Finding Peak Podcast

Join host Ryan Hanley as he explores peak performance in business and life.

Each episode seeks to uncover truths on leadership, growth, personal excellence, and, ultimately, how we reach our own version of peak performance.

In the end, what you focus on is who you become.

Ready to find your peak?

This is the way.

Show home: https://ryanhanley.com

Business
Entrepreneurship
Self-Improvement
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RHS 146 - Live Recording of Bradley Flowers and...
Bradley Flowers, founder and president of Portal Insurance and the co-host of the Insurance Guys Podcast sits down with Ryan in Cleveland, Ohio in front of an audience of over 150 people for a live recording of the podcast. In this conversation, they dive deep on culture, hiring, and the marketing strategies producing exponential results in 2022. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind conversation…
52 min
102
RHS 145 - Gordon Coyle on Using Video to Create...
Gordon Coyle, founder, and president of The Coyle Group, a risk management and insurance services firm specializing in liability products joins the podcast explains how he's using video to create inbound leads in specialty liability insurance.
63 min
103
RHS 144 - Todd Thams on Delivering Max Value to...
Todd Thams, founder of Mod Advisor, Direct Work Comp and President of Thams Agency, joins the podcast to break down how Mod Advisor is helping independent insurance agents deliver maximum value to their insurance clients. Don't miss this episode...
55 min
104
RHS 143 - Nick Ayers on What it Takes to be a W...
Nick Ayers, Chief Marketing Officer at Better Agency, joins the podcast to talk about insurance marketing, building technology, and putting on rockstar conferences. Always a tremendous conversation when Nick's on the show. Don't miss this episode...
61 min
105
RHS 142 - Zach Mefferd on Becoming a Technologi...
Zach Mefferd, co-founder of Coverage Direct and Zip Bonds joins the podcast for a spirited discussion on what it means to transition from independent insurance agent to insurtech technologist. Zach is an all-time thinker in the independent insurance industry and it is a true pleasure to have him on the show...
36 min
106
RHS 141 - Raghav Tanna on Tarmika and World Dom...
Raghav Tanna, co-founder, and CEO of Tarmika, joins the podcast for an all-time discussion on building technology, the independent insurance industry, and world domination. Raghav is always most interesting guy in the room, so don't miss this tremendous episode...
43 min
107
RHS 140 - Bobbie Collies on the Future of Small...
In this tremendous episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, we're joined by the one-and-only Bobbie Collies, vice president of distribution at Coterie Insurance. Bobbie is the perfect blend of a carrier professional the industry needs to cultivate; traditionally trained but insurtech-minded. We're honored to have Bobbie on the show…
58 min
108
RHS 139 - EXCLUSIVE: Inside the SIAA Acquisitio...
Take a look inside the acquisition of Rogue Risk by SIAA with Matt Masiello, CEO of SIAA and Ryan Hanley, founder and president of Rogue Risk. This is an episode you don't want to miss...
50 min
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RHS 138 - Andrew Darlington on Adding Love to Y...
40 min
110
RHS 137 - Alan Stein Jr. Explains How to Stay o...
Alan Stein, Jr. is an experienced keynote speaker and author. At his core, he’s a performance coach with a passion for helping others change behaviors. He spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant). Through his customized programs, he transfers his unique expertise to maximize both individual and organizational performance. In his latest book, Sustain Your Game, Alan explains how high performers who want to learn how to maintain excellence across the short, intermediate, and long term. It assembles invaluable advice and lessons from successful athletes, entrepreneurs, social scientists, journalists, CEOs, motivational speakers, business coaches, and consultants, as well as my own unique personal stories. Don't miss this episode...
67 min
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RHS 136: The Lesson From Will Smith Bitchslappi...
23 min
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RHS 135 - The Only Superpower You Need
There is only one superpower you need to win. It's not intelligence or good looks or killer sales skills... it's macro consistency. The consistent, win. Period.
16 min
113
