FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CONTACT:  Sheri Winesett

 

PHONE/EMAIL:  (703) 881-7768

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2011

 

 

(Virginia) The Professional Insurance Agency Assist Program has now added a sixprofessional consultant to the professional team of experts waiting ready to assist PIA members – Sheri Winesett and ActionCOACH. ActionCOACH is a team of 10 professional executive coaches across VA and DC who help owners of small to medium sized businesses with sales, marketing, management and team building. Most importantly, they make you focus on your game...which for many independent agencies is growing agency value and preparing for the retirement harvest.

 

 

PIAVA/DC Agency Assist ™ offers PIA members a one-hour free consultation per year with each of six experienced professional practitioners. In addition to one hour per year of local assistance from one of the seven attorneys, PIAVA/DC offers one hour per year of free consultation from each of the six professional services providers, including CPA and tax consultation; agency perpetuation, agency management and workflow analysis; producer compensation and productivity analysis; relationship brokerage between agency purchasers and sellers; financing resources for agency purchases; agency human relations consulting; business planning; and agency valuation services.

 

 

Here’s an example of what PIAVA/DC and ActionCOACH can offer as an exclusive benefit for being a PIA member. “Our sales have been flat for the past three years, affecting both our income statement and the agency value. We really needed to get our sales back on a growth track as we entered 2011. The business climate has changed, and I realized that we had to do things a little differently moving forward. So, I asked Bill Gilliland of ActionCOACH to participate in an agency meeting for the purpose of helping us renew our sales mindset, increase our sales knowledge and skills, and help our team understand our common goals. Bill also offered to meet with me one-on-one to brainstorm strategies and tactics that will help us increase the value of the agency. Bill and the ActionCOACH principles hit the mark. Bill shows a passion for helping independent businesses, like our independent agency, grow in a manner that is both refreshing and inspiring. I found his “common sense” approach and expertise in business, marketing, and sales to be just what our team needed. All agency owners will benefit from attending an ActionCOACH seminar or workshop. In fact, it should be a must for agency owners who wish to increase the value of their agencies,” said Thom Jennings, CEO, ProSure, Inc., Chairman PIA Awards Committee.

 

 

For more information visit the ActionCOACH booth at the free PIAVA/DC Trade Fair June 26, 2011 in Virginia Beach.

 

 

ActionCOACH business coaching is the world’s number one coaching firm, with more than 1,000 offices in 32 countries. ActionCOACH is a team of committed, positive and successful people who are always striving to be balanced, integral and honest. They work within their “14 Points of Culture” to make sure that everyone who touches or is touched by the ActionCOACH team will benefit greatly and some way move closer to becoming the person they want to be or achieve the goals they want to achieve.

 

 

To learn more about ActionCOACH or this new announcement by the PIA, go to www.actioncoachforsuccess.com or call (888) 788-2192 or sheriwinesett@actioncoach.com.

 

 

ActionCOACH Virginia is currently recruiting coaches to join their team. Contact Sheri Winesett at (703) 881-7768 or sheriwinesett@actioncoach.com for more information.

 

 

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