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Vision Statement: Empowering leaders to unlock their full potential and create positive impact within their teams and organizations.

 

Purpose Statement: To equip novel, emerging, and executive leaders with the tools they need to thrive, grow their teams, and make a lasting difference."

 

Mission Statement: Through seminars, webinars, conferences, and retreats, we foster a community of leaders who lead with integrity, empathy, and purpose.

 

Guard Your Gates, LLC is committed to helping leaders build strong foundations, elevate their leadership capabilities, and create a positive ripple effect in their spheres of influence.

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ABOUT ROD

Rod Patterson is a results-driven industry executive who is passionate about insurance and leadership. He has an insatiable appetite for progress and works hard at leading himself and developing team members into self-managed, self-motivated, and highly productive professionals.  As a leader within Seneca Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Crum and Forster, he manages and oversees multiple teams within the company; including property claims and CAT Teams. He is the Internship Lead for claims. He led the piloting of new claims technology and created procedures allowing its seamless implementation into the adjustment process.  

Rod is also a founding member of Crum and Forster’s Inclusivity Council and is an Executive Sponsor of the Blacks and African American Employee Resource Group, the Advocates for Black Equity (ABES).  As a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), he is a sought-after presenter and keynote speaker. He regularly presents on various claims, leadership, and DEI topics at PLRB Conferences and other industry organization events, as well as community and faith-based organizations. He is the author of “Guard Your Gates: Simple Steps to High Productivity”, and   his article, “Lessons from the Tall Tale of John Henry” was published in CLM’’s June 2019 issue. Rod is the irresistible husband of his wife of 32 years, Katrina, and father to their two adult children.