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ACS Sep 2021

Technology is the new wingman

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief Client Experience Officer, ACS

Just like Maverick had Goose, your business needs a wingman, and that wingman is technology. Technology can help attract new revenue, protect you from threats and create …

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I Lead a Team of Financial Advisors, Here are 5 Reasons Not to Hire One

Jason Brown, Director of Advisor Success, Foster Group

I love the place I work, I love the people I work with and I think the work we do is almost always worth the money people …

ACS Aug 2021

How to select a Managed Services provider

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief Client Experience Officer, ACS

Technology is interwoven into every fiber of business. Each device, each platform requires careful management to maintain and leverage. In the past few years, the number of …

ACS July 2021

Workforce slump provides an opportunity

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief Client Experience Officer, ACS

It’s no secret that hiring employees has never been more challenging. In a market where the number of open jobs is greater than the number of available …

ACS June 2021

The pipeline hack is just the beginning

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief Client Experience Officer, ACS

A large portion of the U.S. was brought to its knees during the Colonial Pipeline hack. Though to some it was par for the course since March …

ACS May 2021

Hybrid workforces require flexible technology

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief Client Experience Officer, ACS

Are you preparing “Return to Office”? Many organizations are utilizing a hybrid approach vs. all or nothing. Over the last 12 months, organizations have found some tasks …

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Are you using COVID as an excuse?

BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International

Are you using COVID as an excuse? Time’s up to be using COVID as an excuse not to do something. As we move into being vaccinated, it is getting a bit …

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How to Avoid Tyrannically Urgent Yet Unimportant Investment Ideas

BY KENT KRAMER, CFP®, AIF®, Foster Group

Every week it seems there is a new story about which investment, which “trade,” is making amazing money. From the FANMAG stocks, to Tesla, GameStop, and Crypto, each new …

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Procrastination

BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International

History is full of examples of highly successful and famous people who were also great procrastinators.

Victor Hugo, whose masterpieces include the historical novels “Les Misérables” and “The Hunchback of Notre…
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Are You Investing or Playing a Completely Different Game?

Jason Brown, Director of Advisor Success

After a recent high school basketball game, I had a brief conversation with a good friend about what just happened with GameStop. He’s not in financial services; he’s a …