{"id":15437,"date":"2014-07-19T13:58:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T17:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplybuckhead.wpengine.com\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2014-07-19T13:58:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T17:58:36","slug":"cover-story-bold-women-buckhead-molly-fletcher-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplybuckhead.com\/cover-story-bold-women-buckhead-molly-fletcher-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COVER STORY &#124; Bold Women of Buckhead: Molly Fletcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simplybuckhead.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Molly-Fletcher-web.jpg\" class=\"mfp-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4775 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/simplybuckhead.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Molly-Fletcher-web-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Molly Fletcher web\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBy Karina Timmel<br \/>\n<strong>Job:<\/strong> President and CEO of MWF Enterprises<br \/>\n<strong>Born in:<\/strong> Lansing, Michigan<br \/>\n<strong>Lives in:<\/strong> Buckhead<br \/>\nMolly Fletcher moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in the sports industry. Her first real job was answering the phones for Super Bowl XXVIII.<br \/>\n\u201cThough my job may have seemed trivial, I was at the front line,\u201d she says. She ended up with a file of corporate executive contacts, which would be her step through the doorway of the sports industry.<br \/>\nNicknamed \u201cthe female Jerry Maguire\u201d by CNN, Fletcher spent nearly two decades recruiting top athletes, coaches and sports media personalities. As one of the only female sports agents in the industry, she made a name for herself working with big names, like Tom Izzo, Ernie Johnson Jr. and John Smoltz. \u00a0After the release of her first book, <em>Your Dream Job Game Plan: 5 Tools for Becoming Your Own Career Agent<\/em>, in 2008, Fletcher began getting a lot of speaking requests, which prompted her to switch gears and launch her own business.<br \/>\nToday, she travels all over the country speaking to Fortune 500 companies on topics related to leadership, team building and business development.<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s nothing more rewarding than getting phone calls or emails saying, \u2018You talked about this and here are the changes I made and how it\u2019s worked for me.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\nWith three daughters under the age of 11, Fletcher certainly makes it work.<br \/>\n<strong>Her Biggest Life Lesson:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIt is important to get clear on your priorities and make sure everything else in your life\u2014personal and professional\u2014is aligned with those.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karina Timmel Job: President and CEO of MWF Enterprises Born in: Lansing, Michigan Lives in: Buckhead Molly Fletcher moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in the sports industry. 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