Monday, March 31, 2014

Month of March blog post

          So the month of March was the final conclusion of my two month long study for my P & C licensing test. Although I did fail my first time around on that test I was able to gladly walk out of the testing center knowing that I bombed the test with a 50%. The reason why I was able to do this was because I managed to do 52 hours of online study for the test while juggling school and a job! Of course I'm extremely exhausted and honestly I need a chance to recover because these 6 hour late night sleeps are really starting to affect me. On top of that I'm starting to fall heavily behind research checks so for now I'm going to put a pause to getting licensed for Property and casualty and I'm hoping to focus a bit more on research checks and the senior presentation as a whole now. Then maybe once May or if I'm lucky April comes around I'll be able to take the test once again but this time passing with flying colors.

                                           
 The place I took my two day crash course.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Blog 18 Third Answer

Content:

EQ
-What is the best way to motivate an insurance team to a profitable end?

Answer #3
- Giving each and every employee affirmation and the satisfaction of knowing that they did a good job.

Examples
- If an employee knows that they are doing good with the business they will keep on trying harder than what is expected of them.
-When an employee is doing something above and beyond for example taking tests like P & C licensing courses on their own time try giving bonuses when bonuses are deserved.
- Always try understanding where the employee is coming from and never try overwhelming the employee, as long as they know you are doing a good job they will continue to benefit the business.

Thesis Statement
- The best way to motivate an insurance team to a profitable end is by distributing affirmation amongst your employees because if your employees know that you approve of their work they will only try harder to make sure success is being brought to the business.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Fourth Interview Questions

Content:

Post 20 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.  The focus of your questions should be on your many answers.

1. What is the best way to motivate an insurance team to a profitable end?

2. Do you feel as if the monthly scheduling helped you reach your goals?

3. What approach do you usually take in ensuring that your employees finish the job that needs to get done?

4. How do you reward your employees on a job well done?

5. If an employee is behind multiple tasks how do you get them to work harder to catch up to those tasks?

6. How do you organize the way you run things in the office?

7. What have you found helps you make your company move forward into success?

8. What do you feel helps you stay focused when working?

9. How can having a vision in mind help drive ones focus to ensuring the company becomes better than what it already is?

10. What long term/ short term goals have you set for your business?

11. What do you consider exceeding expectations?

12. As a leader how do handle a situation where an employee makes a minor/major mistake?

13. How do you usually help your employees when there is a problem involved?

14. How do you get your employees to see the same vision you have in mind?

15. How do you usually communicate with your employees on what needs to get done?

16. When you walk into the office each day how do you usually plan what needs to get done throughout the day>

17. How important is it for you to understand the differences of your employees?

18. As of today what do you feel you need to work on with your employees to keep the business moving forward?

19. What hardships did you endure to get to where you are now?

20. Do you consider yourself an effective leader why or why not?