What It Takes To Lead

What It Takes To Give: Building a Business While Giving Back

December 14, 2023 Coverica Episode 7
What It Takes To Give: Building a Business While Giving Back
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What It Takes To Lead
What It Takes To Give: Building a Business While Giving Back
Dec 14, 2023 Episode 7
Coverica

On this episode of the podcast, Mike’s wife, Heidi Sterlaccie, joins the podcast to talk about how they built their company around giving. Heidi has been with Mike for over 30 years. During that time she saw the ups and downs of the building of Coverica and today she shares what she and Mike did to keep their faith and relationship strong, as well as the role giving has played in their lives (both personally and professionally)

Shares:

Leif: NYT’s DealBooks Summit 

Garrett: The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green

Heidi: Books based around WWII

Mike: “Caddyshack” Directed by Harold Ramins 


About the Show


What It Takes to Lead is a podcast about Mike Sterlacci’s faith, family, friendships, and business lessons learned over 40-plus years of selling insurance and building a rapid-growth multi-million dollar insurance agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. 


Mike began his insurance career in 1979 as a captive agent at a major carrier. As CEO of CoVerica, Mike directed the company’s long-term vision. His focus on constant improvement has fueled the agency’s profit and revenue growth. Mike is passionate about making a difference and helping employees find fulfillment through their careers. As a mentor, he helps up-and-coming agents discover and apply their strengths to add real value to CoVerica and society at-large.  


New episodes drop every-other-Thursday. Please drop us a line if you have a question or suggestion; you can reach us at podcast@coverica.com or via Twitter/X at @wittlpod. Finally, if you like the podcast, we encourage you to subscribe and leave us a review.


About the Show


What It Takes to Lead is a podcast about Mike Sterlacci’s faith, family, friendships, and business lessons learned over 40-plus years of selling insurance and building a rapid-growth multi-million dollar insurance agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.


Mike began his insurance career in 1979 as a captive agent at a major carrier. As CEO of CoVerica, Mike directed the company’s long-term vision. His focus on constant improvement has fueled the agency’s profit and revenue growth. Mike is passionate about making a difference and helping employees find fulfillment through their careers. As a mentor, he helps up-and-coming agents discover and apply their strengths to add real value to CoVerica and society at-large.


New episodes drop every-other-Thursday. Please drop us a line if you have a question or suggestion; you can reach us at podcast@coverica.com or via Twitter/X at @wittlpod. Finally, if you like the podcast, we encourage you to subscribe and leave us a review.


Show Notes

On this episode of the podcast, Mike’s wife, Heidi Sterlaccie, joins the podcast to talk about how they built their company around giving. Heidi has been with Mike for over 30 years. During that time she saw the ups and downs of the building of Coverica and today she shares what she and Mike did to keep their faith and relationship strong, as well as the role giving has played in their lives (both personally and professionally)

Shares:

Leif: NYT’s DealBooks Summit 

Garrett: The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green

Heidi: Books based around WWII

Mike: “Caddyshack” Directed by Harold Ramins 


About the Show


What It Takes to Lead is a podcast about Mike Sterlacci’s faith, family, friendships, and business lessons learned over 40-plus years of selling insurance and building a rapid-growth multi-million dollar insurance agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. 


Mike began his insurance career in 1979 as a captive agent at a major carrier. As CEO of CoVerica, Mike directed the company’s long-term vision. His focus on constant improvement has fueled the agency’s profit and revenue growth. Mike is passionate about making a difference and helping employees find fulfillment through their careers. As a mentor, he helps up-and-coming agents discover and apply their strengths to add real value to CoVerica and society at-large.  


New episodes drop every-other-Thursday. Please drop us a line if you have a question or suggestion; you can reach us at podcast@coverica.com or via Twitter/X at @wittlpod. Finally, if you like the podcast, we encourage you to subscribe and leave us a review.


About the Show


What It Takes to Lead is a podcast about Mike Sterlacci’s faith, family, friendships, and business lessons learned over 40-plus years of selling insurance and building a rapid-growth multi-million dollar insurance agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.


Mike began his insurance career in 1979 as a captive agent at a major carrier. As CEO of CoVerica, Mike directed the company’s long-term vision. His focus on constant improvement has fueled the agency’s profit and revenue growth. Mike is passionate about making a difference and helping employees find fulfillment through their careers. As a mentor, he helps up-and-coming agents discover and apply their strengths to add real value to CoVerica and society at-large.


New episodes drop every-other-Thursday. Please drop us a line if you have a question or suggestion; you can reach us at podcast@coverica.com or via Twitter/X at @wittlpod. Finally, if you like the podcast, we encourage you to subscribe and leave us a review.