Angie Herbers

About the Author

Angie Herbers

Angie Herbers is a leading practice management consultant for the advisory industry who has worked with thousands of firms across the world through her company Angie Herbers Inc., www.AngieHerbers.com. Since 2005, Angie has contributed to Investment Advisor magazine and Advisorone.com and has been twice named "Top 25 Influential People in the Advisory Industry" by Investment Advisor. Angie can be reached at angie@angieherbers.com. Follow Angie on Twitter @AngieHerbers.

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  The Virtues of Self-Importance

  By Angie Herbers  |  April 24, 2012

  One of my owner/advisor clients recently had a problem: His junior advisor wasn’t getting his work done in a timely manner.

• Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Start Acting Your Size, Large Advisory Firm!

  By Angie Herbers  |  April 23, 2012

  Congratulations—you’re more successful and, yes, larger. Now start acting like it, starting with improving knowledge transfer between your teams, using a 'Monday meeting' process.

• Advisors’ Biggest Practice Management Mistake: The ‘Now!’ Syndrome

  By Angie Herbers  |  April 6, 2012

  When it comes to problem-solving in your practice, there’s a right and wrong way. Making a snap decision in a real crisis is not the right way.

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  A Friendly Face

  By Angie Herbers  |  March 26, 2012

  I’ve been writing a lot lately about practice management strategies derived from real-world experience that often contradict traditional business school theories, and I’d like to continue that trend with some thoughts about a commonly held taboo: hiring friends.

• How to Communicate: Using the Wrong Words at the Right Time

  By Angie Herbers  |  March 21, 2012

  In your public and private communications, advisors, make sure you speak well, but also make sure you sound like yourself.

• Young or New Advisor: How to Dress for Success, Remixed

  By Angie Herbers  |  March 6, 2012

  Here’s a reposting of my most popular blog, now almost five years old, on how important your physical appearance is, including how you dress, to younger and new-to-the-business advisors, along with a few follow-up thoughts.

• Sticks and Stones

  By Angie Herbers  |  March 1, 2012

  I recently received a letter from a reader that raised a very important topic: verbal abuse in the workplace.

• No ‘I’ in Team? To Succeed, Use Skills of Your Current Employees

  By Angie Herbers  |  February 22, 2012

  Harnessing the skills and preferences of your advisory firm's current employees is more important than how they, or your prospective new hires, look on paper. You've already built a team, now make sure they perform at their highest level.

• Why a Lack of Confidence Is Not a Career Death Knell

  By Angie Herbers  |  February 5, 2012

  The first step in overcoming a lack of confidence in your ability is to take a look at your co-workers. And remember, nothing builds confidence like the realization that your contribution makes a difference.

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  Survey for Success

  By Angie Herbers  |  February 1, 2012

  My work with independent advisory firms over the past 10 years or so has led me to conclude that there are three steps to maximizing employee contributions to their firms through increasing their happiness.