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Having a good network means different things to different people.  I am grateful for all of the networks I have had.  My networks began long before my consulting practice and I am still benefiting from all of them.After I left Sears I realized that I had been in a corporate bubble.  My last role ...

In your real estate brokerage or any other organization you need management and leadership. While management organizes and controls, leadership charts the way, innovates, and inspires the organization to new heights.  As a leader your role is to navigate your organization or your team through the...

Just like the song I started off all alone but I am grateful for all of the friends that I have acquired along the way.  Before I was married more than 41 years I had friends but my dear wife multiplied the friends we have many times over.  I am so fortunate that my wife is such giver and a loved...

 Stop worrying about how to do something and stop telling your staff how to do something. Instead, find your why and make sure their why is aligned with yours. Then the way (how) will present itself.Goal planning is not about writing down a list of tasks. Instead, it starts with a why which some ...

I can say that I have had a career where I have enjoyed what I did.  I have enjoyed doing many interesting things during my many stops.  As a  Baby Boomer with lots of knowledge and experience and love mentor people who are newer in their HR careers.  I receive great satisfaction and reward from ...

 Are you afraid to let go and is this hurting your business growth? To be totally clear I am not talking about compliance and standards.  I am talking about telling how to do everything rather than telling them what needs to be done. Why do you want to be a control freak when there is a much easi...

According to records Halloween is one of the biggest holidays for commerce. Yes, trick or treating has become big business.Christmas is the biggest holiday for commerce.  It includes all of the house decorations.  But did you know that some areas go all out for Halloween.Here in Armonk we have tw...

If you have had been doing great in your real estate group in the past that alone does not guarantee that it will continue in the future. To quote investment company advertisements, “past performance is no guarantee of future results.” You need to have a leading indicator. A leading indicator wou...

Are there some habits or behaviors that you hope to eliminate next year?  It is good to eliminate bad habits but be committed to working on it.If bad habits were easy to change, we would have so much more success. Unfortunately, that is not the case. In fact, bad habits and bad behaviors are the ...

I am just winding down and ready to leave from a wonderful weekend in Charlotte.  It would have not have been complete without an AR meetup with Debe Maxwell, CRS and Nina Hollander.Sorry that my iPhone ran down in the restaurant so I am using Debe's picture. It was almost a year since we all met...