The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors
Mindy Diamond Financial Advisor Recruiter and Consultant
Launched in 2017 as Mindy Diamond on Independence, the show has taken on a broader perspective beyond the independent space to include topics, insights, and candid conversations around financial advisor transitions, growth, and an ever-changing industry landscape. Each episode is designed to offer objective guidance and actionable advice with some of the industry’s brightest movers and shakers.
Episodes
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Mar 13, 2025 • 49min
Crafting the Perfect Employer Value Proposition: The Key to Attracting and Retaining Top Talent
A special episode designed for firms with their sights set on enhancing recruiting efforts and advisors looking to attract new team members, offering the steps to craft an effective Employer Value Proposition (EVP), with examples on usage and potential impact on hiring success and retention.
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Mar 6, 2025 • 1h 2min
Up Close with Rich Steinmeier: LPL’s CEO on the Transformation of a $1.8T Company
Rich Steinmeier offers a candid perspective of LPL’s journey and how the founding core principles remain a pillar of the business today, even as evolutionary changes have made it one of the hottest firms in the industry.
Feb 27, 2025 • 54min
Beyond the Broker Dealer: Next Gen Sheds Light on Their Evolution to RIA
Gideon Drucker shares a multi-generational growth story, evolving from the insurance world, to independent broker dealer HTK, and most recently, to fully independent as an RIA. Now CEO, Gideon shares insights on his own evolution from next gen to leader, the advantages of independence, and their transition.
Feb 20, 2025 • 51min
Friends & Fiduciaries: College Roommates Leave Their Series 7s Behind to Build an Independent Business
Chris Griffith and Henry Wheelwright, rising stars in the wirehouse world, share their growth story and motivations to leave Morgan Stanley and launch their own independent firm on the Goldman Sachs custody platform.
Feb 13, 2025 • 50min
The Lifecycle of a Billion Dollar Business: Build at a Broker Dealer, Grow as an RIA, then Sell
Bryan Sweet of Sweet Financial Partners shares the ultimate independent business growth story, starting with 32 years under the Raymond James BD umbrella, then as an RIA, and most recently selling to Carson Wealth.
Feb 6, 2025 • 36min
What’s on the Minds of Elite Advisors and Teams? A Special Industry Update
What drives the industry’s top advisors and teams? This special episode with Jason and Mindy Diamond explores the traits that drive their success, as well as the challenges they face.
Jan 30, 2025 • 54min
Unlocking a Niche: 30-Year Wirehouse Veteran on Building a $1B Independent Business
Gerry Spitzer of Questar Capital Partners discusses leaving the wirehouse world after 30 years to launch an independent firm, sharing a perspective of building a business at Merrill and, more recently, UBS, and why focused, niche businesses may be better served in the independent space.
Jan 23, 2025 • 1h 10min
Focus Financial Partners 2.0: Inside Baseball from the New CEO on the Firm’s Evolution
Michael Nathanson shares his vision for Focus, offering a unique insider’s perspective on the firm’s evolution and differentiators, and how that plays into the future of independence. Plus, he offers thoughts on his own transition to CEO and advice for advisors and business leaders.
Jan 16, 2025 • 49min
Unconstrained Growth: $6B+ Former UBS Team Finds Real Freedom to Focus on Clients
Tony Smith of Stonegate Investment Group discusses transitioning from UBS after 14 years and $4.4B in AUM to independence and building the business to $6B, including the motivations to make a change at this stage of his career, how they achieved such extraordinary growth in a short time, and much more.
Jan 9, 2025 • 32min
The Most Valuable Insights for Advisors: On Goals, Growth, and Building Something Great
A compendium of advice extracted from 48 episodes of the 2024 season of the Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors, including the importance of your “Why,” the most compelling reasons for change, being a “true” fiduciary, unique value propositions, and more.
