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NASCAR and Your Agency

NASCAR has experienced incredible growth these last five to ten years. The rapid growth of this sport though has many teams struggling, especially at the management level. Believe or not,…

11 Ways to Be a Great Boss

Working with a group recently, I asked, “Tell me the qualities of the best bosses you’ve ever had.” Since we were all seasoned enough to have experienced a few bosses…

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Work Ethic

So much about insurance agency management success has nothing to do with strategy. Success is more about execution than strategy. Success is about hard work. Success is about accountability at…

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Execute!

All too often, insurance agency management fails due to poor execution: not putting the right people in the right place.  Most agencies face a consistent cadre of problems: lack of…

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Who Should Be Licensed in the Agency?

Is it an E&O exposure for a licensed agent/CSR to review and sign applications for an unlicensed CSR? If you have a CSR who is not licensed mailing out endorsements to an…

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Can You Teach a Dog to Quack?

Experienced employees gravitate to those areas for which their talents are best suited. Forcing CSR’s to sell, forcing salespeople to adhere to detail oriented efforts, and forcing management responsibilities on…

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