be Cutting Edge - December 2020

December 2020

A Newsletter Committed to Independent Insurance Agents Success & Engagement

MIIAB would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy Holiday Season!

MIIAB will be closed December 24th & 25th December 31st and January 1st

The Covid pandemic has increased dramatically the delivery of products to one’s home. Some small businesses respond to this demand by enlisting their employees to deliver packages to the customers, often using the employee’s personal car. This changing dynamic of how businesses satisfy their customers - delivering packages, for instance - lends itself to potential gaps or insufficient insurance coverage.

2021 CISR and CIC Webinars are Now Available!

If you work remotely either part-time or full-time, temporarily or permanently, you have probably discovered that you are a lot more productive when you are not in the office. The main reason for the increase in productivity is that people aren’t inviting you to ‘got-a-minute’ meetings. ‘Got-a-minute’ meetings are those unannounced drop-ins that always take more than a minute and result in people stealing your time – unintentionally or not.

It is easy to be grateful for all the good things in our life – the promotion, reaching and surpassing your goals, a killer interview, or helping your team member overcome a challenge. This is good stuff and easy to be grateful for. However, being grateful for challenging colleagues or customers too, can also be a blessing.

How about starting a “super-challenge” in the spirit of a challenging person? Find what you may be grateful for with a challenging colleague or customer! Yup, find the gratitude in challenging people. Why are they challenging? What is it about them that drives us crazy? The answers to these questions may put you straight in front of those things about yourself that you’d rather not see. Challenging people are a mirror to aspects about ourselves that may not be popular. Challenging co-workers or clients, whether it is with situations, tasks, or people are the hidden blessings that propel us to grow as individuals and as leaders.