Advisor Success

A course designed to help develop the skills necessary to be a successful Financial Advisor at Dew Wealth Management.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome & Orientation Meeting
2. Mission, Vision, Values
3. A Message to Garcia
4. Employee Value Proposition
5. Our Organizational Structure
6. Bio, Email Signature, and Headshots
7. Create Your Bucket List
8. 1:1 Meeting with Manager
1. Intro to Predictive Index
2. Compliance, Policies, & Procedures
3. Compliance Review
4. Maximizing Your Virtual Office, Tech Logistics
5. Express VPN
6. Expense Reimbursement
7. Exploring Dew Central
8. Monday.com
9. Communication and Tech Tools Quiz
1. 1:1 Meeting with Mentor
2. 1:1 Meeting with Buddy
3. Company History
4. Client Tiers & Services
5. Detailed Roles & Responsibilities
6. Service Expectations
7. Business Development & Business Model
8. Expanded Family Office Mastermind and Forum
9. Word Soup - Handy Acronym Cheat Sheet
10. Unlocking & Locking PDFs
11. Adobe for eSignatures
12. Zoom Integration
13. Lastpass
14. Calendly
15. Leveraging Video and Share Screen: Zoom Clips and Microsoft Stream
16. AI Best Practices
17. Associate Essentials Quiz
1. More Monday.com Tricks for Advisors
2. My Work for Advisors
3. Monday.com Quick Search
4. Email Optimization
5. Building Client-Facing Dashboards
6. Units & Why They Matter
7. Advisor Retention Bonus & Eligibility
8. Advisor Career Track, Grading, & Scorecards
9. Policy - Receiving Gifts
10. Policy - Sending Gifts
11. Cybersecurity
12. Advisor Tools & Policies Quiz
1. Justworks Tutorial
2. Continuing Professional Education Overview
3. Advisor Monday.com Landing Page
4. 1:1 Meeting with Manager
5. Associate Diagnostic Preliminary Quiz
1. Weekly Kick-Off Video, Manager Meeting, & Reading Assignment
2. The What Matters Meeting (WMM) Framework
3. What Matters Meeting Quiz
1. FOA Process Overview
2. FOA Completion SOP
3. FOA Recordings
4. Converting to Ongoing SOP
5. FOA Process Quiz
1. Fractional Family Office (FFO) Essentials
2. Maintenance Mode
3. Wealth Builder
4. Vintage AUM Clients
5. 1:1 Meeting with Manager
6. SKU Quiz
1. Weekly Kick-Off Video & Reading Assignment
2. Intro to the Castle Metaphor
3. Personal P&C 101
4. Personal P&C Cheat Sheet
5. Checklist for Reviewing
6. P&C Review Checklist and Dashboard Updates
7. Homeowner's Policy Analysis
8. Auto Insurance Essentials
9. Umbrella Liability Coverage
10. Group Umbrella Coverage
11. Specialized Coverage
12. Gold & Metals Storage
13. Updating Client Dashboard
14. Personal Liability Quiz
1. Commercial Insurance 101
2. General Liability, Completed Ops, and Advertising Policies
3. Professional Liability/E&O Insurance
4. Directors & Officers Coverage
5. Employment Practices Liability
6. Cyber Liability & Data Breach Coverage
7. Cyber Deep Dive
8. Worker's Compensation
9. Business Property
10. Employee Benefits
11. Hired and Non-Owned Auto
12. Umbrella
13. Commercial Insurance Review for FOA
14. Commercial Policy Renewal Process
15. Updating Client Dashboard
16. Commercial Liability Quiz
1. Life Insurance 101
2. Life Insurance Review
3. How Much Life Insurance is Necessary?
4. Life Insurance as an Asset Class
5. Premium Financing Life Insurance
6. Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI) Strategies
7. Disability Insurance 101
8. Disability Review Checklist
9. Updating Client Dashboard
10. 1:1 Meeting with Manager
11. Income Protection Insurance Quiz
1. Weekly Kick-Off Video & Reading Assignment
2. Buy-Sell Agreements & Funding Mechanisms
3. Business Overhead Expense Insurance
4. Business Continuation Quiz
1. Entity Types & Taxation
2. Maintaining the Corporate Veil: Entity Review Checklist
3. Registered Agents & Corporate Formalities
4. Operating Agreements 101
5. Operating Agreements with Buyout Provisions
6. Holding Companies
7. Updating Client Dashboard
8. Entity Design and Governance Quiz
