"I got my CFP; now what? This answers a lot," said Nick Nicolette during @fpassociation LIVE re: new #financialplanning competency model. #behavioralfinance #financialadvice #CFP.

To create the @fpassociation, there was a group of academics, new planners, seasoned ones, etc. noted Nick Nicolette during LIVE re: new #financialplanning competency model.

Getting those behavioral competencies can be challenging for some and easy for others. Those skills, while not technical, are incredibly important too notes @fpassociation's Destre Downing re: new #financialplanning competency model.

Putting common terminology around personal development in #financialplanning is a great benefit of the new @fpassociation competency model. #behavioralfinance #nextgen #nextgenentrepreneurship #nextgenfinancialplanners.

The @fpassociation new #financialplanning competency model can help with team development notes @BenLewisPR. #behavioralfinance #financialadvice.

Having a unified system to measure a #financialplanner's abilities will be immeasurably helpful for the industry and for advisors thanks to the @fpassociation's new #financialplanning competency model.

"It's designed to be able to fit you no matter where you are in your career journey," said @BenLewisPR re: @fpassociation's new #financialplanning competency model. Next-gen, sunsetting and everywhere in between.

"It was exciting to know I could take next steps," Nick said of knowing where he stands in that @fpassociation #financialplanning competency model assessment.

Although a fabulous advisor, Nick Nicholette got a lower-than-expected score in professionalism which is related to systems when he did @fpassociation #financialplanning competency model assessment. Now he can work on that.

"Answer in your heart where you really are, not where you want to be," guides Nick Nicholette for those using the new @fpassociation #financialplanning competency model assessments.

.@fpassociation new competency model assessments are 15 questions, so not onerous, and are meant for self-reflection rather than shaming explained Destre Downing. Advisors have done them in as little as 5 mins. #financialplanning #learningfinancialplanning #behavioralfinance.

There's also learning paths after an advisor has been identified as beginner, intermediate and advanced, Destre Downing added. @fpassociation #financialplanning.

Advisors can start with an assessment to get into the @fpassociation #financialplanning competency model, explained Destre Downing. This will give them a baseline to know where they stand. *The assessments are free to both FPA members and non-members.

Destre Downing describes the new @fpassociation competency model as a "choose your own adventure" where advisors can focus on one area of weakness or strength at a time. #financialplanning #behavioralfinance #financialadvice.

It's hard for advisors to create "hard systems" for developing staff, noted Nick Nicholette on @fpassociation LIVE especially in addition to serving clients. The group's new competency model helps with that. #financialplanning #behavioralfinance.

To be truly recognized as a profession, the @fpassociation took the step forward of creating a competency model explained Nick Nicholette, who is past FPA president. #financialplanning #behavioralfinance #financialadvice.

Six areas have been identified by a taskforce of members and volunteers of @fpassociation to create the new competency model notes Destre Downing. #financialplanning #behavioralfinance.

"It's a development roadmap for financial planners. it's focused on behavioral traits and competencies," explains @fpassociation's Destre Downing re: new #financialplanning competency model.