First and foremost, expect to find a collaborative environment that allows your entrepreneurial spirit to soar, where you’ll discover real strategies that will lift your career to new heights. The Network for Women Advisors is about finding and promoting ways for your business to thrive, where we can challenge each other and the status quo, while remaining true to ourselves. We offer true guidance and support to women advisors to grow their businesses. Within our community, you can reach across branch lines to share strengths and experience among your peers. We’re women who advocate a holistic, focused approach to building and maintaining relationships – with integrity. Our network is a natural extension of women’s unique attributes and continues to grow from a desire to celebrate and empower an alliance among women advisors. Together, we’re finding ways to nurture our businesses with tools, support and the kind of fresh thinking that helps your practice reach new levels of success, quickly.
An experience unlike any other in the industry. That’s what you’ll find at the Network for Women Advisors, a collective of women who celebrate and encourage your achievements as a woman and a business owner because we understand exactly what goes into them. Women naturally exhibit many of the skills that make financial advisors successful – listening with patience and care; building strong relationships; encouraging dreams; and creating, then executing, successful plans. And, the network celebrates and cultivates those skills in a way that inspires you to be your best self – personally and professionally.
From the beginning, you’ll feel like you fit right in, surrounded by women who’ve been in your shoes. We’ve created a positive environment that’s unifying, energetic and inclusive. Here you’ll be welcomed by powerful peers who want to help you achieve your goals, for yourself and your business. We give freely of ourselves, our knowledge and our experiences out of a genuine desire to share our success. It’s a wholly innovative approach to mentoring women financial advisors through refreshing camaraderie and heartfelt support from hundreds of intelligent women advisors who all want the same thing: To nurture and grow their businesses.
And you’ll only find it here.
The industry is constantly evolving and so are we. As a connected community, we develop innovative and effective growth strategies for women financial advisors. It’s about fresh thinking and keeping our minds and hearts open to imaginative ideas for an even brighter future. We champion excellence among female financial advisors and celebrate the contributions that set women advisors apart.Our network continues to grow from a desire to celebrate and empower an alliance among women advisors. It’s the kind of support you need to enrich your life, relationship and career. In short, we’re leading the way for women advisors.
To learn more about what the Network for Women Advisors can do for you, please read our Frequently Asked Questions or contact us. Better yet, join us.
FAQs
What, exactly, can I expect from the Network for Women Advisors?
When was the Network for Women Advisors established?
The firm-sponsored Network for Women Advisors was created back in 1994 by and for the more than 600 women advisors at Raymond James as a way to help women advisors connect, and ultimately flourish. It all started with a group of motivated women advisors who recognized the need to embrace what set them apart and to communicate with each other to grow their practices in a way that made sense to them. That original insight inspired the first Women’s Symposium, creating networking opportunities to address the needs of women as financial advisors and business owners. Now the annual Women’s Symposium is the premier event of the Network for Women Advisors. Over the years, the Network for Women Advisors has proved remarkable in many ways, garnering national attention from industry magazines as the best-developed women’s program on The Street. And we’ve only just started.
How can the Network for Women Advisors help me reach my goals?
Your practice grows quickly when you have access to a group of powerful peers with a track record of purposeful, positive action. Collectively, we offer a sophisticated understanding of the markets, our clients and our firm and have the resources to guide you as your business grows. For example, the Women’s Resource Center, available on the firm’s intranet site, contains helpful business-building tools and insightful strategies from intelligent women advisors who’ve faced the challenges you face and know how to overcome. It’s just another way we can help you operate at your very best.
How can I get involved in the Network for Women Advisors?
It’s easy to immerse yourself in an environment that champions excellence. As a Raymond James financial advisor, you’re automatically included in most of the group’s activities. It’s up to you to determine how involved you want to be, but all our resources are yours to use as you build a more successful business. We give freely of ourselves, our knowledge and our experiences out of a genuine desire to share our success and embrace what sets us apart. We hope you’ll join us.
What types of programs does the Network for Women Advisors provide?
We are a connected community – unlike any other in the industry – that cultivates effective growth strategies for women financial advisors. But it’s not all talk. You’ll never have to face challenges alone or unprepared. For example, we offer “Working in the Zone,” an individual coaching program that gives women advisors a chance to refocus and commit to developing their practices further. In addition, our “Working Smarter” series can help you maintain momentum and sharpen your skills as the industry evolves. These programs open the doors for you to interact with other successful advisors and industry leaders who have faced similar challenges and learn from them. But they’re more than that. They’re also a way for us to engage future leaders through a mentoring program that leads the industry.