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Build Your People

The second key in our 5 Keys to Legendary Leadership is to “Build Your People.”  To build your people is to lead with your heart. Building up your people may be as simple as setting expectations.  One of the greatest opportunities I experience when working with real estate professionals is clarifying the vision, setting expectations,

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Hold the Vision

The first key in our 5 Keys to Legendary Leadership is to “Hold the Vision.”  To hold your vision is to lead with your mind. Now that is powerful.  So powerful that you might ask, “How does that work?” My experience with legendary leaders is they not only possess the ability to see things others

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Five Keys to Legendary Leadership

As we move into the height and thrill of the spring market, let us ever be reminded that a great, healthy market allows us to foster and develop bad habits.  (If you are in Coaching, how many times have you heard me say that?) Over the next 5 weeks, rather than harp on the fundamental practices of

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Top 3 Ways to Build Your Best Business (part 3)

Don’t let a great market create bad habits! In the midst of the chaos of the business, it’s important that we maintain great habits and sharpen the fundamental skills that sustain a solid, profitable business! Especially in times of a healthy housing economy with depleted inventory seriously impacting our business, we must stay true to

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Top 3 Ways to Build Your Best Business (part 2)

Don’t let a great market create bad habits! FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES  I love this time of year!  I am a sunshine, warm weather spirit!  It’s spring, the flowers are blooming, the trees budding, and the market is HOT!  Each spring, professional baseball players pack up and travel to Spring Training.  They relentlessly practice the fundamentals

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Top 3 Ways to Build Your Best Business (part 1)

Don’t let a great market create bad habits! Across the nation, the Spring market is well underway!   Our healthy housing economy has resulted in depleted inventory and is significantly impacting our industry!  With mere weeks of inventory available in many markets, there are greater opportunities and challenges than we can imagine. In the midst of

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Improve Your People’s Quality of Life

As we approach the final entry in highlighting leadership from the perspective of Captain Michael Abrashoff and the US Navy’s USS Benfold, we look at what we do to improve the lives of others and leave a legacy.  What do we do today that might have a positive impact tomorrow? The challenge with today’s world

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Generate Unity

This topic is so dear to my heart.  And it starts with a very simple question. Why on earth have we participated in “Diversity Training” for the past few decades?  What confused individual or group thought it would be a good idea to gather people of all kinds and discuss how we differ? Who on

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Go Beyond Standard Procedures

This week’s leadership discussion pulls at my heart and gives such great energy.  How do we step out of standard and achieve extraordinary results? Captain Michael Abrashoff references this in his book, It’s Your Ship.  He discusses that SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) as it is known is the Navy, is safe, proven and effective yet

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Build Your People Up

In his book, It’s Your Ship, Captain Michael Abrashoff states that in his opinion, leadership is somewhat easy.  It’s mastering the art of doing simple things very well.  Okay, sit with that for a moment. Leadership is mastering that art of doing simple things well.  May we add consistently and transparently?  When we do so

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