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Multifamily leadership

It’s day 22 of the #trust30 challenge – we are coming down the stretch now. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson …What are your false comparisons? What are [...]

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One goal for any organization worth it’s salt is to serve its customers compellingly and profitably over a very long bit of time. How do they do that? The leaders in the organization understand that their chief goal is to serve the people that serve the organization. They do so through expanding people’s capabilities by [...]

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I would rather catch a tiger by the tail than have to light a fire under an elephant’s ass…

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Up to this point in our Seven Behaviors Leadership Series we have talked about Knowing Your People and Knowing Your Business,  Insisting on Realism , Setting Clear Goals and Priorities. In today’s entry we are going to discuss follow through. I have disclosed my follow through epiphany story a couple of times on this and a [...]

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You cannot Hit a Target that You do not Have

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Part three of a seven part leadership series. I will never forget the day I walked into the corner office and disclosed to our owner that I approved spending a large sum of money on attorney fees for a commercial eviction case. Was I nervous? No Insist on Realism Worse than nervous is how I [...]

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In the world of leadership it just makes sense that you would be out there glad handing, cheer-leading and relentlessly challenging those who serve your business. I have long held the belief that organizations exist to serve the people that serve it. Thus, it is the leaders calling to serve. And, baked into that calling [...]

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We have all been there; sitting around the conference room table discussing the latest property management opportunity, issue or otherwise and you just know in your heart of hearts that no one including yourself is saying the tough stuff. Just this week I posted over at propertymanager.com about courageous conversations and moments of truth. In [...]

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“On days when workers have the sense they’re making headway in their jobs, or when they receive support that helps them overcome obstacles, their emotions are most positive and their drive to succeed is at its peak.”

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