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Tips for Effective Team Leadership

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Education & Training with Berman & Pollinger, LLC.

Pull don't push, people.

Get input from the team - What do you think we should do?

Cast the vision and make sure everyone understands where it is you're heading with the business.

Acknowledge and appreciate people.

Put people in the right roles.

Understand your team and build systems around their roles and strengths.

Set expectation and then give people the freedom to get the job done in their own way.  Remember, there's more than one way to sell real estate.

Mentor without judgment and in complete honesty.

Don't blow off steam with your team.

Don't hire an audience to impress with your flair; hire achievers.  With that said, don't hire people with more potential than you have space on your team for.

Be intentional, about where you're trying to grow, because it's easy to be enticed by opportunities all over the place.

Establish solid boundaries so that the professional relationships with your team member always come first and the personal relationships second.

Make sure your open-door policy doesn't give your team members the impression they can interrupt you whenever they want to.

Don't let your "l can't lose" attitude allow you to exhaust yourself trying to save people who aren't getting the job done.

No longer hire challenging people; hire great people who have challenges you can work with them on.

 

Carpe diem,

Chris

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Mark Organek
And the United States of America - Mesa, AZ
It's not a game, it's your life.
Chris, I've got two friends building teams that really need to read this.  Tess and Raquel will probably be visiting soon.  I'll recommend that they make a daily checklist on these points to make sure they didn't stray away from any of the tips.
Mar 27, 2008 07:31 PM
Laura Gray
RE/MAX Realty Group - Gaithersburg, MD

Chris

 Well said and to the point. These are subtle yet effective commandments to keep for any successful team on the grow !!!!

Laura

Mar 27, 2008 07:45 PM
Christina ONeal
At Home Real Estate Group - Ripon, CA
Realtor - Ripon California

Hi Chris,  You bring such value to an open forum.  Thank you for these reminders of leadership in all types of teams (ie...family & business).  I want to forward your rss feed to the world.  I will blog about the same topic & link to this one post. 

Take care,

Mar 29, 2008 05:28 AM
Frances C. Rokicki
Fran Rokicki Realty, LLC - Bolton, CT
Broker-Mentor,CRS

As always, excellent advice. Thank you for helping us:)

It's a Good Life!

Fran

Mar 30, 2008 12:52 PM
Cynthia Tilghman, RealtorĀ® Onslow County NC Home Specialist
Kingsbridge Realty, Inc - Hubert, NC
Hi Chris,
Clicked to see who was online and there you are, isn't it like 3:30 AM on the West coast? 
Anyway, I like this post...good tips.  Always surround yourself with people you trust and respect.
Apr 09, 2008 10:11 PM