This year’s National Howwow is to focus purely on the soft skills needed by paraplanners to do their job.
Richard Allum, organiser of the Powwows, says: “Every year, in preparation for our annual National Paraplanners Powwow, we run a topic survey. Nearly every year we’re asked for something on emotional intelligence and soft skills. This demand came to a head in January of this year, when we were on a call with a number of the Powwow volunteers. It was clear that there was a demand for the Powwow to offer something in this area, so we put our thinking caps on and had a couple of conversations with supporters in order to make it happen.”
The ‘This time it’s personal’ Howwow is taking place on 12 November in London, and is a full day focusing solely on soft skills.
The day is designed for all paraplanners – whether they’re in-house or outsourced paraplanner, starting out in their career or leading teams.
Topics on the agenda will include:
- Communicating with confidence with colleagues, advisers and clients
- Developing relationships where you can challenge, give and receive meaningful feedback
- Influencing and assertiveness
- Working successfully with different personalities and developing strong relationships
- Give feedback to challenge effectively, helping with personal development and contributing towards good advice outcomes
- Explaining your role so those you work with truly understand what you do, how you do it and the value you bring to their relationships with client
Allum adds: The day will be led by three ‘gurus’ with Rachael Hurdman of Arch Inspire leading the day. The gurus are experienced in working with financial services teams – with paraplanners at all stages of their career and have shed loads of experience in this area. Their objective is to make sure participants walk away with a really strong action plan.”
Further details and bookings can be found on Powwow website.
