End-of-year meetings are more than compliance check-ins. Built on a panel with Sidekick Rural, Stem Rural Accountants and Figured, this free guide shows how to use the actuals you have just gathered as the springboard into forward-looking planning conversations.
Stop thinking of end-of-year as compliance. It is the moment you gather a full year of actuals — the perfect foundation for a forward-looking plan.
Clients are already focused on their finances, farmers want plans, and you are the person best placed to provide them. The shift is a subtle one, and it changes how you view, prepare for and run every EOY meeting.
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Focus on the clients you have strong relationships with, and those with a specific need — capital access, tax, succession. A clear need is a conversation starter, and addressing it proves the value of planning immediately.
Standardise your reporting, templates and processes, automate the data collection, and set clear pricing — so planning is efficient for your team to deliver and easy for clients to understand and buy.
Lead with the why, ask questions that get clients picturing their future, and take the first step. As Martin and Richard put it, starting the conversation is the hardest part and the most important.
