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Coaching for advisors who want to grow on their own terms, serve their clients with integrity and leave a lasting impact.
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A Coach is Your Guide to

Building Your Business

Grow Your Firm

Earn new business and strengthen relationships with effective, proven strategies.

Serve Your Clients

Your coach will help you strengthen your client relationships with integrity.

Leave an Impact

Overcome obstacles to move your firm forward and reach new levels of success.

Carson Coaching Members Grow

2.5x Faster than the Industry Average Over a Two-Year Period

What is Carson
Coaching?

Carson Coaching is a proven path forward for your firm. Overcome uncertainty, celebrate your successes, provide value to your clients and grow your business with proven strategies. You can work with an Executive Business Coach, learn on-demand through Carson Coaching Online or get highly specialized support through Specialty Coaching.

More than 12,000 advisors have gone through the Carson Coaching program. Our community is filled with advisors who got focused, re-energized and back on track through the relationships they built with their coach and the community at large.

Carson Coaching
Online

Access to hundreds of resources, training videos, client materials and more including:

  • On-Demand Video Courses
  • Preferred Strategic Partner Access to Service Providers
  • Checklists and Proven Processes
  • Business Forms and Worksheets
  • Live Webinar Access
  • Forums
$149/ month *
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Executive Business Coaching

Your coach will walk through the framework of your business with you and blueprint your path forward.

  • Access to Carson Coaching Online
  • One hour calls each month with a dedicated executive business coach selected to fit your style and needs
  • Regular email communication with your dedicated coach
  • Expert team of over 15 professionals to support your needs
$695/ month *
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Specialty
Coaching

A series of consultations with a coach who is highly specialized in a specific area of expertise.

  • Choose the subject matter that you want to focus on (e.g. Advanced Higher Education Planning, Risk Management, Scalable, Fee-Only Processes, etc.)
  • Schedule a series of calls with a specialized coach at your convenience
Starting
at
$3000
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* A one-time registration fee of $1,000 will be assessed when you sign up. This plan continues at $695 per month after the initial 12-month period.

Looking for a short-term coaching solution?

We offer six months of coaching for $995/ month
Contact us to get started. **
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** A one-time registration fee of $1,500 will be assessed when you sign up.

Which Solution is

Right for You?

Is coaching right for you? What are your business’ biggest needs? What problems are present that you might not even realize? Our Coaching Readiness Quiz can help you determine if working with a coach is right for you.
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Don’t Take Our Word For It

Coaching members typically see their firms grow 2.5 times faster than the industry average over a two-year period. Since we started the program in 1993, we have helped over 12,000 advisors grow and improve their firms.

According to (Registered Rep Magazine), twenty-percent of the nation’s top 100 independent advisors can trace their roots to our community.

Meet Your Coach

Our coaches have decades of experience in financial services. They know what works and what doesn’t and have helped advisors across the country make small tweaks, big changes and everything in between. Your coach can help you completely overhaul areas of the business, streamline processes, gain wisdom and clarity, or just provide a steady voice while navigating life as a financial advisor.

Jessica Harrington

Executive Business Coach
  • Professional Certified Coach through ICF
  • Certified Kolbe™ Consultant
  • Formerly Practice Management Consultant, HD Vest Financial Services
  • Bachelor’s in Marketing from Grand Valley State University
  • Master of Science in Leadership, Organizational Development from University of Texas at Dallas
Meet Jessica

Greg Opitz

Executive Business Coach
  • Executive Business Coach at Carson since 2006
  • Director, CFP® Board of Standards – 7 years
  • Director, Student Service Center at College for Financial Planning – 4 years
  • MBA from University of South Dakota
  • Bachelor’s in Economics from University of South Dakota
Meet Greg

Preston Cherry*

Specialty Coach
  • 15-plus Years in Wholesaling, Investment Management, and Financial Planning Experience
  • Founder & President of Concurrent Financial Planning
  • Assistant Professor of Finance & Personal Financial Planning, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
  • PhD, CFP®
  • Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), Personal Financial Planning, Texas Tech University
  • Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance, Prairie View A&M University
Meet Preston

Gerry Herbison

Executive Business Coach
  • Director of the CLF Program, The American College
  • Assistant Professor of Management Studies, The American College
  • DBA, ChFC®, CFP®, CASL®, CLF®
  • Doctorate in Business Administration, Wilmington University
  • Master’s in Management, The American College of Financial Services
  • Bachelor’s in Corporate Communications, Ithaca College
Meet Gerry

Craig Lemoine*

Specialty Coach
  • 20-Plus Years Wealth and Risk Management Experience
  • Financial Planning Program Director at University of Illinois
  • PhD, CFP®, MRFC®
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Texas Tech University
  • Bachelor’s of Financial Planning, Texas Tech University
Meet Craig

Dana Holt*

Specialty Coach
  • 13 years at Fortune 300 financial services company
  • Former Estate Planning Attorney
  • CEO of HOLT Consulting
  • Founder of Turning Wealth Into What Matters™
  • Chair of Minnesota Planned Giving Council
  • JD, RICP, AEP®, CAP®
  • Juris Doctorate from Mitchell Hamline School of Law
  • Bachelor's Degree, Southern Illinois University
Meet Dana

Michael Rose

Executive Business Coach
  • Executive Business Coach at Carson since 2016
  • Practice Management Consultant – 11 Years
  • Financial Advisor – 8 Years
  • Bachelor’s in Finance from Boston University
Meet Michael

Tammy Breitenbach

Executive Business Coach
  • Principal Consultant, Catalyst Partners – 10 years
  • Director of Practice Management and Sales Development, H&R Block – 7 years
  • Executive MBA from Henry W. Bloch School of Business, University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Bachelor’s in Journalism from Kansas State
Meet Tammy

J.J. Peller

Executive Business Coach
  • Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch – 5 years
  • Consultant, Public Speaker, Trainer – 3 years
  • Bachelor’s in Economics, Wabash College
Meet J.J.
* Not an employee of Carson and is engaged as an independent contractor to provide services to Carson Coaching members.

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Interested in joining the Carson Coaching community? Let’s chat! We’ll get you started down the path that’s right for your firm.
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