Writing in Rough Notes, Angela Adams explains why ownership transfer and leadership transfer are not the same thing.
In her column for Rough Notes, Angela Adams, founder and president of Angela Adams Consulting, reflects on how the early days of COVID made her confront a hard question: how much of her firm’s future depended on her alone?
She explains why ownership transfer and leadership transfer are not the same thing, and how that realization led her to create a year-long leadership development program to prepare the firm’s next generation of leaders.
Originally published in Rough Notes
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Angela is a popular speaker at NetVU conferences whether it be a local Chapter meeting, virtual webex session or National Conference. This is due to her experience with the Insurance Industry and passion for Insurance Agency Professionals. Angela has been in the Insurance Industry since 1980. She has held various positions with Carriers including System Interaction Specialist, Personal Lines Underwriter, Commercial Lines Underwriter. In 1992 Angela became a Licensed Property & Casualty agent for a large Brokerage firm in the Washington area specializing in Financial Products before joining Vertafore in 1996. While at Vertafore Angela Painter worked primarily in Development as a Senior Business Analyst and Product Manager on AfW and the AMS360 product since its inception. As the AMS360 Product Manager Angela worked closely with Agencies, Sales, Support, Implementation, Training and Development Teams to analyze, research, prioritize, design, and implement features within the AMS360 system.
