The definition of conviction is a firmly held belief. Leadership looks different for each person, but every leader has strong convictions that pave the way for how they guide their people. Whether you're an experienced leader, a current leader, a novice leader, or a soon-to-be leader--this podcast is a must for you. Through this show, we will hear leaders share their convictions, the struggles they face, and the challenges they have overcome by staying true to their convictions. Leadership c ...
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Unlocking Hidden Potential: Jessica Lyng’s Guide to Thriving Teams!!
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Send us a Text Message. In this uplifting episode of The Conviction of a Leader, Beau Vincent sits down with Jessica Lyng, a passionate and successful insurance agency owner, to talk about her personal leadership journey. Jessica shares how she’s grown as a leader, focusing on creating a supportive and empowering environment where her team members …
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Leading with Heart: Rena Gilliam’s Path to Empowering Success!
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Send us a Text Message. Join Beau Vincent in a heartfelt and inspiring episode of The Conviction of a Leader as he chats with Rena Gilliam, a passionate insurance agency owner, who opens up about her unique leadership journey. Rena shares her story with warmth and authenticity, offering a glimpse into the values that drive her success: the power of…
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Breakthrough Leadership: Kevin Spann’s Blueprint for Crushing Challenges!
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Send us a Text Message. Get ready for an inspiring conversation on "The Conviction of a Leader" as Beau Vincent sits down with Kevin Spann, a business owner with a passion for making a difference. Kevin shares his journey through leadership and entrepreneurship, revealing the lessons he's learned along the way. He’s a strong advocate for kindness a…
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Mindful Mastery: Leadership Lessons with Michael Leytem
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Send us a Text Message. Join Beau Vincent for an engaging episode of "The Conviction of a Leader" as he chats with Michael Leytem, a renowned leadership coach and talent management consultant. Michael shares his inspiring journey and the key moments that shaped his approach to leadership, revealing how he has significantly influenced Beau’s own lea…
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S2. E12 Integrity, Grit, and Growth: Kory Rykman's Path to Success!
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Send us a Text Message. Join Beau Vincent in an engaging conversation with Kory Rykman, a dynamic insurance agency owner with a unique story. Kory began his career in healthcare software before making a successful leap into the insurance industry. He shares the key moments that defined his journey and the vital investments that drove his business g…
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S2.E11. From College Hoops to Global Impact: Eric Coblentz on True Leadership
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Send us a Text Message. In a captivating episode of "The Conviction of a Leader," host Beau Vincent features his brother-in-law, Eric Coblentz. As a seasoned leader who shares a rich background and experience behind missionary works, Beau and Eric start an insightful dialogue into Eric’s journey. From playing college basketball to his time spent in…
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S2.E10. Evolving as a Leader: Stephanie Riggins Story of Growth and Success
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for an inspiring episode of "The Conviction of a Leader" as we walk through the unbelievable journey of Stephanie Riggins, a career changer from secretary to award-winning agency owner. Stephanie's story is one of relentless hard work and determination. Coming from fairly humble beginnings, she has worked her way up …
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S2.E9. Brandon Von Almen; How To Lead From The Front
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Send us a Text Message. Listen into one Very Powerful Episode of "The Conviction of a Leader"! Join Beau Vincent as he sits down in person with Scotsman Guide Top Loan Originator, Brandon Von Almen, the dynamic and powerhouse sales manager of a flourishing mortgage franchise. This episode is action-packed with engaging and insightful talks that are…
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S2. E8. Leading with Purpose: Building Strong Teams with Kirstin Maxwell
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Send us a Text Message. Kirstin Maxwell is one of the most prominent insurance leaders. She shares her experience in leadership and reflects on how she has grown within the family business. She discusses core values, staff development, authenticity, and supportive team environments. She points out the need to foster growth by reaching out for suppo…
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S2. E7. Bradley Hamner: Getting In The Room With Successful Entrepreneurs
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Send us a Text Message. In this insightful episode, Beau Vincent and Bradley Hamner focus on the core principles of leadership, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Bradley shares his personal experience from being a salesperson to a business owner in an inspirational journey that defines his transformation. Key discussion points include the crit…
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S2. E6. The Power Of Integrity In Leadership with Michael Daniels
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Send us a Text Message. This week on the show, Beau Vincent sits with Michael Daniels, an esteemed leader in the insurance sector. He gives us his journey and perspective on leadership and entrepreneurship, emphasizing the need to move from self-centered to other-centered leadership. He talks about leading with integrity and building other leaders.…
