Growth appears to enjoy good press, but is it always a good thing? I don’t think so. Here are two examples.
A person contacted me saying that he was thinking of opening a real estate agency. He and his wife had another business that still required a good deal of input from them both and would . . . more →
Real estate business consultant and author of Why Winners Win, Gary Pittard, acknowledges that this title is a negative one, but success is not always about doing the right actions: it is just as important to stop doing certain actions. Real estate businesses are notorious for ‘following the herd’. They offer clients few, if any, . . . more →
“You reap what you sow. If you go through life sowing seeds of inconsistency, shortcuts, compromises, and minimum effort, then you shouldn’t be surprised when you reap a banquet of mediocrity. You are responsible for your decisions, actions, and results; therefore, if you do not like what you are reaping, quit blaming the world, and . . . more →
“In reality, the last thing most organizations need is another goal they will miss because their people cannot execute, often simply because they were never taught how.”
I am a fan of Dave Anderson’s work. I have been promoting . . . more →
Real estate leadership can be tough. Things don’t always go as planned. At times like this, it’s easy to complain: salespeople aren’t doing the right actions; salespeople aren’t performing; the market is tough; listings are tight; we’re not getting called in; you can’t find good people; etc.
But where does this get you?
Complaining fixes nothing. . . . more →
Gary Pittard, business adviser and author of Why Winners Win – what it takes to be successful in business and life, says, “Some things in life are non-negotiable. Three of them are the steps to profit.” Although the three steps to profit that Gary explains do not exact a high price, they are compulsory . . . more →
One of the most important factors in your agency’s success is the list-to-sell ratio. In this short leadership session, Gary Pittard, business adviser and author of Why Winners Win – what it takes to be successful in business and life, explains that if you want more profit, without increasing your expenses, you must do more . . . more →
Leadership success hinges on the messages we send to our people, whether or not we realise that we are sending messages all the time. I learned many years ago that our kids watch what we do and pay more attention to our actions than they do to what we say. I think team members are . . . more →
Desperate hirers are not good hirers. When we become desperate for staff we make rash, and often wrong, decisions. We hire with our hearts and not our heads. In this short leadership session, real estate business adviser and trainer, Gary Pittard, explains the importance of keeping our pipelines of potential winning team members full, so . . . more →
Almost everybody on the team knows what they have to do – Property Managers, Receptionists, Secretaries, BDMs; etc.
The reason they know what they have to do is because these roles have clear job descriptions. The people in these roles know what they have to do and they know that any competent leader will not accept . . . more →
Regardless of the success a real estate agency enjoys, whether flourishing or struggling, business owners have two options, and they must make a choice. In this short real estate leadership session, real estate business trainer, Gary Pittard discusses these choices and explains why one is a clear winner.
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With so many things a real estate agency leader must do, what is the number one job that must never be overlooked? In this short real estate leadership session, real estate trainer, Gary Pittard, explains what the number one job is, and highlights some of the areas where leaders should concentrate their efforts.
I saw this description on an agency’s Twitter feed: “Experienced agency. No rookies… [Agency name] has been providing service to…”
It made me think. Time in the industry – “experience” is no indicator of performance. Among the clients that attend Pittard real estate training, we can cite many examples of rookies who outperform so called . . . more →
Your team is a mirror of you. Dynamic leader, dynamic team. Lazy leader, lazy team. In this short real estate leadership session, real estate sales trainer Gary Pittard discusses the importance of leadership skill and its effect on team performance.
I recently viewed a Ted Talk presented by Linda Cliatt-Wayman – How To Fix a Broken School. It packed many valuable leadership lessons into twenty short minutes.
Ms. Cliatt-Wayman turned around three schools that had been labeled “low-performing and persistently dangerous.”
She originally planned to lay down the law but soon . . . more →
There are many laws of marketing, some more important than others. In this short leadership session real estate trainer, Gary Pittard, discusses one law that many real estate businesses violate every day – and it costs them profit. The remedy is not difficult, but it could give you a competitive edge, and many more . . . more →
Real estate agency owners and leaders often complain that it is difficult to get salespeople to perform winning actions that lead to results. They have also been known to complain that it is hard to get salespeople to focus. When salespeople are not held accountable for their actions, their level of winning actions is . . . more →
The old real estate joke, “Here’s your desk, here’s your phone, good luck – you’re on your own” is no joke in some offices. ‘Sink or swim’ is the hard way to begin a career, but in many offices it’s a sad fact of life.
Just as bad for a budding recruit is outdated and . . . more →
In this short leadership session real estate leadership and sales trainer, Gary Pittard, shares Sheila Murray Bethel’s Ten Statements for Change and Growth. Leadership is not always easy. By defining our values as leaders, and as human beings, we set ethical and moral boundaries, something that all leaders should do.
Discipline. It’s the difference between success and failure.
Disciplined leaders produce disciplined salespeople. The team ultimately mirrors its leader.
You would be forgiven for thinking this is not correct. For example, you may have a salesperson who produces great results, but whose office is a disaster. I can think of many like this – desks a . . . more →
