Stewart Bell
Stewart Bell is founder and business coach at Audere Coaching & Consulting, a practice management firm specialising in business improvement and innovation for professional services and advice-providing firms - typically financial planners, accountants and risk specialists. Stewart has 15 years deep and extensive industry experience working with well over 300 financial services firms on range of business issues; from pricing to marketing, staff management to business planning, from sales to processes, and much, much more. In addition, he draws upon some unique experience and skills gained in the online startup space. Stewart has delivered presentations, workshops and training programs for a diverse range of the largest national and international financial institutions in Australia, and is the author of the book 100 Ways to Run Your Business Better. Stewart resides in Sydney, Australia but travels frequently. Learn more here .
Articles by Stewart Bell
- Business Growth
The Quality Trap: When Your High Standards Become the Biggest Bottleneck in Your Advisory Firm
If you find yourself frequently correcting the same types of errors, the problem isn’t the person—it’s the system.
- Artificial Intelligence
AI Becomes Profitable When You Stop Treating It Like an Intern
If you’ve ever spent forty-five minutes “fixing” something AI wrote in four seconds, wondering how anyone could think this was the frontier of efficiency, this is for you.
- Business Growth
It’s Not a Discipline Problem: The Real Reason Strategic Projects Stall Inside Advisory Firms
The client work gets done like clockwork, yet the internal projects—the ones that actually scale the firm—sit there gathering digital dust.
- Business Growth
Breaking the “Owner Bottleneck” That Quietly Caps Firm Growth
What I was actually doing was protecting my ego at the expense of our capacity. I chose to be busy rather than effective.
- Business Growth
How High-Performing Firms Forecast Revenue Without Overengineering Their CRM
If your forecast lives in your head, your inbox, and an ageing spreadsheet, you don’t have a forecast. You’ve got fog.
- Business Growth
The Future-Ready Advisory Firm: Strategies To Dominate 2026
The ground is shifting quickly. Tech is maturing, client expectations are rising, and AI is no longer a sideshow.
- Business Growth
The Execution Advantage: How Elite Advice Firms Turn Chaos into Consistent Growth
Unpack where these hidden traps lie, why they’re so common in advice businesses, and most importantly how you can start fixing them for good.
- Business Growth
From Cocktails to Clients: TGI Fridays' Secret to Memorable Service
Incorporating lessons from TGI Fridays into your client experience doesn’t just simplify things for your clients, it can transform your reputation.
- Business Growth
Turbulence Ahead? The Case for Ongoing Financial Advice
When clients doubt the value, I use an analogy—a journey towards financial independence, like travelling overseas by plane. #advisors
- Business Growth
Imagine Spending So Much Time Playing Tetris That You Start Dreaming About It
I once spent so many hours on my Game Boy that I couldn’t help but dream about Tetris blocks fitting themselves perfectly together. #advisors #time
- Business Growth
The Productivity Dilemma: Mastering the Art of Single-Tasking
It challenged the whole idea of multitasking and instead emphasized the power of narrowing down to ONE thing that truly matters. #growth
- Business Growth
Accelerate Your Business Growth with Proven Techniques
What may have been right for the ex-practitioners’ business was 100% wrong for THEIR stage of growth. #growth
- Business Growth
How To Plan Your Practice Growth Journey More Easily
I’d like to share one specific framework that helps identify priorities for project focus, accelerating results from coaching. #business #growth
- Business Growth
What To Do When You’ve Had Enough
What do you do when you’ve lost momentum, feel overwhelmed, feel like you just can’t focus, or just feel a bit drained? #advisors
- Business Growth
The Red Carpet Client Exit
The basic idea behind this is to make your exiting clients’ last experience of working with you as pleasant an experience as it can be. #advisors #CX
- Business Growth
Experience vs Service: What's the Difference?
Service Delivery is what you do. Client Experience is how it makes them feel. #experince #service #financialadvisors #success
- Business Growth
7 Steps to Craft a Killer Welcome Pack
Recently I joined a coaching group. I was impressed by their IP, wooed by their style and eventually made the decision to join their group workshop program.
- Business Growth
Advisors: 5 Ways to Overcome Client Procrastination
You’ve just nailed your latest appointment.
- Business Growth
The Power of Sonder and the 16 Motivators of All Human Behavior
Some time ago, I decided I wanted to greatly enhance my sales ability.
- Business Growth
How to Know If a Strategic Partnership Will Work Before It's Even Started
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of work on strategic partnerships with my clients .