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S2. E5. From Cage Fighter to Insurance CEO: Jared Bradshaw's Journey
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "The Conviction of a Leader," Beau Vincent sits down with Jared Bradshaw, a former cage fighter and boxer turned successful entrepreneur. They dive into Jared's incredible journey from the world of combat sports to the insurance industry and his unwavering passion for continuous improvement. Jared opens up…
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S2. E4. Freedom in Leadership: Brooke Brolo's Story
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Brooke Brolo, an agency owner, shares her story of coming into the insurance world unknowingly and the many beliefs under which she operates. It all started when her stepfather's life insurance policy had lapsed, thus leaving her mother with nothing at his death. That set of events made a significant impress…
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S2. E3. Authenticity in Business: Ben Bucher’s Story
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Send us a Text Message. In this enlightening episode, Beau Vincent sits down with Ben Bucher, a former actor who transitioned from the world of musical theater to owning an Allstate insurance agency. Ben shares his compelling journey, starting from his days working at McDonald's to becoming a successful business owner. He discusses the pivotal mome…
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S2. E2. From Sales to CEO: Andrew Filar's Leadership Lessons for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Beau Vincent interviews Andrew Filar, the CEO of Peachy Insurance Agency and co-founder of Next Call Club. Andrew shares his leadership journey, highlighting his transition from a salesperson to a manager and eventually to founding his own agency. The discussion focuses on the importance of trust, communicat…
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S2. E1. David Williams the Journey from Entrepreneur to Inspirational Leader
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Send us a Text Message. Kicking off Season 2, Beau Vincent chats with Dave Williams, an entrepreneur whose faith has guided him from starting a small insurance agency to owning multiple businesses. They dive into how important faith is in leading well, the big impact community has on us, and how lessons from the Bible can help anyone be a better le…
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33. Placing Trust at the Center of Your Leadership
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Send us a Text Message. Does trust belong at the center of leadership? As a leader, gaining the trust of your team is crucial to the success of your leadership. The effects of that trust will trickle down throughout every aspect of your business. If you show your team that they can trust you, they will be more likely to respect you and to feel safe…
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32. Dare to Dream with Dave Bradley
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! In this week’s episode, Beau has a chat with Dave Bradley about dreaming and achieving goals. Dave was born and raised in Manchester, England. He grew up dreaming of being a soccer player for Manchester United. At the young age of 16, that dream became a reality when he was offered…
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31. Pursuing Excellence with Brandon Von Almen
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! We have a great episode in store for you today. Our guest today is the type of leader that will get down in the trenches with his team. Brandon Von Almen is a Division Sales Manager at Primary Residential Mortgage. He has been married to his wife for 16 years, and they have five ch…
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30. Get Better to Get Bigger with Nate Netti Pt. 2
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! We are so happy that you are joining us for part 2 of Beau’s conversation with Nate Netti. If you haven’t listened to part one yet, we highly recommend scrolling back to episode 29 and starting there! This episode is jam packed with leadership nuggets that are sure to get you fired…
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29. Get Better to Get Bigger with Nate Netti Pt. 1
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! Have we got a treat for you today! Beau is joined by friend of 17 years, Nate Netti. Nate has been married to his wife Abby for 10 years, and they have a soon to be two year old son, Julian. Nate is Cofounder and CEO of Forrest Company, a creative consultancy for B2B tech businesse…
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28. Leading with a Viewpoint of Eternity with Ryan Bowland
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! In today’s episode, Beau sits down with long time friend and mentor, Ryan Bowland. Ryan is the Director of Sports Ministry at a six campus church in Dover, Ohio. He has been married to his wife, Jamie for 16 years, and they have a son, Isaac in 6th grade. Before embarking on his jo…
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27. Unlocking Potential & Helping People Win with Cole Caughern
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Send us a Text Message. Today on the show, we are joined by special guest Cole Caughern. Cole was born and raised in Oklahoma and is the father of a three year old son, Creek. He has a background in oil and gas engineering, but one cold snowy Thanksgiving day on the drilling rig he decided he was ready for a change. On that day, he made the decisio…
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26. Finding Success Through Adversity with Ryan Chao
