Today, we're going in depth with John Dowd. John is the chairman and former CEO of Fiduciary Trust International, a global wealth management firm with over $113 billion in assets under management and administration.
Have you ever wondered how to lead a traditional organization through disruption without losing its humanity or its principles? This episode is for you.
In this episode you’ll learn:
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:45 - John Dowd’s Secret Life as a Guitar Player
03:40 - Why Being a New Kid Can Make You a Better Leader
04:58 - What Churchill Taught Him About Leading People Through Change
07:15 - Why People Don’t Always Make Rational Decisions
09:43 - From Law to Wealth Management
12:38 - How to Get People to Embrace Change
16:06 - The Leadership Philosophy: Be Steady When Things Break
17:34 - The Time John Dowd Fired a Client
19:26 - What is the Purpose of Family Wealth?
21:31 - Why Great Leaders Avoid the “Superman Effect”
23:55 - Where Wealth Management is Headed Next
25:06 - How AI is Already Changing the Client Relationship
26:26 - Why Gen Z Thinks Google Can Manage Their Wealth
27:24 - “It’s Not Your Data. It’s Their Data.”
28:15 - Work Ethic Rapid Fire Questions
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- How John strategically modernized a 100-year-old firm
- How to lead people through change
- How AI is already changing the client relationship
- Where wealth management is headed next