HR and Staffing

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.

Despite the constant push for people to develop a reasonable plan for a comfortable retirement, procrastination seems to get in the way.

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.

Agency principals are far more likely to succeed when they build a perpetuation plan around people, agency value, capital and time.

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.