Posts Tagged ‘change’
Empower New Agency Hires
by Kitty Ambers, Chief Operating Office at AVYST The “Silver Tsunami” is a term for the aging workforce in America today. Demographic research states that 10,000 baby boomers will reach retirement age every day from 2011 until 2030. Translate this to the insurance industry and half of the workforce is on track to retire by 2034.…
Read MoreTechnology Happened and It’s Not Going Away
I was flipping through my AARP magazine (shh!), and came across the article “15 Lessons the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Taught Us”. I leafed mindlessly through the pages until I came across Lesson 6: We befriended technology, and there’s no going back”. There are certainly times when “real life” experiences are necessary and enjoyable but there’s…
Read MoreMomentum or Inertia: Which Did the Super Bowl Teams Each Have?
Was the Buccaneers-Chiefs Super Bowl LV a game of momentum or inertia? Inertia: “a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force” or “a tendency not to move or change”. Here’s an example of inertia used in a sentence…
Read MoreHelping Agents Overcome Sales Challenges Created by COVID-19
During recent webinars we’ve been hosting for our customers and partners, we’ve highlighted 5 Key Features of eForms Wizard that have become vital in helping agents during this time of physical distancing, working from home, virtual client visits and other challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic response. These five key features are: Offline Capabilities Education…
Read MoreACTION is How You Get Things Done!
Author Tim Fargo sums it up nicely, “Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” To grow, expand, change, evolve, transform or whichever term you choose to describe your strategy, you must DO something. Doing is what leads to progress. To focus our doing, it’s wise to first define some milestones and action…
Read MoreClosing the Gap: The 5 D’s of Change Management
Change does not have to be scary, you must embrace it. We can take a page from David Bowie, when we think about change, just ask Kitty Ambers. Kitty discusses the 5 D’s of Change Management: Decide Design Deploy Deal With Distraction Drive Listen in as Kitty and Chris Cline talk about Change Management and…
Read MoreWhen Was the Last Time You Asked ‘Why’?
by Kitty Ambers, CIC, CPIA, CISR, Chief Growth Officer at AVYST If you have children, you likely remember the phase when they asked, “Why?” constantly. Everything you asked them to do and every experience they encountered, the question was always, “But why?” Somewhere along the way those questions stopped. What a sad thing. We know…
Read MoreWondering if That Upgrade is Really Worth It? Try these 3 Steps to Launching New Technology
In a recent blog, we explored the common reasons people and companies resist change. Some of the biggest barriers are the initial loss of productivity, the busy schedules already in place and fear of confusion or failure. One of the most common changes many people regularly resist is updating the technology needed to do their…
Read MoreAVYST Joins Vertafore Orange Partner Program
Bi-Directional Forms Integration Extends Reach of eForms Wizard Submission Tool DENVER and DALLAS (April 2, 2019) — Vertafore, the leading provider of insurance software and Wave Insurance Technologies Inc., dba AVYST, today jointly announced that AVYST has joined the Orange Partner Program. AVYST is an insurtech company providing sales and risk management solutions for independent…
Read MoreCan You Change the Inertia of Your Insurance Practice?
Whether your insurance agency, brokerage or other firm has inertia (like the Rams in the Super Bowl) or momentum (like the Patriots), I want to point out that neither inertia nor momentum will last forever. Sooner or later inertia will die out. If I coast my golf cart down a steep fairway, I might roll…
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