

The Agent Leader Podcast
Brent Kelly--The Agent Leader Podcast
The podcast for independent insurance agency leaders and their teams to learn practical strategies and behaviors to become their best version possible. Hosted by Sitkins Group President, Brent Kelly, The Agent Leader Podcast provides agencies with leadership, sales, and self-development methods that actually get results.
With our focus on a total-team approach to improving independent insurance agencies, we dive into sales, service, and leadership teams.
Leadership is not a title. Leadership is influence. Become a better leader and gain influence with your clients, team, and community.
With our focus on a total-team approach to improving independent insurance agencies, we dive into sales, service, and leadership teams.
Leadership is not a title. Leadership is influence. Become a better leader and gain influence with your clients, team, and community.
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Aug 12, 2020 • 21min
Culture and Cadence
If everybody in your agency did what they said they were going to do, how great would your agency be? In this episode, Brent breaks down the two drivers of accountability - Culture and Cadence, and how you can define them to build a high performance agency.
To learn more about our upcoming virtual programs visit www.sitkins.com/programs

Jul 15, 2020 • 20min
Creating ART in Your Insurance Agency
How can you create ART in your agency? In this episode, Brent talks you through three ways to align your agency to get better results, make more profit, have better relationships, and have a lot more fun.
To learn more about how we help agency leaders and producers become their Best Version Possible, visit www.sitkins.com.

Jul 7, 2020 • 11min
The Magic of the Moment
This week's episode focuses on the all to familiar question of "Are we there yet?" While plenty of you with kids have probably heard this question too many times before, Brent asks if we as adults do the same in our lives - being so worried about the end that we lose the magic of what is happening in the present now.
Listen in for tips on how you can learn to appreciate the journey this summer brings, and to take time to appreciate what you have accomplished during these difficult past few months. Ask yourself if you are being present in the moment so you're able to evaluate and adjust to really get to the desired place you're looking to go.
To learn more about how we help agency owners and insurance professionals Sell More, Retain More and Earn More, visit www.sitkins.com

Jul 2, 2020 • 27min
The 7 P's to Agency Success
If you're an insurance agency owner, grab a pen and paper to follow along with Brent's presentation of the Seven P's to Agency Success.
These seven P's all focus around one main P, and how sold you are on your own powerful vision or mission.
To learn more about how we help agency owners and producers Sell More, Retain More and Earn More, visit www.sitkins.com

Jun 23, 2020 • 28min
Your Ultimate Competitive Advantage
What is the greatest competitive advantage for insurance companies? Hint - it's not product and price! Listen in as Brent Kelly and his regular guest, Roger Sitkins, discuss how agency owners and producers can gain the ultimate advantage over their competition.
To learn more about how we help agency owners Sell More, Retain More, Earn More and Lead More, visit www.sitkins.com

Jun 12, 2020 • 26min
4 Barriers to Communication That are Limiting Your Results
What barriers are limiting your results recently? In this episode, Brent discusses four areas of communication - assumptions, arrogance, indifference and control - that can effect your relationships and outcomes. Focus on these four areas to make deeper connections, gain greater influence, more fulfilment, more opportunities and get better results.
If you're interested in finding out how we help insurance agencies and professionals Sell More, Retain More and Earn More, visit www.sitkins.com.

Jun 4, 2020 • 18min
Experience is Overrated
As Mike Tyson famously once said "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face." Just as 2020 has figuratively punched all of us in the face, it has also forced many of us to face our fears, step out of our comfort zones, and embrace change.
In this episode, Brent discusses how you can use June as your reboot to create and continue positive change in your life.

May 28, 2020 • 34min
Design or Default?
Are you running your business by design or by default? In this episode Brent Kelly and his regular guest, Roger Sitkins, talk about designing your future intentionally.
You need to go DEEP - Delivering Excellence in Every Process - to truly get the results you want out of your agency.
To learn more about how we help agency owners

May 21, 2020 • 35min
Are You Swimming Naked?
Are you delivering greatness, or are you swimming naked? Brent discusses this thought with regular guest, Roger Sitkins, in this episode.
To learn more about our upcoming, almost sold out, Virtual ProducerFit check out https://www.sitkins.com/profit
And to learn more about our private client group, The Sitkins Network, visit https://www.sitkins.com/the-sitkins-network

May 14, 2020 • 31min
Pretender or Performer
If you took this time to actually do everything you said you would do “someday” you’d become a great performer pretty darn quickly! In this episode, Brent and his regular guest, Roger Sitkins, discuss ways that agencies and producers can take these lessons learned from the coronavirus crisis and move forward into a new normal.
From tough decisions like having to "right size" or cutting compensation to great opportunities hidden in the isolation, listen in to hear how pretenders can transform into performers.