Amy Mullen - 5 Essential Steps for Crafting a Values-Driven Financial Strategy
This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Amy Mullen. Amy Mullen, CFP® is President of Money Quotient. In this role, she frequently presents at national financial industry conferences on the benefits and effectiveness of a values-based approach to financial planning, understanding clients' financial motivations and how to guide them through change, and creating long-lasting client-planner relationships. She also focuses much of her time conducting trainings and providing individualized coaching and consulting to financial planning practitioners. Amy is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and completed an Interdisciplinary Studies Degree with a concentration in “Financial Motivation & Change” at Marylhurst University. Amy is a member of the Financial Therapy Association and Financial Planning Association. She has served on the board of the FPA of Puget Sound chapter and as a Task Force member for the 2015 National FPA Retreat. Outside of the office, Amy enjoys getting out doors, photography, live music, and cooking.
Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby · Amy Mullen, Dr. Daniel Crosby
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Show Notes
Tune in to hear:
- What role did Amy’s mom play in her professional journey and what drives her to do what she does?
- What are the 5 steps of Amy’s process for providing effective guidance to advisors while leaving a bit of wiggle room for client personalization?
- Her 1st step, “to establish and define a client, planner relationship,” aligns with the CFP’s 1st stage. What does she teach advisors in this stage that might look a little different than folks might expect?
- How can we help facilitate a good discovery process, which encourages clients to dig deep, without putting our own fingerprints all over this in the process?
- How can you clarify your client’s values and assure that they aren’t being unduly influenced by outside influences?
- The 2nd part of Amy’s discovery stage is called “envision.” How does she help her clients’ vision of their future selves be as salient and real as possible?
- What are some of the mistakes advisors make when presenting their client with a financial plan and what can we do better as an industry?
- How can we share that “there’s more to life than money” with our clients in an authentic and non-cynical way? Also, how can we implement this thinking in our own lives?
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