Holly Blake

Pioneer
DISC Type : Dsi

Vice President, Enterprise Creative Operations | Optum, UnitedHealth Group at UnitedHealth Group

Andover, Minnesota, United States

Overview

Holly Blake is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience guiding creative and client service teams at Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group. Colleagues describe her as a strategic, focused, and collaborative mentor. She holds a BA and an Executive Development certificate from the University of Minnesota.

She is passionate about fostering a collaborative work environment, investing in her teams growth, and celebrating successes together. Her leadership is rooted in emotional intelligence, prioritizing strong relationships to drive results and exceed client expectations, maintaining consistently high employee engagement and client satisfaction scores.

As a leader, she successfully united three separate teams over five years, expanding her departmental influence by 89%.

Personality Overview

Dynamic But Sincere

Decisive But Friendly

Friendly But Fast

They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)  They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Topics They Care About

Creative Operations
Leads teams focused on agency and workflow management, responsible for productivity reporting, cost avoidance, and delivering over 20, 000 creative assets annually for marketing campaigns.
Team Leadership
Her leadership style focuses on mentoring and development, consistently achieving over 94% employee engagement. Recommendations highlight her dedication to supporting her team's growth and success.
Client Management
Her roles have consistently focused on shaping strategic marketing plans and managing client relationships for diverse healthcare segments and Fortune 500 companies, achieving 87-94% satisfaction.

Media Appearances

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Work History

2023
Vice President, Enterprise Creative Operations | Optum, UnitedHealth Group at UnitedHealth Group
2023
Vice President, Enterprise Creative Operations | UnitedHealth Group, Optum, United Healthcare at UnitedHealth Group
2016 - 2023
Vice President, Creative Partners | Optum, UnitedHealth Group at Optum
2016 - 2023
Vice President, Creative Partners | Optum at Optum
2011 - 2016
Senior Director, Client and Account Management at Optum

Education

BA from University of Minnesota
Executive Development Program from University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
Executive Development Program from UMN Carlson School of Management

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Insights For Selling To Holly

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Showcase existing customers and use case-studies to grab their attention
  • Mostly stick to your standard pitch and qualifying script, but add some stories or anecdotes to it
  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach
  • Don't lean very heavily into providing too much information, sharing whitepapers etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Holly is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Holly

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Holly move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Holly take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Holly

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