Like many others, the insurance industry thrives on a foundation of skilled professionals who can adapt to changing markets, regulations, and customer needs. However, identifying and nurturing high-potential (HiPo) talent on any team isn’t just about spotting top performers but recognizing those who can grow beyond their current roles and drive the company’s future success.
Artell Smith
How Can Mindset Influence Your Leadership Style?
Mindset refers to your prevailing attitudes, beliefs, and perspectives about the world and yourself. It shapes how you interpret experiences, face challenges, and set goals. I’ve debated with colleagues whether mindset drives behaviors or whether behaviors drive mindset. As is sometimes the issue with these sorts of questions—especially questions that touch on the brain’s executive function—the only correct answer is that it depends. Are behavioral solutions sufficient to create and maintain a leadership style?
Successful Leadership Depends on Relationship Development
Establishing and nurturing solid relationships requires skill and determination. In the absence of positive, considerate relationships, individuals, teams, and organizations risk failure on multiple fronts—falling engagement, declining productivity, and departing employees.
Impact Your Team in Seconds with Positive Microbehaviors
It takes only seconds to make or break a team member’s day. These brief interactions are called microbehaviors. Our microbehaviors have the potential to make an immediate and positive impact on someone else. Fine tuning your microbehaviors is not as heavy of a lift as you might think.
75 Stories – Amanda Myers, Accounting Manager
Amanda Myers has been a member of the Fluno Center team since 2014 and will officially become CPED’s new accounting manager in August 2021.
75 Stories – Artell Smith, CPED Instructor
Artell Smith has been an instructor at the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development since 2014.
Engage. Coach. Develop.
Regularly fulfilling these three manager accountabilities – engage, coach, and develop – shows to the employee that the manager is invested in helping the employee prosper.