# From a client need to completed work

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A referral starts with a need. Finishing the work takes more. It takes the right facts, someone who accepts the work, the right tools and a reviewed result.

## Less repeated intake

With the client's approval, facts and delivered documents can give the next professional a better start. That professional still checks that they fit, fills gaps and agrees on what the work will cover.

## Tools that help deliver the result

A tax finding may change a financial plan. A protection analysis may lead to insurance work. An estate question may need legal review. Connected tools help each professional look at the same situation from their own area of work.

## A clear handoff

Agree who owns the work and what may be shared. Agree what updates can go back to the professional who made the referral. Sharing selected facts does not open each firm's private files to everyone else.

[Explore a workflow from your practice](/contact) or [review Security & Control](/trust).