Hiring

High-potential employees possess many of the same attributes as top performers who have limited advancement potential. Here are three ways to differentiate between them.

How do you make sure your new hire’s skills match your agency’s priorities? The right relationship starts with a thorough onboarding process.

Typical approaches to enhancing teamwork not only don’t work—they’re often counterproductive.

After 30 years in the insurance industry, Jacki Frank’s priorities have shifted from growing her agency to maintaining relationships in her personal life.

Loretta Fuller found success by pursuing a construction specialty in the D.C. area—and by working to improve her individual staff members first and foremost.

Almost every bad boss situation can improve—even just slightly—with some proactive work on your part. Use these five tips to start taming a bad boss today.

For Rebecca Woan, running a successful agency is about getting out from behind her desk and setting goals to become the best in the business—not the biggest.

Deborah Vela climbed the ranks to CEO without the help of a mentor. Now, she’s happy to help young women in insurance who aspire to lead.

Most business ideas fail to take off not because they aren’t good ideas, but because people resist change. Here’s how to break through the status quo.

When Michelle Rupp took over her dad’s business, others wrote it off as “a woman’s agency.” Now, she and her staff of seven women are showing the community just how impactful that can be.