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! Today, we are joined by guest Ryan Chao. With an extensive sales and operations background, Ryan has owned multiple businesses and started several websites. He is currently an Allstate agency owner and spent two years leading Craig Wiggins Insurance Agency in Georgia. The agency wa…
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Send us a Text Message. Justin Slocum is an Allstate Mega Agent with five agencies. He has been in the insurance business for 11 years. Justin lives in Texas with his wife, Ashley and son, Jameson and also owns a brokerage where he helps agents buy and sell agencies. Before insurance, Justin dabbled in a little bit of everything from being a Master…
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24. Leading Next To, Not In Front with Dave Segen
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! We are excited you are here! In today’s episode, we are chatting with Dave Segen. Dave is a local business leader who lives in Northeast Ohio with his wife and kids. Originally from Pittsburgh, Dave moved to Ohio for college at Kent State. At the time, his plan was to move back to …
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23. Be a Leader, Not a Follower with Bo Cochran
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader Podcast! Today on the show, we are joined by friend and fellow insurance agent, Bo Cochran. Bo lives in Huntsville, Alabama with his beautiful wife and 4 kids. He has been in the insurance industry for 17 years, and started an Allstate Agency from scratch in 2009. Bo’s agency is cur…
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22. When Dreams Become Reality with Mark Mercer
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! Today on the show, we have Mark Mercer. Mark began his career in the insurance industry in 2007 working at his father’s agency. In 2009, he purchased the agency, and eventually went on to start two agencies from scratch. He now owns one of the largest insurance agencies in Indiana …
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21. It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish with Philip Pattin
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Send us a Text Message. Being a Leader is not a destination, being a leader is a journey. Philip Pattin’s leadership journey has led him from Toledo, Ohio to Dallas, Texas for a 9 year position at Owens Corning Roofing. He has grown within the company and is an Onboarding Trainer and Inclusion & Diversity Recruiting Champion with a focus on sales. …
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20. Lead With Authenticity with Justin Harkelroad
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Send us a Text Message. Our guest today has gone from insurance agency owner, to software developer, to fitness coach and insurance coach. Justin Harkelroad started a scratch insurance agency in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2007 with a business partner after being told about an $18,000 bonus they could make. They worked their way up to the ‘Mega’ designa…
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19. Future Driven with Nicholas Sakha
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Send us a Text Message. In today’s episode, Beau sits down with fellow Allstate agent and friend Nicholas Sakha. Nicholas Sakha was born and raised in San Diego. He comes from a big family, and at a young age, he would start any opportunity to work and make money. He would work in neighbor’s yards, and he worked multiple jobs including his cousin’s…
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18. The Natural Leader with Judy Wiggins
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Send us a Text Message. Some people are natural born leaders. This is true for today’s guest, Judy Wiggins. Judy Wiggins was an elementary school teacher for twelve years. When she and her husband had their child, she realized she wanted more flexibility with her time. This led her to purchase an Allstate Insurance Agency. Over the last ten years, …
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17. Take Charge of Your Future with Joseph Puckett
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Send us a Text Message. Sometimes you come to a place in life where you know something needs to change.. For Joseph Puckett, that moment came when his wife was about to have their first child. They had no money, their credit cards were maxed out, and he got the call from his wife at the grocery store… they had bounced a check. Joseph began his care…
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16. Being Others Focused with Dale & Brian Karmie
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Send us a Text Message. Sometimes winning is just not losing. The journey to the success of Foreverlawn Inc. did not come easy. Brothers Dale & Brian Karmie built their business from the ground up, sometimes going without a paycheck in order to always make sure their employees were taken care of. In the year 2000, both brothers were in the software…
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Send us a Text Message. Do you have what it takes to be a leader? Chad Bowman is a Certified Financial Planner and has his Masters in Financial Planning. He started in a call center of a financial services firm sixteen years ago. As the years passed, he climbed up through many positions within the company. He now leads a team of 40 people. Througho…
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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever had someone tell you that you are a failure or that you are going to fail? It’s easy to dwell on those negative statements, but in this week’s episode, Beau challenges us to rise above and leave the haters at the door! You will receive practical insight on how to ‘let it go’, and surround yourself with people w…
