No need to unmute
The week for me starts and ends with a morning meeting with the leadership team to hear what our plans are for the week ahead and to hear about any mishaps from the weekend. No trips to A&E this time!
Next up was meeting 3 colleagues for the first time in person that I had only spoken to on video calls since joining Thorntons Wealth. It was great to see them and not have to remember to unmute myself before speaking with them! It’s very strange seeing someone you have only seen on your screen. We had our Monday morning weekly financial planning team for an update on the previous week and what is on the radar for the week ahead. It was nice to speak to some in person and some on a video call. I find communication is important to ensure everyone knows what is going on. Another meeting with three different colleagues to check on progress for moving clients from one business to another as the end of my former business is in sight. Three months of hard work is drawing to a close. Today was definitely more of a business day than client day as I had no client meetings although I did manage to process some work for clients who have given the green light on some advice delivered last week.
I had the novelty of being able to meet up with my wife for a child free lunch today at Empire State Coffee on Whitehall Crescent- hopefully not the last time – it’s been at least 6 months since we last got out by ourselves. I can recommend the peanut butter stack although it does now mean I feel the need to go to the gym for the first time in over a year tonight! It was great to see life around Dundee with the easing of restrictions enabling local businesses to re-open following the latest lock down!