Account executives are critical for agency profitability and success. Without them, we wouldn’t have anybody responsible for building deeper trust with clients and growing their accounts.
That’s why we’ve brought Lori Highby on the show this week to share everything she knows about the account executive role. Some of you might recognize her from the AE Bootcamps she teaches at, and she’s here to bring that wisdom to the greater AMI community so we can better understand just how important our AEs are for agency success.
As someone who has an inside look at how AEs think and the questions and concerns that are always in their heads, Lori is the perfect person to share them so we can learn how to better support our AEs.
We cover everything from the expectations in an AE role, how agency owners can better communicate their goals and expectations to AEs, recognizing their hard work, and supporting their goals and aspirations within their role so they can also grow with the agency.
This episode is packed with incredible insights, so we hope you can take some of these topics and use them to better understand and support the AEs in your agency.
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What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- Recurring struggles that account executives face and are looking for guidance about
- The importance of standardized communication on the team and with clients
- Helping AEs level up their soft communication skills
- Supporting your account executives’ eagerness to learn and level up
- The importance of AEs knowing agency math and using it to determine profitability
- What AEs really want from agency leadership
- Take more time to recognize and appreciate your account executives’ hard work
- How to find more moments for recognition on your team
- What AEs love about their jobs
- How to support and encourage your team in leveling up their skills
- How agency owners can amplify AE success in the agency
