Extensive research about effective working environments suggests that lighting, noise, color and even air quality can all affect employee productivity—and stimulate staff in different ways depending on whether they’re introverts or extroverts.
Blogger, book author and self-proclaimed “restless man” Tim Leman leads an award-winning, 100% employee-owned Best Practices insurance broker and risk management firm with offices in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Plymouth and South Bend, Indiana.
In an industry mostly dominated by white males, a program that helps cultivate, train and often retain professionals from diverse backgrounds has benefited everyone connected to the business at Advisor Based Sales in San Francisco. Here’s why.
Considering 70% of U.S. employees admit to being disengaged at work, most managers and leaders are constantly searching for the Holy Grail that will boost engagement. Is the solution getting your employees to like you?
Generational differences affect work and the workplace—and more balance among groups is better for your business. Here’s how to develop a healthier workforce.
Agents need both sales and technical training to be successful. You can’t have one without the other. But what’s the right mix?
A chief relationship officer is not a single position one must apply for, but a position for everyone. And in order to be a great CEO, CFO, COO or C-anything, you need to be a great CRO first.
Don’t ask octogenarian Douglas Soderberg to retire. Not only does his schedule include tennis and golf; he is still actively engaged in the insurance agency he and his wife Frances co-founded in 1968.
Soon, Gen Y will control 50% of the workforce. Given that one of the most time-consuming and often expensive things we do is recruit good people, the last thing we want is to lose them.
J. Alan Johnson has earned big rewards from his commitment to education: The Johnson Agency has been the smallest agency to earn the Best Practices designation for the last eight years running.