Gamechangers with John Keavey

Effective Leadership and the Power of Personal Branding: A Conversation with Brett Wright

Episode Summary

Brett and I discuss the progression of his career in Investment Management from starting out as a field wholesaler, climbing the ranks of sales management to ultimately leading distribution for a global asset manager and currently a fast growing alternatives manager . We explore his early influences, athletic career as a Penn State football player, how he discovered his calling in financial services and his thoughts on effective leadership and career development.

Episode Notes

Episode 10: Effective Leadership and the Power of Personal Branding: A Conversation with Brett Wright

In this episode we discuss the following topics:

• Brett's early family and community influences and the lasting impressions it left
• Playing football at Penn State and taught him about the importance of grit and teamwork
• Breaking into financial services as a financial advisor
• Discovering investment management as a great fit
• The evolution of investment wholesaling from the 90's to the present
• The drive to take move from individual sales to leadership
• Leadership as a journey, not an endpoint
• Importance of carefully crafting your own personal brand
• Effective and non-effective leadership styles
• Adjusting to big leaps in one's career and the support and personal growth required
• How to deal positively with a time of unemployment
• What's coming next in investment and wealth management
• Giving back to the industry

Episode contributer bios:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkeavey/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettdwright/