Why Rainmaking Isn't a Personality Type: The 10 Behaviors That Change Everything – Part 2
The episode is aimed at advisors thinking about how they grow a practice, framing business development as a set of behaviors that can be learned and applied rather than an innate trait. It offers a structured way to think about client experience and business building.
Summary
By the running an ria deskIn this episode, Ken Haman argues that rainmaking is a learnable system rather than a personality type, and that most advisors have simply never been shown it. He lays out foundational principles such as outward-directed energy and curating emotionally resonant client experiences, then walks through ten independent but mutually reinforcing traits he says separate top business builders from the rest of the field.
- Rainmaking is presented as a learnable system, not a personality type
- The framework starts with foundational principles including outward-directed energy and emotionally resonant client experiences
- Ten traits are described as independent but mutually reinforcing
- The episode is positioned as a roadmap advisors can begin applying immediately
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