What Values HR Leaders needs in Post Pandemic 2021

What Values HR needs in Post Pandemic 2021

As recruiters, we conduct interviews almost every day. We successfully assess if the personal and professional qualities of a candidate meet the needs of the company or organization we represent. It is up to us to assist company HR leaders in building a corporate body that represents the goals and values of their company’s mission.…

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Employee Satisfaction: 5 ways of showing your teams they are appreciated

5 Thoughtful ways of showing your teams they are appreciated

Employee satisfaction is key to retention in any industry. Insurance is a space that can be incredibly intense. When a customer’s property, livelihood or wellness is on the line, your company or agency is many times seen as responsible. Insurance and risk assessment are essential in our modern world and economy and, after the first…

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Effective Communication: 4 Ways to Learn More by Listening

Effective Communication: 4 Ways to Learn More by Listening

Effective communication is essential to building any professional relationship. During times where we are trying to revitalize our markets and grow our businesses, the sentiment is often expressed that we should communicate more or over-communicate. With social media platforms and other useful marketing technologies, we can easily enhance our capacity for outbound communication. A leader’s…

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Building Strong and Confident Teams: A 3-Pronged Approach

Building Strong and Confident Teams: A 3-Pronged Approach

We are in a hopeful time, personally and financially. Things were uncertain because most of us had never experienced anything like the last few months, but we got through what I think most of us believe to be the worst of it. Now, we are making up for lost time, working harder, breaking ground on…

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Setting Goals for 2020: Simple Truths for Efficient Economic Growth

Setting Goals for 2020: Simple Truths for Efficient Economic Growth

Our goals for 2020, while consistently staying positive, need to be influenced by an air of practicality and realism. In the insurance space, and literally every other industry, resources are limited. And while our positive outlook has manifested itself a bit more quickly than we expected, stable growth and recovery will still take time. We…

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Bias and Insurance: What We Can Do to Promote Diversity in the Industry

Bias and Insurance: What We Can Do to Promote a Diverse Industry

I firmly believe that most of us in the insurance industry have the best of intentions when it comes to our hiring practices. However, what we meant to happen and what does happen can often be two very different things.  It is true that even the word “diversity” can elicit anxiety or fear of trying…

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The Return to Work: Safe and Efficient Company Culture Building

The Return to Work: Safe and Efficient Company Culture Building

Many around the country, and specifically within the insurance industry, are preparing for a return to work, a reestablished office life and some semblance of how we operated before this pandemic began. I think most of us wish things would go back to what we were all familiar and comfortable with, and operations might, but…

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The New Normal: The Future of Insurance Recruiting

The New Normal: The Future of Insurance Recruiting

After an event like what has occurred over the past few months, there will be changes to what all of us consider the new normal. In the face of this total disruption, the only thing we can and should do is make changes accordingly, but always keep who we are as the driving force directing…

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4 Simple Leadership Strategies to Build on During Economic Recovery

4 Simple Leadership Strategies to Build on During Economic Recovery

Economic recovery is something we will all have to take an active role in as our focus turns from responding to the economic and sociological effects of COVID-19 to developing and discovering ways to recover from it. Now, while we are by no means totally out of the woods, our economy has already shown incredible…

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Positive Messaging Makes the Difference: Taking Opportunities to Inspire

Positive Messaging Makes the Difference

Positive messaging might be more important now than at any other time in recent memory. In the wake of our initial encounter with the COVID-19 global pandemic and the cautionary messaging that followed, we’re all a bit burnt out and tired of hearing how potentially dangerous our world might be. We understand the risks, we’ve…

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