Your name saw this post on The ActiveRain Real Estate Network and thought it might be of interest to you. Please see the link below to review the post.

DEVELOP YOUR STAR PERFORMER BEFORE PROMOTING TO TEAM LEADER
Many great individual performers are rightfully promoted to manager or team leader. But you need to understand that there is a difference between being a great performer and leading a team of great performers.
In fact, a great leader does not have to be the best performer or know the individual jobs at all. That might be hard for that newly promoted team leader to understand. After all if you are a newly appointed team leader who had mastered all aspects of real estate sales you feel that the knowlege makes you a better leader.  It does hurt.  But you can fail if that is all you have. The qualities that made you a star performer are not the same qualities that will make you an effective leader.
Consider these leadership philosophies from two well-known management consultants.
“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” —Peter Drucker
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” —Kenneth Blanchard
You can learn the skills of a leader just like you learned how to excel in your last job. And you will need to learn what ... more

__________________________________________________
Are you on The Rain? Grow Your Network!