What exactly is cyber risk? It’s any risk of financial loss, disruption or damage to the reputation of an organization from some sort of failure of its information technology systems. Cyber risk and cyber security is a hot topic right now and will continue to grow as our business technology systems grow. Here is a great article about: What does … Read More
PGI Sponsor’s Captain Mike Anderson’s Boat
We’ve been big fans of Captain Mike Anderson for a long time. So much so that we sponsored his fishing boat recently! If you’re not familiar with Captain Mike Anderson, he is one of the top Captains in Florida and has a fishing show on TV –Reel Animals Fishing Show. Thanks for the GREAT opportunity to catch some fish with … Read More
How to Provide GREAT Customer Service
Each month we have a guest blogger who exemplifies the PGI values. We asked Todd Wolfe this month to contribute to our blog. Todd is someone to know in the community. Here is a little about him: Todd Wolf has been in the building service contracting industry since 1989. “I was living in NYC, and my mom called me up … Read More
2016 Community Service Award – Ed Ellsasser Gets Recognized!
Below was a note from Nationwide: In our journey to One Nationwide we invited our independent channel partners to join us in honoring agents who serve their communities, through the Community Service Award. This year we had one independent and one exclusive channel agent nomination per region, which led to a very difficult decision for the selection committee. The 2016 … Read More
6 Tips to Nail Your Job Interview
Making yourself stand out among great candidates can be challenging. After nearly two decades of interviewing candidates for various positions, here are the key (little) things that stand out and the reasons why I hire one deserving candidate over another: 1.Dress for success! Spend the money and buy a nice navy suit whether a man or woman. Also get a … Read More
The #1 Secret to Networking! Shhhh
Many people call themselvesgreat networkers. They have many friends on Facebook or they have a lot of connections on LinkedIn but are theyclosing business?? Are they translating those connections into sales? If you want to close business you have todevelop relationshipswith the connections you meet networking. Here is the plan: When you have an initial sit down meeting with someone … Read More
3 Tips for Balancing Your Screen Time
You can’t pick up a newspaper without seeing a headline about balancing screen time for kids. But what about adults’ screen time? You’re often on two screens at once, posting to your company’s Facebook page while monitoring Twitter to jump into customer conversations. Then you toggle over to email to finish a note to a client. At the end of … Read More
5 Tips to Make Your Work Environment More ‘Aaahh’ and Less ‘Arrrgh’
If you sit in the same place for eight hours a day, five days a week for work, then your surroundings better be conducive to comfort and productivity. While you probably have little control over the building and cubicle in which you work, there are positive changes within your control. Here are five ways to balance your physical and mental … Read More
Top 5 Leadership Tips to Apply Today for Your Growing Business
In our previous blog,Top 5 Leadership Tips for Growing Your Business (of any size!), we discussed some of the core infrastructure that will allow your business to grow. In this blog we discuss the action items that can be implemented ASAP to move your business forward! 1.BUILD A STRONG CULTURE In order to grow a business you need a great … Read More
Saddle Up & Fight Back RECAP
On Saturday February 20th,The American Cancer Society’s Tampa Cattle Baron Ball Saddled Up & FOUGHT cancer! The event was tremendous – great fun, wonderful people, inspiring stories and a LOT of donations to support the fight against cancer. PGI was a sponsor at the event. Rather than tell you all about it, here are a few pictures from the evening. … Read More