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Power Women In Insurance

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Together we are stronger! On the Power Women Insurance Podcast, we get to ask the questions about how to excel and thrive in the insurance industry as a POWER Woman in this space.

Hosted By

Hosted By

Teresa Kitchens

Meet Blythe Donovan, a senior producer/ sales team lead at MVP out of Oklahoma. She is also a joyful speaker, life coach, writer, and mom who has a passion for spreading joy and taking care of people in business and life.

In this episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Blythe shares her insurance journey which started 2 years ago after being a serial entrepreneur for many years. She explains how she has cultivated referral partnerships and formed long-term business and personal relationships in the insurance industry.

Listen in to learn the importance of being a servant leader who supports and builds their staff, which

later translates to a successful business.

Top Takeaways:

– The importance of having a community that supports unity over the internal and external

competition.

– The value of servant leadership and creating a relationship between the business and its staff.

– The importance of being open to trying new things and having relationship-building

conversations to keep business afloat during a crisis.

– Learning not to focus on what you don’t know and keep your eyes on what you do know.

“To build a business the right way is to build it based on relationships, and your relationships start with the people that work for you.”- Blythe [42:20]

Key Moments:

 [2:08] Blythe explains how being a single mom and lover of entrepreneurship influenced her to

join insurance at MVP.

 [5:43] How she has mastered helping people with their struggles and in turn forming referral

partnerships.

 [11:00] The importance of building a business that pours into its employees and finds value in

what they have to offer.

 [19:04] How having support from everyone and finding referral partnerships helped Blythe

become successful in insurance sales.

 [23:21] She explains how her boss Joan helped raise her by ‘wing manning’ her to other people

which builds her sales strength.

 [27:01] How they managed a successful marketing event during COVID to help keep the business

successful.

 [31:09] Learn to think outside the box to help build long-term relationships in your business.

 [34:16] Blythe advises young insurance agents to focus on helping people and growing

personally and businesswise.

 [37:57] She also advises agency owners to support their staff to help grow their business.

Relevant Links:

Email: blythe@insuremvp.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/InsureMVP/

Connect With Teresa!

Sterling Insurance Group’s Website: https://www.sterlinginsnow.com

Teresa’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teresa.comerkitchens

Sterling Insurance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sterlinginsurancegrouptx/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterlinginsurancegroup/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlinginsurancetx