Pros
I started building my practice with McAdam over 10 years ago. The support and training of my leadership team here was unparallelled and instrumental to my long-term success and making my way through the challenging early years. They believe in me even more than I believed in myself and helped build me up when challenges made me question my path early on. I'm so grateful that they helped me become the advisor and resource to my clients that I am today. I love how our model puts clients first so I can build meaningful long-term relationships based on transparency, authenticity, and integrity. I looked at a lot of companies before deciding to build at McAdam and I found home here based on aligned values and a fair compensation structure that puts me on the same side of the table as my clients so we can thrive together. - True independence with strong back-office and compliance support (no quotas or product-pushing) - Collaborative business and personal growth culture even with remote work - Transparent and fair payout structure/communication with clients around fees and compensation - Leaders go the extra mile and continue providing value, even to those who are many years into practice building
Cons
- As with any independent model, your success depends on your own drive and business-building effort. It's not an industry (at McAdam or elsewhere) where success will be handed to you but at McAdam there is no ceiling to what you can build and there's a structure/support system you can utilize for success and making a meaningful difference in clients' lives.