By
Debra Solomon Baker
DARYL TEGTMEIER
managing principal,
Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.
Like so many young children, Daryl Tegtmeier dreamed of becoming
a firefighter. He also was once just a few steps away from joining
the Peace Corps.
Though neither of these plans came to fruition, Tegtmeier has,
since then, discovered his true passion—consulting.
“I love helping others get what they want,” says Tegtmeier,
Managing Principal of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. “I view
myself more as a partner than a boss. I am one who can help
remove obstacles when they arise, but I can also help guide
people.”
A Certified Financial Planner, Tegtmeier joined the firm in
July. He is responsible for operations and management of the
Missouri and Southern Illinois region, and, through this role,
is interested in improving the visibility of the firm.
Planners at Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. specialize in providing
integrated, personalized solutions to help affluent business
owners, professionals, executives, and retirees develop and
implement complex estate, business succession, retirement, and
investment plans.
“People pay us a fee for our intellectual capital,” Tegtmeier
says. “Other firms hope to link their clients with a product,
but we give unbiased advice.
“We serve the client first, last, and always. This is truly
a philosophy that we talk about, exhibit, and exude.”
In addition to placing a premium on relationship building, rather
than on product selling, Lincoln also is unique in that the
local planners can seek expertise from more than 4,000 others
nationwide.
With headquarters in Philadelphia, Lincoln Financial Group,
for which Lincoln Financial Advisors is an affiliate, had consolidated
assets of $128 billion as of March 2006. The company’s offerings
include annuities, life, group life and disability insurance,
401(k) and 403(b) plans, and savings plans.
We realize that we don’t necessarily have all of the answers
here,” Tegtmeier says. “If something cannot be answered right
here, then there are others within our firm that have likely
dealt with that particular issue thousands of times.”
In addition to improving visibility for the firm, Tegtmeier
seeks to attract at least seven experienced financial planners
in 2007 and to continue that growth in subsequent years.
Tegtmeier, himself, was hired on after serving as a Partner
for the local Thrivent Financial firm. Prior to that, he was
employed as a District Manager by Aid Association for Lutherans.
A graduate of Concordia University, Tegtmeier, the father of
four children, currently serves on the Board of the Lutheran
Association for Special Education.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE INSIGHTS
What book would you recommend reading to help improve one’s
business?
“I like to use good books as prisms, letting them focus my attention
and generate an array of ideas that may be outside my normal
way of looking at opportunities. I enjoyed Thomas Friedman’s
“The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century”
so much that I asked all my senior managers to read it in advance
of a Peabody leadership conference. Peabody is the world’s largest
coal company and we are rapidly expanding in the fastest growing
energy markets in the world. The book is a wakeup call to see
how the speed of information and globalization continues to
accelerate.”
GREG BOYCE
President & CEO,
Peabody Energy
Books:
1. Jack Welch “WINNING”
2. John G. Miller “QBQ—The Question Behind The Question”
3. Chris Anderson “The Long Tail”
Dennis W. Lamme
President & Market Manager,
Clear Channel Radio—St. Louis
“The
book I would recommend for increasing one’s business success
is “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. The value to be gained from
the text is Mr. Collins’ focus on the key drivers of a successful
business. An organization that can identify what it is good
at, identify its most powerful economic driver or measurement,
and finally, agree on what it is passionate about, has what
it takes to go from being good to being great. I appreciate
the discipline that it takes for a large, very good company
to become one that is truly great.”
James Weddle
Managing Partner,
Edward Jones
For more information on the Leadership Circle, please contact
John Diefenbach, vice president-membership, (314)
444-1184 or jdief@stlrcga.org.
