Investors Instinctively Dislike Advisors Who Copy Their Financial Attitudes Hot
While it's normally cunning behavior to adopt another person's posture and body language to establish a sympathetic bond, the researchers discovered that when money's on the table, reflection breeds resentment.
Instead, they say, money breaks down normal trust relationships and so forces advisors to find other ways to reinforce loyalty.
This is especially acute in situations where advisors from middle-class backgrounds try to emulate attitudes and behaviors that they see in their ultra-high-net-worth clientele. Projecting "what the rich think" onto them is risky business.
One hint from Financial Planning: keep reminding them that they came to you for advice. You're not pushing anything down their throats.