RHS 134 - A Brain Dump on Digital Insurance Dis...
After a 3-week hiatus, The Show is back, with a deep breakdown of the trends and ideas impacting the digital distribution of insurance products in 2022. This is Part II of a two-part series. Don't miss this one...
40 min
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RHS 133 - A Brain Dump on Digital Insurance Dis...
After a 3-week hiatus, The Show is back, with a deep breakdown of the trends and ideas impacting the digital distribution of insurance products in 2022. This is Part I of a two-part series. Don't miss this one...
39 min
115
RHS 132 - The Power Brokers on the Future of In...
This is a special multi-guest episode with a "Whose Who" lineup of technology power players including Steve Anderson, CEO of Catalyt, Peter MacDonald, co-founder and CEO of Wunderite and Andrew Wynn, co-founder and CEO of Ascend. We get after all things independent insurance agents and technology. You don't want to miss this episode...
70 min
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RHS 131 - Billy Williams on How to Maximize Age...
This is a special Billy Williams episode on maximizing agency growth in 2022. In this conversation, we dive deep into what holds agencies back from growing and what the major keys are to breaking free of stagnation and making growth real moving forward. This is an episode you don't want to miss...
69 min
117
RHS 130 - John Fohr on Making Compliance Sexy w...
John Fohr, co-founder of TrustLayer, the digital platform helping agencies and business owners alike better track licensing, certificates and insurance, joins the podcast for an EPIC conversation. This is one you don't want to miss...
65 min
118
RHS 129 - Bradley Flowers 2.0
Bradley Flowers, entrepreneur-in-residence at Portal Insurance, joins the podcast for a tremendous conversation on what comes next for one of the most exciting and interesting young agencies in our industry.
73 min
119
RHS 128 - Josh Gurley on How to Be Brave Enough...
Josh Gurley, partner at HM Advisors, joins the podcast for an epic conversation to start 2022. In this episode, we breakdown the business of insurance, selling commercial and growing your business. Josh is an all-time professional in our industry.
69 min
120
RHS Throwback - Josh Braun Teaches Us How to Do...
The Master Guru of cold email prospecting, (and all things sales), Josh Braun, joins the podcast to explain why we don’t get the response rate on cold outreach we should be and what to do about it.
61 min
121
RHS 127 - How Independent Agents Dominate 2022
In this solo episode, Ryan breaks down how he's positioning Rogue Risk for success in 2022 and what independent agents can do to put themselves in a position to dominate.
39 min
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RHS 126 - A Tremendous Conversation with Ricky ...
Ricky Hayter, owner of ANR Insurance Group, joins the podcast for a tremendous conversation on what it takes to run an independent insurance agency. Ricky is growing his agency like crazy and shares some of the challenges they've faced as well as how they've overcome all of them on the path to world domination. Don't miss this episode...
66 min
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RHS 125 - Kevin Abramson on How Cover Whale is ...
Kevin Abramson, president at Cover Whale, joins the show to discuss why the insurance industry is ripe for innovation and how Cover Whale plans attack these opportunities. Cover Whale is currently providing insurance truckers by breaching the gap between insurance and technology. This is a tremendous conversation, don't miss it...
60 min
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RHS 124 `- Ciara Gravier on Winning the Start-U...
Ciara Gravier CIC, CRM, CCIC, PWCA, CPIA, founder and CEO of The Bunker Insurance & Risk Management joins the show to share all her secrets to winning the start-up independent agency game. Ciara is someone I've personally been a fan of for a long time and it was an absolute pleasure to be able to spend time and learn more about her story. You're going to love this episode...
68 min
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RHS 123 - Alex Bargmann on What It Takes to Inn...
Alex Bargmann, CEO and co-founder of Pathpoint, the first open digital wholesale brokerage for the Excess & Surplus lines market in the insurance industry. Some people find E&S boring and difficult. Alex and I breakdown why this is no longer the case and why independent agents need to start taking notice of E&S business. Don't miss this episode...
60 min