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IMMS Consultant Mike Manes strives to facilitate change, communication, learning, and positive results. To that end, Manes has written this powerful, substantial document. The IMMS Management Center will post it in three installments. Used singly or in combination, these documents will help you build your skills and achieve your goals.
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How could this sentence have gotten anyone into trouble? 'We are delighted you'll be joining our team. We are confident this will be the beginning of a long and profitable relationship.'
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Most workplace accidents occur in 'safe' workplaces. Why? Employee error.
What can you do? Employee motivation.
This article tells you to develop and implement an employee motivation program.
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My office has advised our clients about the explosion in the EPL insurance market for some time now. The market is encouraging: More insureds are making EPL insurance part of their insurance portfolio. Consequently, the number of markets offering EPL insurance has expanded, doubling the number of new EPL policy forms and increasing insurance capacity.
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The cluster concept has been a popular one for doctors, dentists, realtors, and others for many years. Insurance agency clusters have been around for a few decades, but interest in them intensified during the hard market of the early 1980s. At that time, smaller agencies banded together to protect themselves against increasing carrier demands brought on by tighter market conditions.
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Motivation is tied closely to compensation, but the two are very different. Compensation is simply one form of motivation. There are many forms, all of which should accomplish one thing: encourage producers to sell and make them feel good about what they're doing and where they're doing it. A good motivational environment will help both Life and P/C producers. You should have a motivational atmosphere for your CSRs, as well. You should maintain a high recognition level in which all agency members can participate.
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How to create a calm, cohesive, and accountable working team.
Personnel challenges are not uncommon when you’re a manager. But how does a manager know if the root of the problem lies in the employee or the manager?
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Nothing happens until somebody sells something. To make sales happen, IMMS.com Key Sales Consultant Randy Schwantz has created a comprehensive series of 43 Producer Success Lessons. Used singly or in combination, these powerful tools can help your producers build their skills - and grow their sales.
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PRODUCER SUCCESS LESSON 41:
Nothing happens until somebody sells something. To make sales happen, IMMS.com Key Sales Consultant Randy Schwantz has created a comprehensive series of 43 Producer Success Lessons. Used singly or in combination, these powerful tools can help your producers build their skills - and grow their sales.
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Last week I was at a regional meeting where I met up with several producers from Texas. Having been a producer (a long time ago) and knowing how to swing a golf club, I fit right in. Being as committed to growth as I am, I ask the killer question that quickly exposes a problem. “John, what’s your growth goal for this year?”
He pauses and says “Um...around 65%.”
“Uh-huh. Where’s that from?” I asked.
“Well, I doubt I can do 80% and I didn’t want to sound like a loser and say 50 %, so I came up with 65%.”