Brett Michener

Brett Michener is a Senior Practice Management Consultant at Franklin Templeton, where he partners with financial advisors to strengthen how they lead, improve how their teams communicate, and build businesses that can run beyond them.

His path has not been traditional. Across health care, entrepreneurship and financial services, the same question kept surfacing: What separates the most successful teams from those that never scale beyond their founder? Over time, his answer has become clear. It is rarely about strategy alone. It comes down to clarity, trust and a willingness to take an honest look at how you lead when it counts. For many advisors, that is what makes the difference between running a practice that revolves around them and building a business that can grow beyond them.

Brett is a Certified Corporate Coach with a focus on how people make decisions, build trust and lead under pressure. He has worked with professionals at every stage of their career, from early builders to established leaders navigating complexity and scale. He is known for asking questions that are easy to avoid and hard to ignore.