The Ontario Broker - Volume 24, Issue 2 - 47

DEPARTMENTS
Finding your Impact Through
Education
Stephanie Iacono-Broker Education Rep, SGI CANADA
W
hether you're seasoned, new or in that mid sweet spot
in your career, we can all relate to the challenge of
navigating an increasingly fast-pasted, ever-changing
industry. To find success as professionals and, most
importantly, for our customers, the best approach is continued learning.
Think of your life so far, before your journey as a broker was even
a seed of thought in your mind. We've been on a constant journey of
learning from the early stages of childhood. When we were younger,
many of us were guided through formal education systems. As we left
school and progressed through the professional world, fostering our
learning became our own responsibility. Considering the context of our
busy workdays, it's no surprise that professional development can be put
aside for tomorrow, or the next day until it's almost forgotten.
Yet learning, development and training have become even more
important as companies embrace new systems and technologies - tools
that are, themselves, constantly improving and evolving. In response,
many insurance companies are embracing the practices of adult
education to develop and upskill their people.
Brokers can find support through continued education. At the
frontlines of insurance, brokers are in a challenging position, needing
to understand the evolving needs of customers and the ever-updating
products and systems used to service those clients. Continuous
education is the essential link that connects and holds brokers to their
high service levels and business success in an evolving environment.
Rooted in a broker distribution business model, we care about the
changing needs of our broker partners. Our dedicated team of Broker
Education Representatives in each region we operate in make learning
and development easy and accessible by providing education directly
to our partners. There's something for every insurance professional-
we offer programs like SGI CANADA University, SGI CANADA Broker
Academies and our annual broker convention. Programs are available
throughout the year featuring technical training on our lines of business,
soft skills development and customer experience strategies. We bring
brokers together in our in-classroom instructor-led sessions and offer
more flexible, self-paced online courses.
Because we know that professional development is an individual
journey, it's important to find the developmental path that works for
you. It's proof we can learn and gain new skills even when we thought it
wasn't possible to fit in our busier-than-ever schedules.
Learning, development and
training have become even
more important as companies
embrace new systems and
technologies-tools that
are, themselves, constantly
improving and evolving.
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