Listening to professional services firms talk at a conference recently about increasing turnover through staff coaching and development programmes re-confirms Engage Insight’s mission to provide holistic strategic business development consultancy to professional and financial advisory and wealth management firms. One firm in particular spoke about how they put 80 out of 200 partners through coaching...

For those familiar with the film trilogy the Matrix, the culture symbols that the red pill and blue pill represent will be familiar. They represent the choice between embracing the (sometimes) painful truth of reality (Red) and the bliss of ignorance (Blue). In the film the main character Neo is offered a choice between the...

Having ‘felt the fear and done it anyway’ and changed my career, one key issue that has become a common theme with my journey into consultancy is the need for personal development both within and outside work. Many industry leaders I have met have talked about the desire to take the time out for themselves, so...

  Decision-making is fundamental to our daily work and personal lives. We are faced with literally thousands of choices for each thought and subsequent action we take. What is clear is it’s those individuals who are able to be decisive whilst managing their emotions are the ones who seem to be able to lead with...

Having spent the last week in my old haunt Hong Kong, and meeting with former industry colleagues and friends, it seems quite incredible how far the industry is now beginning to change. The Hong Kong regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have now introduced soft commission disclosure with a view to take this to...