Ep 458: Overcoming Perfectionism Burnout While Still Serving Clients Well With A Standard Of "Calm Excellence" with Lisa Brown

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Given the high stakes involved (and the desire to provide high-quality service) when working with clients, it can be tempting for financial advisors to lean into perfectionist tendencies. However, doing so can sometimes lead to overwork and potentially burnout, particularly as a firm grows over time.

Lisa Brown is the President of Greenwood Gearhart, an RIA based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, managing $1.8 billion in AUM for 1,070 households. In this episode, Lisa shares how her firm's early culture of "urgent perfectionism" led to overwork amongst firm leaders and team members alike, and why she developed a new leadership mantra: "calm excellence." Listen in as we talk about how Greenwood Gearhart redesigned workflows to reduce team burnout, eliminated meetings and ensured those that remained focused on high-leverage activities, and created the conditions for sustainable growth—for clients, teams, and firm leaders alike.

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