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The days of “my broker is my golf buddy” are over. You better bring your clients more value.

26 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Andy Neary. This content was uploaded by Andy Neary. This is a YouTube video titled "The days of “my broker is my golf buddy” are over. You better bring your clients more value." It contains a single-speaker monologue (recorded 2026-02-26T21:52:26Z) about shifts in the industry: brokers can no longer rely on informal relationships and must demonstrate fiduciary responsibility by showing measurable impact to clients. The speaker emphasizes that CFOs are asking deeper, tougher questions about budgets and metrics and expect direct, numbers-focused, no-fluff communication.

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What is so exciting about the industry right now is the noise. It's waking people up from the status quo going, hey, look at your stuff, right? And people are going, wait, what stuff? That's my broker's job. I don't, I don't know what you mean. And then you lean in with fiduciary responsibility. Oh no, this is your stuff. Let me show you why and let me show you this, what this impact looks like, right? So I think, I think it's an exciting time because CFOs are asking harder, different, more, more deep question questions about their budgets, about the numbers, about what it looks like and they want straight shooter, right? I can't go in and talk and be fluffy and laugh and talk about what's your handicap, right? Like I'm here to do a job, I'm here to help. I have to give you the numbers, the impact and let's go.