Even though it’s hard to hire for your insurance agency, don’t lay on the floor and cry. In this episode of the Ridiculously Amazing Insurance Agent podcast, Kelly Donahue-Piro and Heath Shearon explain that you have options!

Episode Highlights:

• Kelly talks about the “great resignation” happening right now. (0:37)
• Kelly discusses the importance of living in a zero-excuse environment. (0:51)
• Kelly provides different and creative strategies to make hiring a bit easier for you. (3:15)
• Kelly explains why outsourcing low-level tasks and hiring for entry-level positions can help take things off your team’s plate. (4:15)
• Heath recommends looking outside of the box and outside of the industry to find good hiring strategies. (7:24)
• Health discusses reorganizing in your office to find the areas that could benefit the most from a new hire. (9:50)
• Kelly talks about firing deadbeat clients to free up time. (12:19)
• Heath discusses the importance of culture in regards to hiring and retaining employees. (16:20)
• Heath shares ways to engage with your team and make the workplace culture fun. (18:09)
• Kelly recommends focusing on all the opportunities there are in hiring. (19:45)

Key Quotes:

• “We're all struggling to try to find good help. So, we want to go ahead and say it's hard to hire, but we need to live in a zero excuse environment.” Kelly Donahue-Piro 
• “Listen, there is shame in going ahead and doing unprofitable work. There is no shame in firing unprofitable clients.” Kelly Donahue-Piro
• “You want to have fun where you work. And there are different ways you can do that and highlight people's strengths in what they do best.” - Heath Shearon

Resources Mentioned:  

• Kelly Donahue-Piro LinkedIn
• Heath Shearon LinkedIn
• Agency Performance Partners