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Industry Consolidation – What Are Best Practices for Team Building During M&A
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
It’s always difficult to transition during an acquisition. Learn how to handle this and other stressful scenarios in this episode of the Independent Agent Podcast with brothers Justin and Jordan Goodman. Cocktails: Justin tries a Bootleg Part 1: How do you keep things friendly when tensions run high during an acquisition Part 2: What do […]
Slow to Hire, Fast to Fire
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
In this episode, Justin & Jordan chat about creating employee accountability when it comes to declining performance while providing numerous suggestions on giving new life to a tired office space. Beverage of Choice: Bulleit on the Rocks Part 1: Strong leadership is required when it comes to challenging conversations with employees. Part 2: What options […]
How Does an Agency Shift for Success During a Pandemic?
Agency Owner Articles
In this episode, Justin and Jordan talk about best practices when managing a remote workforce and how agents can continue successfully prospecting by providing valuable information to potential customers. Beverage of Choice: Old Fashioned with a Twist Part 1: How do you know what employees are up to in a remote work environment? Part 2: […]
Valuable Lessons Learned So Far During COVID-19
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
In this episode, Justin and Jordan discuss the challenges insurance agencies, as well as other businesses, are facing as they weather the financial complications caused by Coronavirus. The guys also make predictions about the effect Coronavirus will have on the insurance industry. Beverage: Tequila Esperanto Seleccion Añejo Part 1: How can agency employees find job […]
How Should Internal Employee Moves be Managed?
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Hiring, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
Tune in for the latest episode of The Independent Agent! Episode 40 Learn about internal shifts in employment and how to provide opportunities for your agents. It’s time for another round of The Independent Agent with your hosts, Jordan and Justin! This week, things get interesting as they tackle two thought-provoking topics: But that’s not […]
The Impact of the Pandemic on the Insurance Industry
Agency Owner Articles, Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
We have certainly seen a fair amount of changes in our world due to the pandemic, but there is more to come. As we continue to adapt and learn from this unprecedented situation, we have yet to determine the long-term impact. The insurance industry has already had to make some uncomfortable shifts. Businesses have downsized […]
3 Keys to Job Security in a Pandemic
Agency Owner Articles, Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees
The pandemic of 2020 will impact the economy in ways that we have yet to fully understand. The insurance industry is certainly not insulated from this. While particular niches your agency serves may be able to sustain themselves or even succeed amid COVID, others have suffered significant setbacks, leaving them with no choice but to […]
Help Employees Achieve Greater Productivity in a Remote Workplace
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
The shift from in-office to remote work has presented a variety of challenges for insurance agencies. As so many made the transition overnight, being able to effectively move all operations from inside the same building into everyone’s homes has been difficult for both agencies and their employees. We are living in unfamiliar and unprecedented circumstances. […]
Finding Prospects During a Persisting Pandemic
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees
As the pandemic has persisted and evolved, it has brought many challenges to insurance agencies. While many of these difficulties have depended on each agency’s region, there are universal struggles we all face. Producers are faced with the challenge of creating and building relationships with prospects new and old without much access to new opportunities. […]
Breathing Life Back Into An Old & Ugly Office Space
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
Some insurance agencies boast modern buildings with sleek exteriors and fresh interiors. On the other hand, there are still many agencies on the opposite end of the spectrum. They operate in old buildings handling required maintenance but leave even simple updates at the bottom of the expense and the to-do list. While some agency owners […]