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How Do You Address Issues Around Sexism and Gender Discrimination in Your Organization?
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Hiring, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
Sexism and gender discrimination are hot button topics both in and out of the insurance industry. Justin and Jordan will discuss how to handle discrimination from a management perspective in this episode of the Independent Agent Podcast. Cocktails: Justin tries a White Russian Part 1: An HR Manager inquires about addressing an unprofessional comment from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
How to Handle a Decline In Employee Performance
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
It is always difficult to watch a top performer in your agency start to demonstrate a decline in performance. There can be a tendency to bend over backward to save the employee by overlooking the growing performance issues hoping that they will turn things around. However, turning a blind eye is damaging to the employee […]
3 Tips for More Effective Carrier Meetings
Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Leadership
When it comes to making the most of each workday in an insurance agency, time management is essential. This time issue is especially applicable to the constant barrage of meeting invites that chime in our inboxes daily. Meetings can quickly consume hours of our days and cause a significant blow to productivity. While meetings occur with different parties […]