Tag: Wealth Management
Business Exit Planning: A Value Management Process to Harvest Business Wealth (Ep. 55)

Business Exit Planning: A Value Management Process to Harvest Business Wealth (Ep. 55)

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Most business owners have over 80% of their wealth tied up in their business, yet few are fully prepared to unlock that wealth when it’s time to exit.

In this episode, Jim McGovern dives into the transformative world of exit planning, emphasizing how smart planning today can position an owner to maximize and harvest their business’s value later.

With 75% of business owners aiming to exit in the next decade, understanding the essence of exit planning is critical. It’s not a task to save for the future—it’s a strategic approach you can use now to build, protect, and secure your business’s value on your terms.

Jim discusses:

  • Why exit planning and business strategy go hand in hand
  • The 5 stages of value maturity: Identify, Protect, Build, Harvest and Manage
  • Guarding against the “Five D’s” that threaten business value: Death, Disability, Divorce, Distress, Disagreement
  • Building Value and Business Attractiveness through your “4 C’s”
  • Why aligning personal, financial and business readiness is essential for a smooth exit.
  • And more!

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Jumpstarting your Child’s Financial Future (Ep. 47)

Jumpstarting your Child’s Financial Future (Ep. 47)

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Many parents want to help their children get a head start on building wealth and achieving financial independence. Are you one of them? 

Are you curious about the options available to help secure their financial future?

Join host Jim McGovern in this episode of Maximizing Outcomes, as he shares steps parents can take to help their children succeed financially. Through practical advice and insightful discussion, Jim covers various tools and strategies to optimize financial outcomes for your family.

Key Highlights:

  • What Motivates Parents: Understand why many parents are eager to get started while their kids are young.
  • Account types for kids: From simple savings accounts to investment portfolios and trusts, the tools available to kids are vast.
  • Parental Stability: Why parents should prioritize their financial health first before concentrating too much on wealth building for their children.
  • Parental Control: How parents can retain or turn over control of assets when kids become adults.
  • Roth IRAs, Brokerage Accounts and Life Insurance: Understand the pro’s and con’s, tax treatment, and additional considerations to make with each account type.
  • Trust Accounts: How trusts can be used to further protect multi-generational wealth.
  • Plus more insightful tips and strategies!

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Unlocking Retirement Income with Life Insurance: An Integrated Approach to Investments and Insurance (Ep. 42)

Unlocking Retirement Income with Life Insurance: An Integrated Approach to Investments and Insurance (Ep. 42)

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Think life insurance is only useful during your working years? Think again.

Gone are the days when life insurance was merely a conservative way to protect against pre-mature death; welcome to the era where it's a cornerstone of savvy retirement planning.

Learn how banks and corporations harness the power of life insurance, not just for risk management, but as an asset replenishment tool.

But here’s the twist – what if you could apply some of these heavyweight strategies to your own Retirement planning?

In this eye-opening episode, host Jim McGovern guides us through a vivid journey using simple yet powerful analogies of how life insurance can help you rethink, retool, and revitalize your retirement income plan with insights that could dramatically enhance your retirement income and legacy.

Key Highlights:

  • Life Insurance Repurposed: Learn how life insurance shifts from Income Replacement during working years to Asset Replacement in retirement years.
  • Corporate Life Insurance Lessons: Discover how corporations and banks use life insurance for key personnel, cash value as an asset class, and a cost recovery tool.
  • The Four Tasks of Retirement Assets: An investment only retirement approach may limit income by forcing too many tasks on your investment dollars.
  • Visualizing Your Retirement Strategy: Jim brings financial concepts to life with analogies of buckets, faucets, and garden hoses, making the complex interplay between life insurance, investments, and annuities crystal clear.
  • Charitable Planning Enhanced by Life Insurance: Understand how life insurance can support charitable giving while safeguarding family wealth and offering tax perks.
  • Life Insurance Uses During Recessions: See how life insurance provides a reliable financial safety net during economic downturns.
  • And much more!

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Philanthropy Unboxed: Smarter Ways to Make a Lasting Difference with Kate McKenzie, CAP® (Ep. 36)

Philanthropy Unboxed: Smarter Ways to Make a Lasting Difference with Kate McKenzie, CAP® (Ep. 36)

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How can you make a lasting impact on the causes you care about most? Find out how to create a philanthropic plan that can span generations while also helping to pass on your values to your kids and grandkids. 

Join host Jim McGovern as he sits down with Kate McKenzie, the Senior Director of Development at The Pittsburgh Foundation. They open the charitable giving toolbox and unveil lesser-known paths to philanthropy. From simply writing checks to establishing a donor-advised fund, a charitable trust, or a private foundation, this episode will reshape how you view giving.

In this engaging episode, Jim and Kate discuss:

  • Why higher income and higher net worth families are motivated to be philanthropic.
  • How to incorporate charitable giving strategies as your net worth grows.
  • The transformative potential of Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) in legacy planning
  • How to optimize tax benefits and retirement planning for greater charitable influence
  • Innovative ways to use your IRA or life insurance for charitable causes
  • Why philanthropic planning should involve your team of professionals
  • And plenty more insights!

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About Kate McKenzie:

Kate has cultivated relationships with donors and their advisors, understanding how important the value of trust is when individuals and families are making current gifts or setting up legacy plans. She is trained in the 21/64 methodology for facilitating multigenerational meetings with families to define and implement their philanthropic goals. Kate works with trusted advisors to help donors meet their charitable goals and has spoken at numerous national and regional conferences about innovative methods for bringing professional advisors and clients together to develop charitable giving strategies.

