Following the recent elections, many people at Women’s Council of REALTORS® and other organized real estate groups are assuming leadership roles for the first time, and many others are striving to build their leadership skills. Everyone’s leadership journey is unique and personal.
And Now the Disruptors are Disrupting Themselves
Recently we’ve witnessed a lot of disruptors disrupting themselves. A perfect example of this is Zillow’s announcement that it is ceasing its iBuying operations and reducing its workforce by 25% due to massive losses in that division. In my opinion, this confirms what many in the industry have been saying for years: automated valuation models are flawed.
Lead with Love
In the pre-pandemic world when I would step out on stage to talk about leading with love, I’d notice some initial discomfort in the audience. They shifted in their seats or broke eye contact with me until I explained what I meant. Now with everything we’ve been through, people are craving better relationships with everyone in their life, including their leaders, and I don’t notice that awkwardness anymore.
The Shift to Solutions-Thinking
There is a lot of hand-wringing these days over problems. Problems in the world and in the country. Problems with the pandemic and with healthcare. Problems in the real estate industry and inventory shortage. Mahatma Gandhi famously directed us to, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” and being the change starts by shifting focus from the problem to the solution, from inertia to action.
5 Tips to Attract and Retain Top Leadership
Zig Ziglar’s famous quote is as true today as ever: You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
If You Build People, Profits Will Follow
Our industry is polarized by fear: fear of competitors, fear of disruptors, fear of the unknown. Real estate has always been cyclical and there has always been competition.
The T’s have it
I find one of the best ways to accomplish big things is by having the three T’s: Targets, Tactics, and Timelines.
Tap into Your Inner GPS
During research for a talk, I discovered that humans have a kind of inner GPS. We’re all familiar with the global positioning system that helps us drive from point A to point B, but we also have an internal GPS; an inner goal producing system.
What to Expect in Changing Times
Bob Dylan famously sang, “The times they are a’changin’” and following are a few ways they’re a’changin’ as a result of COVID-19’s business as unusual.