# Breaking the Insurance Agent Mold: Leading with EQ to Win the Long Game Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurance-guys-podcast-410177/breaking-the-insurance-agent-mold-leading-with-eq-to-win-the-long-game Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurance-guys-podcast-410177/breaking-the-insurance-agent-mold-leading-with-eq-to-win-the-long-game.md Podcast: [The Insurance Guys Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurance-guys-podcast-410177) Published: 2026-06-04T20:39:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/RFL7447384056.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/RFL7447384056.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-insurance-guys-podcast-410177/episodes/breaking-the-insurance-agent-mold-leading-with-eq-to-win-the-long-game Duration seconds: 3541 ## Resource In this insightful episode of The Insurance Guys Podcast, Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers sit down with Kasey D’Amato to explore how emotional intelligence (EQ) is becoming a game-changing leadership skill in the insurance industry. Rather than focusing solely on traditional sales tactics, this conversation dives deep into building scalable businesses, leading with emotional intelligence, navigating difficult conversations, and creating high-performing, trust-based team cultures. Whether you’re a solo producer or running a growing agency, this episode offers practical strategies for playing the long game in insurance. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-insurance-guys-podcast-410177/episodes/breaking-the-insurance-agent-mold-leading-with-eq-to-win-the-long-game/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurance-guys-podcast-410177/breaking-the-insurance-agent-mold-leading-with-eq-to-win-the-long-game.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.