Before joining the Foundation, Kate worked in higher education, with part of her focus on raising major gifts, specifically endowed scholarships. She earned her doctorate in information systems and communications. Her research explored fundraisers’ perceptions of social and professional media for prospect research purposes. She has a Master of Science in organizational leadership from Robert Morris University and a Bachelor of Arts in public relations from Westminster College. Kate is a graduate of Leadership Pittsburgh Inc.’s Leadership Development Initiative Class XXIII and is also a member of boards of HEARTH and the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh. Kate is a life-long athlete, a five-time marathoner and a mom.

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Retirement Accounts, Are They Worth the Investment? (Ep. 20)

Retirement Accounts, Are They Worth the Investment? (Ep. 20)

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While retirement accounts have powerful tax advantages, they might also have significant disadvantages if we don’t understand the rules. 

In this episode, Jim McGovern discusses retirement accounts and how individuals need to think critically about how these accounts work, know the rules of the game as they stand today, and consider their circumstances before deciding to invest in them. 

Jim also warns against the misconception that investing in retirement accounts saves tax money.

Jim discusses:

  • The advantages and disadvantages of retirement accounts 
  • Understanding the impact of changing tax rates
  • Factors to consider when deciding to invest in retirement accounts
  • Additional insights and tips on retirement account planning
  • And more

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The Importance Of A Will, Trust, and Power of Attorney with Brooke McMorrow (Ep.8)

The Importance Of A Will, Trust, and Power of Attorney with Brooke McMorrow (Ep.8)

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What would happen to your estate if you were to pass away tomorrow?

Do you have a will in place for your family? States such as Pennsylvania cannot guarantee that the spouse of a deceased person will inherit 100% of the money when there isn’t a will in place.

In this episode, Jim McGovern talks with Brooke McMorrow, a business owner and attorney from McMorrow Law, LLC. They explore why you should develop a will and establish your power of attorney no matter what age you are.

Brooke discusses:

  • What an estate plan is and how you can start creating yours
  • Why you should have a power of attorney no matter your age
  • What happens when you or one of your family members passes away without a will
  • What a revocable living trust is and how it benefits you and your family
  • And more

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About Our Guest:

Attorney McMorrow strives to change the stereotypes that people have about attorneys by returning phone calls in a timely manner and above all, listening to the client and providing affordable and knowledgeable legal advice in a comfortable setting.  Brooke McMorrow is licensed to practice law in both Pennsylvania and New York. As a member of the Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Attorney McMorrow is trained in collaborative law.

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Financial Advice For Parents of Children with Special Needs with Judy Herron, CPA (Ep.7)

Financial Advice For Parents of Children with Special Needs with Judy Herron, CPA (Ep.7)

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Every child is going to need different quantities of support from their parents.

How can you establish and navigate the support systems that your child requires?

In this episode, Jim McGovern talks with Judy Herron, CPA to discuss her story of raising her son Chaz and how she became proactive in creating his financial future, finding him support systems, and finding the right opportunities for someone who is ‘differently abled’.

Judy discusses:

  • How her work as an experienced CPA impacts small businesses 
  • What impact her son Chaz has had on her professional and personal life
  • What questions she asked herself early on about her disabled son’s future and how they helped curate his financial plan
  • Financial planning tips for parents with disabled children
  • And more

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About Our Guest:

Start-up or established company, your financial information is essential for managing business performance. It’s always better to be clear on your financial position, and Judith can help you get there. Work with Judith to sharpen your focus on data that makes you an agile decision maker.



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A Conversation About Retirement Income Planning (Ep.3)

A Conversation About Retirement Income Planning (Ep.3)

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You should understand just how fragile financial plans really can be and stay realistic about what you are up against. If it was easy to do, then you wouldn’t hear about people running out of money.

In this episode, Jim McGovern shares how retirement income planning has changed over the years. He also briefly explains four rules that will help you add structure to your retirement planning all while enjoying more income.

Jim discusses:

  • The history of retirement planning
  • Two significant changes that transformed retirement planning
  • Why there was a shift away from traditional pensions
  • What changes in life can make retirement planning more challenging
  • And more

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What to Expect When Having Your First Conversation About Retirement (Ep.2)

What to Expect When Having Your First Conversation About Retirement (Ep.2)

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Planning for your finances far in advance is always a good idea. However, planning for harsh financial circumstances is much more difficult.

In this episode of Maximizing Outcomes, Jim McGovern explains what clients can expect when having their first conversation with a financial advisor. He also goes into detail about the difference between a good and a great strategy when saving money for retirement.

Jim discusses:

  • What the first conversation with his team looks like using his unique four-step-process
  • The history of growth in his company by using their unique approach with clients
  • Strategies to use for avoiding or facing anticipated harsh financial circumstances
  • Strategies his clients have found successful when saving for retirement and managing their cash flows
  • And more

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Meet Your Host, Jim McGovern (Ep.1)

Meet Your Host, Jim McGovern (Ep.1)

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Introducing the Maximizing Outcomes podcast with Jim McGovern. 

Listen in for uncommon perspectives, powerful resources, and experienced people that can help you Maximize Outcomes in your life.

In this inaugural episode, Jim McGovern, shares more about him from behind the microphone. He will inform and educate anybody looking to maximize their financial potential. You will learn what questions you should be asking your advisor and how to collaborate with your advisor to pave the way for better outcomes in your future.

Jim discusses:

  • Why he got into the financial services industry
  • The idea of being a “life-long student” and how the people you surround yourself with can impact your career decisions
  • The meaning and purpose behind the title of his podcast “Maximizing Outcomes”
  • What important questions you should be asking your advisor
  • And more

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