Agents are Struggling with…

by | Mar 30, 2022

Last Friday, I encouraged each of you to participate in a nationwide survey on issues related to agents, teams, and brokers. Thank you to all those who took the time to contribute to his effort.

One of the questions asked agents to rank their biggest frustrations. Here are their top five frustrations:

Staying consistent in prospecting.

Lead generation (in general).

Time Management.

Creating/using marketing that produces real results.

Delegating non-revenue-generating activities.

Here are some of the issues that were cited as the least frustrating:

Appointment setting.

Appointment conversion.

Follow-through on communication.

Working with technology (ex. CRM).

Managing finances.

It’s no secret that agents often change brokers to alleviate frustrations.

Your recruitment marketing should be emphasizing solutions to their biggest frustrations and ignoring the issues they care about least.

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The Attrition Variables

The Attrition Variables

While these attrition constants still have the greatest influence, there are some emerging attrition variables worth noting. People also tend to leave companies when: They feel like they’re not doing as well as others in their peer group outside the company. They feel like they’re not as far along as they should be at a certain point in life.

The Attrition Constants

The Attrition Constants

If you’re not focusing most of your retention effort on these issues, you’ll miss the mark. If you’re not focusing most of your recruiting effort on exploiting these weaknesses among your competitors, you’re missing the best opportunities.

The Persistence Mindset

The Persistence Mindset

A leader equipped with this mindset can have a profound effect on the life and career of each individual they engage. It works because an agent is getting a real-time glimpse of what it would be like to work on your team. But it only becomes believable when it is persistently applied over time.