Mark Rockliffe and Chris Larkin on the 70% Confidence Gap Costing Financial Planners Business

The Financial Planner Life Podcast by Sam Oakes

Sep 7, 202658:41Business

Financial planners are sitting on a confidence problem: a 70% opportunity gap when it comes to closing, and it is costing them business they should be winning. Chris Larkin, founder of training consultancy BigRock, retur...

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