• 1 min readPublished On: August 15, 2012

    Managers: Are You Giving your New Agents Every Opportunity to Succeed?

    A�Are you giving your new agents every opportunity to succeed? Do they have start-up plans? Are they being coached weekly [...]

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  • 3.2 min readPublished On: August 9, 2012

    What the Great Conductors Can Teach Us about Leadership

    In my last blog, I discussed how an orchestra either played in harmony--or it didn't. Just as there are negative [...]

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  • 3.4 min readPublished On: August 6, 2012

    Does Your Office Resemble a Finely-Tuned Orchestra?

    Have you ever thought of your office as your orchestra, with you as conductor? As a flutist and music major, [...]

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  • 0.6 min readPublished On: August 2, 2012

    4 Ways Managers Demotivate and 3 Methods to Assure We Don’t

    No, I don't mean we de-motivate on purpose! But, we tend to 'follow the leader'. If we saw someone do [...]

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  • 0.5 min readPublished On: July 28, 2012

    Retention: How Most Contests Demotivate

    For many managers, the idea of contests is a great one. They like to think they will motivate their associates [...]

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  • 2.5 min readPublished On: July 25, 2012

    8 Questions to Ask your Agents to Refresh their Careers

    Do you have agents in your office who have lost that spark, that enthusiasm? It happens to almost everyone at [...]

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  • 2 min readPublished On: July 20, 2012

    How Agents Can Get the Best from Managers

    How can agents get the best from managers? I know agents sit in the interview and askedA�managers, "What are you [...]

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  • 3.2 min readPublished On: July 17, 2012

    Two Tips to Figure Out Who to Retain–and Who Goes

    Hiring and firing is not a a�?black or whitea�� issue. There are many shades of gray. I know. I managed [...]

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  • 2.5 min readPublished On: July 12, 2012

    How Non-Producers Hurt You Three Ways

    In my earlier blog, I told you about "Joe"--that nice agent who never sells a stick of real estate. He's [...]

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