Leading our Way Into 2018

Leading our Way Into 2018

As we launch into a New Year with amazing expectations, plans, and strategies, I’m delighted to introduce our Q1 blog series based on the leadership theories and the principles of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold.  His leadership story has become legendary inside and outside the Navy. I’m pleased to feature his story and tie the ribbon around how it applies to the real estate industry.

When Abrashoff took over as commander of the Benfold, it was ranked at the lowest possible place with the Navy.  The ship provided extremely high technology with extremely low results in productivity.  Sound familiar?  Realizing that the responsibility rested on his shoulders, he recognized his own leadership skills had to be honed and improved before he could improve his ship.  Within months, significant changes were made which resulted in confidence and change.  The slogan on board soon became “It’s Your Ship” and the Benfold soon became the best damn ship in the Navy.

Our opportunity is to take Abrashoff’s principles and incorporate them into your daily activities, hold you accountable and provide the conduit for you to make the changes needed to gain confidence and create change.

Over the next 10 weeks, we will take a deep dive and explore the secrets needed to elevate your “ship” or business and take it to the next level.  The secrets which will be revealed and explored include, yet are not limited to:

• Lead by Example
• Listen Aggressively
• Communicate with Purpose and Meaning
• Create a Climate of Trust
• Look for Results, not Salutes
• Take Calculated Risks
• Go Beyond Standard Procedure
• Build Up Your People
• Generate Unity
• Improve Your People’s Quality of Life

At the time I read this book, I literally drank in each principle.  Personally, for me, it was life and career changing.  I hope you will walk away motivated, inspired, and compelled to make the changes needed in your business to take you to the next level.

Like Captain Abrashoff, we will be a resource and not a sales pitch.