The importance of training and nurturing the next generation of advisers

"It is all of our responsibilities to be guides, mentors, leaders, teachers"

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Setul Mehta, head of partnership services at The Openwork Partnership, reviews how the protection industry can best nurture and develop a new generation of financial advisers, and why it's important to think beyond the immediate impact on new starters or those returning to the industry.

As we move into 2023, new adviser recruitment will continue to take place. Individuals - whether new to the industry or career changers wanting to provide protection, mortgage or wealth management advice - will return to pre-2020 numbers and with that will return the spotlight on how to get them off to a flying start. The opportunity for recruitment provides an opportunity to nurture the next generation of advisers into your business. The benefits to doing this are considerable, whether its continuing to stay relevant with the future generation of clients, both in terms of how you presen...

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