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This podcast discusses the challenges faced by federal employees, particularly regarding retirement planning and navigating career transitions. The conversation highlights the partnership between DNA Financial and FedOptions, aiming to provide clarity and support to federal employees dealing with job uncertainties and retirement complexities. Key topics include understanding federal benefits, strategies for financial well-being, and the importance of early planning. The speakers share insights on common misconceptions and offer practical advice for employees to secure their financial future.

As CEO of Fed Options, I explain the complicated world of federal employee benefits to financial advisors, so the benefit choices are easily understood by employees.

I have spent over 15 years in the insurance industry with 10+ years being focused in the federal benefits arena. As a former spouse of a federal employee, I had first-hand experience of the lack of knowledge that employees and their spouse have around the federal employee benefits. After taking my first federal benefits class for professionals in 2014, I made it my mission to educate employees and their spouses about their complexities and challenges they have with their federal benefits; so that they don’t have to face the rude awakening that some of my family and friends faced when it came to the retirement planning process.

My position has changed through the years though. Originally, I began helping federal employees directly as an independent insurance representative, then after a couple of years I began helping financial professionals all over the country. This shift was one of the best life changing decisions I made. While still serving my  original mission of educating employees and their spouses, I get to have an even larger impact by helping professionals understand the challenges, complexities, and possible solutions that assist employees, and their spouses have a better retirement future. With Fed Options, we provide a variety of services, resources, and tools that increase service, trust, and credibility with the federal employee community saving financial professionals time, money and energy of having to be the federal benefits guru. This helps them to be able to stay the master of the solution!

Mike Saunders, MBA

Mike Saunders is theAuthority Positioning Coach at Marketing Huddle, the author of Amazon Bestselling book Authority Selling™, Adjunct Marketing Professor at several Universities, contributor to The Huffington Post, and member of the Forbes Coaches Council – an invitation-only community for the World’s Most Influential Business Coaches.