Master Negotiation and Trust Like a Top Sports Agent with Molly Fletcher

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Mar 25, 2025

Molly Fletcher, a former elite sports agent known as the ‘female Jerry Maguire,’ has negotiated over $500 million in contracts for top athletes. In this engaging conversation, she shares powerful strategies for mastering high-stakes negotiations and building lasting trust. Molly emphasizes the importance of anticipating client needs and using emotional intelligence to forge genuine connections. She also reflects on life lessons from Zig Ziglar, highlighting how mentorship and bold requests can transform leadership and negotiation outcomes.

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ANECDOTE

The Pizza Story

Molly Fletcher moved to Atlanta with little money and secured a tennis pro job.
By anticipating the apartment manager's needs, she lived rent-free for nine years.

INSIGHT

Anticipating Client Needs

As an agent, anticipating clients' needs was crucial for Molly Fletcher's success.
She had to be aware of their game outcomes to effectively communicate and maintain the relationship.

ADVICE

Asking Effective Questions

Ask open-ended questions to understand others' needs and motivations.
Go deeper with follow-up questions to uncover what truly matters to them.

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META PERFORMANCE SHOW | How do top executives, world-class athletes, and legendary coaches achieve sustained success? It’s not just talent—it’s mastering negotiation, anticipating needs, and building trust at the highest level.

In this episode of The Meta Performance Show, host Jason Jaggard sits down with Molly Fletcher, a former elite sports agent turned high-performance leadership coach and keynote speaker. Dubbed the “female Jerry Maguire,” Molly has negotiated over $500M in contracts for the biggest names in sports.

Now, she reveals the powerful leadership strategies that separate the best from the rest. From mastering high-stakes negotiations to building unshakable trust, Molly unpacks how executives can apply elite sports tactics to their leadership playbook.

What You’ll Learn:

✔️ The secret to winning negotiations & building lasting relationships

✔️ How to anticipate needs before your clients, team, or competitors do

✔️ The career-changing advice Molly received from Zig Ziglar

✔️ Mindset shifts that help top leaders sustain peak performance

If you're an executive, entrepreneur, or high achiever, this conversation will challenge how you lead, influence, and elevate your game.

Listen now and learn how to think bigger, negotiate better, and lead at the highest level.

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