• 3.3 min readPublished On: February 19, 2011

    Are Most Managers in ‘Maintenance’ or ‘Leadership’?

    Are most managers in 'maintenance' or are they taking leadership actions? Youa��ve probably read dozens of books about leadership. Youa��ve [...]

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  • 1.5 min readPublished On: February 14, 2011

    What’s your Job Description?

    Whata��s your job description? Did you get one prior to taking your present position with your company? Very few managers [...]

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  • 2.1 min readPublished On: February 10, 2011

    Are you Managing your Time as a Maintenance Manager or Leader?

    How well are you managing your time? Are you doing the things each day that actually make you a leader? [...]

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  • 2.7 min readPublished On: January 31, 2011

    Social Media: Your Agents’ ‘Magic Bullet’?

    Social Media: Are your agents counting on it as their a�?magic bulleta��? First, before you read this, let me tell [...]

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  • 2.6 min readPublished On: January 27, 2011

    Tough Medicine: Curing the ‘Dual Agent’ Hiring Strategy

    In the previous blog, we talked about the ever-growing phenomenon of the 'dual careerist'--the part-timer. I'm afraid our industry is [...]

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  • 3 min readPublished On: January 24, 2011

    The ‘Dual Career’ Agent: Heaven or Hell?

    Do you have lots of 'dual career' agents? In Stefan Swanepoela��s publication, Trends Report 2010, he calls the real estate [...]

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  • 1.9 min readPublished On: January 21, 2011

    Recruiting: The Second Success Trait in the ‘New Normal’

    Have you polished your needed traits for success in the 'new normal'? Here's the second trait agents need to succeed [...]

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  • 2 min readPublished On: January 19, 2011

    Recruiting: The First Trait of Success You Must Find for the ‘New Normal’

    Managers: What traits are you looking for for agents' success in the 'new normal'? I have pinpointed three that I [...]

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  • 1.9 min readPublished On: January 10, 2011

    The ‘New Normal’: Are you Hiring and Training to It?

    I just did a keynote for our WCR chapter. In it, I asked attendees to defineA� a�?new normala��. Everyone is [...]

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