Sports agent once called 'female Jerry Maguire' offers acute business advice

Among the pieces of Molly Fletcher's advice: Don’t be afraid to fire difficult clients.

By Grier Ferguson
| 6:10 a.m. June 28, 2019
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Courtesy, InStudioE. Molly Fletcher, whose career has included working as a sports agent, author and speaker, spoke recently at the Michael Saunders & Co. annual meeting.

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The world of sports, like real estate, involves some high-stake situations.

For 20 years, Molly Fletcher lived in that world. She was a successful sports agent, recruiting and representing big names, from baseball pitcher John Smoltz to broadcaster Erin Andrews. Now a national motivational speaker and entrepreneur, Fletcher, dubbed the “female Jerry Maguire” by CNN, according to her website, was recently one of the headliners at the Michael Saunders & Co. real estate brokerage annual meeting. Held June 6, Fletcher shared lessons from her career with the Michael Saunders agents and employees, tips that apply to people working in a variety of client-focused fields.