1. Domestic Asset Protection Trusts (DAPT)
2. Foreign Asset Protection Trusts
3. Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLAT)
4. Trust Types & Flavors
5. Distribution Roles
6. Asset Protection Trusts Quiz
1. Understanding the Creditor and Asset-Protection Characteristics of Tax-Advantaged Accounts
2. Homestead Exemptions by State
3. Tenancy by the Entirety Considerations
4. 1:1 Meeting with Manager
5. Protected Asset Classes Quiz
1. Weekly Kick-Off Video & Reading Assignment
2. Purpose & Importance of Proactive Planning
3. Will Components & Key Provisions
4. Will Deep Dives
5. Revocable Living Trusts
6. Trust SOP Deep Dive
7. Financial Powers of Attorney
8. Healthcare Directives & Living Wills
9. Guardianship
10. Beneficiary Designations & Account Titling
11. Creating a Basic Estate Plan Process
12. Updating Client Dashboard
13. Estate Planning Basics Quiz
1. Valuation Considerations
2. Equalization Strategies for Active/Inactive Heirs
3. Contingency Planning for Unexpected Transitions
4. Success Planning Quiz
1. Revocable vs. Irrevocable Trust Considerations
2. Trust Provisions & Language Mastery
3. Review of Trust Types & Flavors
4. Review of Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLAT)
5. Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts
6. Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
7. Beneficiary Defective Inheritor's Trusts
8. Beneficiary Defective Inheritors Trust
9. Domestic Asset Protection Trusts (DAPTs) Revisited
10. State-Specific Trusts
11. Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts
12. Family Limited Partnerships
13. Trust Direction, Purpose, & Guidance Letters
14. Substitution Powers
15. Advanced Estate Planning Quiz
1. Donor Advised Funds
2. Charitable Remainder Trusts
3. Charitable Lead Trusts
4. Public v. Private Charity
5. Private Foundations
6. Tax Benefits of Various Charitable Vehicles
7. 501c3 Creation Step-By-Step Guide
8. Private Operating Foundation
9. 1:1 Meeting with Manager
10. Charitable Quiz
1. Weekly Kick-Off Video & Reading Assignment
2. eMoney Input Guides
3. eMoney Planning Scenarios
4. Cash Flow Modeling (Actual v. Budget)
5. "Family Office LLC" Structure & Benefits
6. Financial Life Planning Quiz
1. Short-Term Rental Analysis
2. Primary Residence Considerations
3. Loan Types & Qualification Strategies
4. Business Financing Strategies
5. Part 91 v. Part 135 Operations/Charter v. Buy
6. Cars Through Montana LLC
7. Artwork & Collectibles Ownership
8. Retitling Properties: Key Considerations for Entrepreneurs
9. Schedule H Considerations for Household Employees
10. Asset Acquisition, Disposition and Misc Quiz
1. New Entity Set-Up Guide
2. 1099 v. W-2 Classification Rules
3. Payroll Set-Up & Compliance
4. 83(b) Elections for Equity Compensation
5. Act 60 - Puerto Rico
6. Copyright & Trademark Registration and Enforcement
7. IP Licensing Agreements
8. Business Structure and IP Quiz

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Advisor Success

Course curriculum

1.1 Essentials - DWM Culture

1.2 Essentials - Communication & Technology Tools

1.3 Essentials - Intro to the Associate Advisor Position

1.4 Essentials - Advisor Tools & Relevant Policies

1.5 Essentials - Advisor Platforms & Diagnostic Exam

2.1 - What Matters Meetings

2.2 - The Family Office Assessment (FOA)

2.3 - Our SKUs

3.1 - Personal Liability Insurance

3.2 - Commercial Insurance

3.3 - Income Protection Insurance

4.1 - Business Continuation

4.2 - Entity Design & Corporate Governance

4.3 - Asset Protection Trusts

4.4 - Protected Asset Classes

5.1 - Estate Planning 101

5.2 - Intergenerational Business Estate Planning

5.3 - Advanced Estate Planning Techniques

5.4 - Philanthropic Planning

6.1 - Financial Life Planning

6.2 - Asset Acquisition and Disposition Planning

6.3 - Business Structure & IP

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