Takeaways from the 2016 CPCU Society Leadership Summit

Last year, we shared some tips on how to make the most of the CPCU Society Leadership Summit. This year, we were both able to attend, and we Live-Tweeted many of the sessions that we attended using the hashtag  #CPCU16.  We left the conference motivated and excited about the future of the industry. The Leadership Summit is both an opportunity to attend educational sessions to improve your leadership skills and a working meeting to direct the future of CPCU Society at the local and national levels. Here are 5 of the biggest takeaways after our time in San Antonio:

1. Leaders in Our Industry are Recognizing the Need to Adapt: We’ve written before sharing some ideas of how to improve the industry and what it might look like in the years to come.  As many new entrants (and some veterans) to the industry will tell you, it sometimes feels like change comes at a turtle’s pace.  Adapting to new technologies takes longer than in other industries, recognizing a changing workforce may also be slower, not to mention embracing these new trends. However, the sessions we attended included many conversations about how we need to become more agile. In one working meeting we attended, Generation Z was given a nod-the leader of the meeting shared with us that while we still have strides to make with Millennials, we need to start thinking about how to get ahead of the ball with Generation Z. This is an exciting time to be in the industry, and all of us can contribute to improving and leading the changes that are necessary in keeping the industry vital.

CPCU Society President Elect Michael Koscielny welcoming first time participants.

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