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Welcome to the podcast, Leadership is the Conversation, a free-form discussion among business executives on leadership development.
Episodes
55 episodes
Mastering Agency Management: Meet Todd Wottring
Meet Todd Wottring—Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at Butler University and owner of The Wottring Agency, an Allstate Insurance firm in Indianapolis.Todd is a lifelong insurance professional who began his caree...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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17:25
Mastering Agency Management: Meet Tom Faulconer
Join us for an engaging conversation with Tom Faulconer, Professor of Risk Management, and Insurance at Butler University, practicing attorney, and financial advisor. Tom brings a wealth of experience from his distinguished c...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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15:12
Mastering Agency Management: Meet Steve Cissna (Part Three)
Wrapping Up Our Conversation with Steve Cissna Owner & President of Reedy Insurance Services, Seymour, IndianaSteve shares his thoughts on agency perpetuation and some hard-earned wisdom from his journey:Cho...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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15:29
Mastering Agency Management: Meet Steve Cissna (Part Two)
We’re back for Part Two of our chat with Steve Cissna, Owner & President of Reedy Insurance Services in Seymour, Indiana. Steve dives into how he navigates the mix of certainty and risk when making big decisions to grow his ag...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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13:57
Mastering Agency Management: Meet Steve Cissna (Part One)
We’re joined by Steve Cissna, Owner & President of Reedy Insurance Services in Seymour, Indiana. Steve opens up about his experience buying and growing a family-oriented independent agency — and what he’s learned along the way.We tal...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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12:59
In Need of Feedback? Closing the Identity...Reputation Gap with John Horton, MS, Practice Manager of the Independent Consultants Network at HOGAN Assessment Systems, (Part 2)
Program Description: In this Part 2 episode, John Horton of HOGAN Assessment Systems discusses the importance of leadership self-awareness and identifying the gap between a leader’s self-identity and his or her workplace reputation.
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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14:28
In Need of Feedback? Closing the Identity...Reputation Gap with John Horton, MS, Practice Manager of the Independent Consultants Network at HOGAN Assessment Systems, (Part 1)
Program Description: In this episode, John Horton of HOGAN Assessment Systems discusses the importance of leadership self-awareness and identifying the gap between a leader’s self-identity and his or her workplace reputation. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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18:25
Inside the Leaders Studio with Suzanne Wells, Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at Celina Insurance Group (Part 2)
Program Description: In this episode, Suzanne shares with us her life experiences that would later shape her leadership style. As the observant daughter of her mother, a business owner and her father, a funeral home director, Su...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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20:38
Inside the Leaders Studio with Suzanne Wells, Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at Celina Insurance Group (Part 1)
Program Description: In this episode, Suzanne shares with us her life experiences that would later shape her leadership style. As the observant daughter of her mother, a business owner and her father, a funeral home director, Su...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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14:31
Inside the Leaders Studio with Karen Bradbury, Vice-President of Talent Management, Unum (Part 2)
Program Description: In this episode, Karen shares with us the lessons that she learned in her early years as a manager in the retail drugstore industry through several human resource positions. All leading her to the current po...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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16:46
Inside the Leaders Studio with Karen Bradbury, Vice-President of Talent Management, Unum (Part 1)
Program Description: In this episode, Karen shares with us the lessons that she learned in her early years as a manager in the retail drugstore industry through several human resource positions. All leading her to the current po...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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22:50
Crossing The Leadership Divide…From Managing Processes to Leading Others (Part Two)
Program Description: In this episode, Darrin Walton, Executive Director of Claims, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance shares with us his discovery of the book The Leap to Leader How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Br...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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11:27
Crossing The Leadership Divide…From Managing Processes to Leading Others (Part One)
Program Description: In this episode, Darrin Walton, Executive Director of Claims, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance shares with us his discovery of the book The Leap to Leader How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Br...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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15:46
Inside the Leader’s Studio with Rick Kuster, Senior Vice-President, Chief Marketing Officer, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance (Part 2)
Program Description: Today you will meet Rick Kuster, Senior Vice-President Chief Marketing Officer, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. Listen in as Rick acknowledges those early mentors who saw his potential and set him on his lead...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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13:02
Inside the Leader’s Studio with Rick Kuster, Senior Vice-President, Chief Marketing Officer, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance (Part 1)
Program Description: Today you will meet Rick Kuster, Senior Vice-President Chief Marketing Officer, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. Listen in as Rick acknowledges those early mentors who saw his potential and set him on his lead...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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13:17
Inside the Leader’s Studio with Bill Montgomery, President & CEO of Celina Insurance Group
S4:E3Program Description: This one-one-one conversation with Bill Montgomery, President & CEO of Celina Insurance Group is the first in our new series “Inside the Leader’s Studio.” This series, hosted by Jim D...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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18:58
Manager as Coach (Part Two)
Program Description: In this episode, Jim Dickson, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach at Equis Consulting shares his impressions of Michael Bungay Stanier’s book The Coaching Habit. Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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14:48
Manager as Coach (Part One)
Program Description: In this episode, Jim Dickson, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach at Equis Consulting shares his impressions of Michael Bungay Stanier’s book The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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12:39
Good, Right & Fair; A Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Conversation with Firouzeh Dittmar (Part Two)
Program Description: In this episode, Firouzeh Dittmar, Regional Property Manager with Sheehan Property Management, shares her passion and purpose for creating a work environment where everyone can bring their authentic self. Pl...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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17:33
Good, Right & Fair; A Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Conversation with Firouzeh Dittmar (Part One)
Program Description: In this episode, Firouzeh Dittmar, Regional Property Manager with Sheehan Property Management, shares her passion and purpose for creating a work environment where everyone can bring their authentic self. Pl...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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19:11
How Is Your Company Positioned for “The Great Talent Reshuffle”? (Part Two)
Program Description: In this episode, we hear from our guest, Michael Brode, Vice-President of Educational and Technical Services at the Property and Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB), as we discuss how PLRB supports the insurance indu...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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12:41
How Is Your Company Positioned for “The Great Talent Reshuffle”? (Part One)
Program Description: In this episode, we hear from our guest, Michael Brode, Vice-President of Educational and Technical Services at the Property and Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB), as we discuss how PLRB supports the insurance indu...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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15:56
Does Your Company’s Vision Capture Its Heart & Soul? (Part Three)
Program Description: In this episode, we conclude our conversation with Jamie Terry, Vice-President of Organizational Development at Mountain West Farm Bureau Insurance Company, as we discuss their journey to develop a vision that ref...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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16:57
Does Your Company’s Vision Capture Its Heart & Soul? (Part Two)
Program Description: In this episode, we continue our conversation with Jamie Terry, Vice-President of Organizational Development at Mountain West Farm Bureau Insurance Company, as we discuss their journey to develop a vision that ref...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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18:37
Does Your Company's Vision Capture Its Heart and Soul? (Part One)
Program Description: In this episode, we hear from our guest, Jamie Terry, Vice-President of Organizational Development at Mountain West Farm Bureau Insurance Company, as we discuss their journey to develop a vision that reflects the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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15:38