Episode Summary
In this live conversation recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the first sold-out stop on the podcast tour, Meg sits down with Jen DeGeorge, senior client manager at Hausman Group, a two-time national customer service award winner, and an energetic voice working towards the life she wants to lead. Together, Jen unpacks a year of putting herself out there, including the gut instinct that pulled her towards her next steps in her personal and professional journey. Themes in this episode include trusting your gut, envisioning your dream career and then watching it come to fruition, reframing “selfish” as choosing yourself, the self-imposed pressure of high standards, and diversifying where your validation comes from. Every scary leap that Jen has taken turned out better than she anticipated, and her advice is simple, “don’t be afraid to try new things because that’s where the most growth happens.” Honest, fun, and full of authentic takeaways, this episode is for anyone awaiting decisions for a big change and wondering what their next steps may be.
Meet Jennifer Degeorge, cic
Jen DeGeorge is a Senior Client Manager – Property & Casualty with Hausmann Group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jen fell into the Insurance Industry 10 years ago - also falling in love with the ability to build partnerships with clients, making commercial insurance a little less daunting with a smile, an educational approach, and forward thinking. Jen has been fortunate to serve as Chair for the PIA of Wisconsin’s Young Professionals in Insurance committee and is dedicated to connecting and developing young insurance professionals while growing our industry. Along the way Jen has been honored to receive the Wisconsin 2023 Outstanding Customer Service Representative of the Year award from the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance and the 2024 Customer Service Representative of the Year award from the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. Jen is committed to showing up as her sober, tattooed, passionate authentic self - on a mission to change the perception of the insurance industry, one positive interaction at a time.
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