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Multifamily Leadership: Follow Through
Mike Brewer · · 1 Comment
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 couple other blogs. It really was the turning point for me in my career as the point of follow through hit me right between the eyes. It was one of the those duh! moments.
Multifamily Team Follow Through
That said and on the heels of our Relentless Courage a couple weeks ago. The post spoke to people withholding comments and feedback in group meeting forums. So much gets missed if we don’t encourage an open culture where feedback is paramount to getting better. Once you have the sharing culture set in place; follow through should be next on the list.
Four Things to Consider
1. Team leaders/communicators have to make objectives or action items very clear. Ask clarifying questions such as; Do you understand what is expected? or Is there anything you don’t understand about what we need to get accomplished?.
2. Help people understand the ‘Why behind the what’ of follow through items. Helping people see the big picture assists with two things
a. They see the action item as a mission and not a task
b. They understand that the action is assisting in the creation of something bigger than self. A key motivating factor for many
3. Set the right follow through mechanisms in place. Who is responsible? How will they track? Who will they report out to? When?
4. Ask questions along the way. Don’t just assign and forget. As the leader, it is imperative that you check in along the way.
5. Always conduct postmortems? Review the results of follow through or lack thereof. There is tremendous value in replaying events.
Your off to follow through on today’s commitments contributor,
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Mills Properties: Blog Stats
Thought it would be fun to share our Neighborhood Blog stats from time to time in a snap shot view.
Melissa P wrote about the team in her post titled: (B)usiness (L)ove and (O)ther (G)uts whereby she laid out the overarching premise of our new marketing strategy.
Our first blog post went live on November 24, 2010 and since that time we have achieved the following.
Stats are accurate as of lat May, 2011.
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Multifamily #Trust30: Right Now
Day 7 of the #Trust30 challenge – and, today is a challenge! Whoa!
What is burning deep inside of you? If you could spread your personal message RIGHT NOW to 1 million people, what would you say? (Author: Eric Handler)
It’s All About Choice
The message is something to this effect – the difference between that which you are and that which you want to be is the sliver of a space between stimulus and response – you are what you ‘choose’ to be and you can be what you want to be by choosing differently.
How would you answer the question above?
Your lovin’ the #trust30 challenge contributor,
M
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Multifamily #Trust30: Afraid to do
Mike Brewer · · 1 Comment
This reminds me of the saying; The thing you fear most is the thing you should do next. Or, do something everyday that scares the hell out of you.
Public Speaking
I love the multifamily business with a purple passion. It has been the avenue that has paved lots of good fortune for me over the years. And, any chance I get to talk about any aspect of it; I take it.
Last night, I was a guest speaker for a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. I spoke on the topic of marketing and leasing up a re-development project called The Laurel Apartments. It’s an amazing project with amazing potential to change the social landscape of the neighborhood. It has everything a marketer could ever hope for in the way of an assignment.
That said and to the point; public speaking scares the hell out of me. It’s a dream of mine to be an accomplished public speaker over time so I jump at every scary chance to present not in spite of that fear but rather in celebration of it.
What are you afraid to do?
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Multifamily #Trust30: Be Unrealistic
Day four in the #Trust30 challenge. Today’s prompt is a good one…
Our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion, we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. We are parlour soldiers. We shun the rugged battle of fate, where strength is born. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only thing left is to, you know, actually go make it happen. What are you waiting for?
I know some crazy cool people who have ceeded to the calling in their hearts and as such have created compelling lives for themselves. Walking away from that which seems safe [Read: understanding that nothing is truly safe.] prompts a bit of fear. Especially in light of supporting a family and building a portfolio of multifamily investments. So many how, what, where and when questions come to mind. Toss in a dose of fear and I have recepie for stall. With that said, I’m up to putting it out there – if you don’t think it and speak it, it will never happen….
Multifamily Portfolio and Public Speaking
To speak to today’s prompt; “What is one thing that you’ve always wanted to accomplish but have been afraid to pursue?”
I have two:
1. Moving my multifamily investment portfolio to a place where it supports the dream of running a property managment company
2. Become an accomplished public speaker
What about you? What does today’s prompt stimulate in your heart and mind?
Your truly liking the #Trust30 challenge contributer,
M
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