily business operations, with a focus on driving efficiency and assuring quality control. In this role Mr. McGee leads Simplicity’s middle-office functions, including technology, enterprise data management, and managing third-party service providers. Prior to joining Simplicity, Mr. McGee held various roles at several insurance brokerages, including NFP and Dixon Wells for which he had P&L responsibility and managed sales, marketing, operations, and integration. Mr. McGee has more than 20 years’ experience in insurance management. Mr. McGee earned his B.S. in Occupational Safety, Business Management from Keene College.

 

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