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Send us a Text Message. Are you leading by example? This is the goal of our guest today, Wyatt Mace. Wyatt has always had an entrepreneurial spirit and stepped up in times that leadership was needed. The husband and father of two girls grew up playing baseball in a good community that really supported him. As an adult, he moved away for a short tim…
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12. Empowering Leaders with Stacie Riffert
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Send us a Text Message. In today’s episode, we sat down with Leadership Coach, Stacie Riffert. She has been married to her husband Bob for eight years and has two young daughters. Stacie started working at PepsiCo at a young age as a New Business Sale Rep. Her hard work and dedication helped her climb the ladder within the company, and by age 25,…
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Send us a Text Message. In this week’s episode, Beau talks with old friend & leader Tommy Porep about the value of pouring into others and the importance of the experience and lessons they’ve learned along the way. Tommy was a Professional Basketball Official for eight years in Division 1 and five years under contract with the NBA Developmental Lea…
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10. When It Feels Like It's Falling Apart
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Send us a Text Message. In this week’s solo episode, Beau takes us back to the summer of 2005. Sharing lessons he learned from a traumatic experience, he walks us through how he took his pain and turned it into a launchpad for success. After recently failing out of college, Beau was in a pivotal time. Determined to change, he gave his heart to the …
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Send us a Text Message. What is your ‘why’? Amanda Pohlman grew up in Harpenden Hertfordshire, outside of London. She came to the states in the mid-80s for a gap year and was an au pair for a family who lived outside of Philadelphia. There, she ended up getting married and staying in the US. Amanda had her first son when she was 23 and became a sta…
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Send us a Text Message. Sometimes you have to explore your own dreams before finding your way back to the family business. This was true for Charley Todd. Charley grew up with his dad running a small family business - an Allstate Insurance agency. As the years passed, he knew he didn’t want to go into insurance.. So in his Senior year of college, h…
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7. A Serial Encourager with Brandon Triola
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Beau sits down with Brandon Triola - Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Forrest Co. and Author of ‘The Dadosaurus Rex: A Scary Adventure from Grumpy to Grateful’ to talk about leadership and impact. A self-proclaimed ‘Serial Encourager’, Brandon shares some of his greatest leadership tips and lessons h…
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Send us a Text Message. In this week’s episode, Beau walks us through some practical tips and strategies to grow our roots while also expanding our branches. Our branches are our reach and our roots are our knowledge and experience. Growing our branches is important, but we must not forget the importance of digging our roots down deeper. What if a …
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5. Are You Living Out Your Calling As a Leader? With Marion Coblentz
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Send us a Text Message. Are you living out your calling as a leader? Marion Coblentz’s journey to his calling as a leader did not come naturally.. from growing up on an Amish farm to hitchhiking and leaving home at 18 to running the Hartville Marketplace and Flea Market for 40 years. Now that he has passed down his position at the Hartville Marketp…
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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever felt like your employees were so excited to clock out? Are you that person? There’s no doubt that life can be stressful. Unexpected trials come up, work brings stresses of its own, and sometimes even family dynamics can be a stressor, but that doesn’t mean you have to dread your life. Today on the show, I am go…
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3. You Have One Life, Make it Count with Craig Wiggins
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Send us a Text Message. Craig Wiggins has worked in the insurance industry for nearly 30 years; his tenure expanded to $40 Million in premiums. In addition, he also found a passion for coaching other leaders, which led him to found Craig Wiggins Coaching and Consulting. Now that he sold his insurance agencies, he spends most of his time consulting.…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the Conviction of a leader! This show has been a long time coming, and I am so excited that you are here listening today. The conviction of a leader was born out of my desire to share what I’ve learned along my journey of life and leadership. Today, I am spending a little time sharing my story and background and w…
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2. We Love Insurance, But We Love People More
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Send us a Text Message. We all know that leader. You know, the one who loves to dictate, delegate, and do their own thing without checking in with their people–but is that really what a leader is? My answer would be no. Many people want to identify as a leader but are unwilling to put in the hard work it takes to be one. Today on the show, we will …
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Send us a Text Message. The definition of conviction is a firmly held belief. Leadership looks different for each person, but every leader has strong convictions that pave the way for how they guide their people. Whether you're an experienced leader, a current leader, a novice leader, or a soon-to-be leader--this podcast is a must for you. Through …
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