Leadership
Act like a Apartment Owner
You have heard it a million times if you have heard it once. “Act like an owner.”
But, how do you get employees to act like owners?
As it relates to the statement; I have two questions I like to ask people.
First one relates to leadership and specifically employee issues;
If you owned this apartment management company; would this person be working for you?
The second pertains to more general items that comes up on a daily basis.
If the sign out in front of this apartment community read [your name] apartments; what would you do?
Nine point nine times out of ten the answer comes – tip of tongue.
What do you do to create an ownership mentality?
Share this:
Multifamily: 101 Days of Marketing
As the #trust30 challenge winds down; we are gearing the next series of compelling content. The series will be dubbed 101 days of apartment marketing and will start July 3 when we wrap up #trust30. We were so inspired by the absolute discipline of the last series that we thought; why not try and continue the daily routine of writing.
#trust30’s concept of penning daily prompts lead us to search for something that would provide the same sort of direction. We looked at several lists and settled on @hubspot ‘s 101 Awesome Marketing Quotes .
Keeping in mind that multifamily professionals are busy; we intend to keep or offerings short in nature, hopefully 200 words or less. And, quick and to the point. Some will be conceptual while others will be real life examples from our journeys at Mills Properties [the sentiments aimed at those out there that believe content not backed by practical application or identifiable results is waste – we agree to disagree].
Nevertheless; we hope to make it fun. We hope to learn some things about ourselves and the community we have managed to attract over the years. And, we hope to conjure up some cool multifamily conversation.
Please feel free to comment where you see fit – good, bad or ugly. It all matters to us.
M
Share this:
Multifamily #trust30: Character
Day 25 of the #trust30 challenge – it’s a short and sweet one!
I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. I wish it to be sound and sweet, and not to need diet and bleeding. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think about the type of person you’d NEVER want to be 5 years from now. Write out your own personal recipe to prevent this from happening and commit to following it. “Thought is the seed of action.”
(Author: Harley Schreiber)
Short and to the Point
I have a four word answer for this charge: Work on Character – Always!
Your WOCA contributor,
M
Pic tip to West End Elementary
Share this:
Multifamily #trust30: Death
Day 23 of the #trust30 challenge
We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
You just discovered you have fifteen minutes to live.
1. Set a timer for fifteen minutes.
2. Write the story that has to be written.
(Author: Gwen Bell)
Let it be know first and foremost to my children; play nice, say please and thank you. Laugh out loud – often. Cry when you need to, it’s okay to do so. When you need to yell – go outside and face the wind. Yell loud, curse and let nothing be left inside. Handle the forward with staid character and with simple words. Be kind to animals. Take care of each other and never let hugs and kisses escape – they matter much. Work hard, work smart but above all be true to your word; it’s the one thing that matters most. Share. And, give of your time not expecting in return.
To that one which I loved the most – you are my best friend. You are tough where and when I need it. And, you are tender when I need it. You endure much and love nonetheless. Might life lend more time and have it been more gracious; I would echo the same sentiments to you. Dream always and be sure to act. Keep love in your heart and keep your soul free.
To my family and friends – live out out! Change the world in the way that you would have it. Have good relations. Face the wind and run head on for all that you will become. Remember it’s the journey, not the destination, that sharpens the wit and matures the soul.
Whoa – that :15 went by fast…
Your now thinking deeply contributor,
M
Share this:
Multifamily #trust30: Right and Wrong
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 your false expectations? What are your false investments in a story? List them. Each keep you from that internal knowing about which Emerson writes. Each keeps you from making your strong offer to the world. Put down your clever, and pick up your ordinary.
(Author: Patti Digh)
Multifamily Right and Wrong
There was a time not so long ago that I go so wrapped up in social media and the highs it gave me that I lost track of being ordinary. Be it comments on my blog posts or twitter conversations with people on the local or national scene in the property management business or the occasional back and forth with a best selling author, it was all very addicting. Addicting to the ego and contradicting to the ordinary.
It cost me in a big way personally about five years ago. I got so caught up in that I ignored the most important people in my life. Not so good. I read a book back then titled: The Heart of Man by Eric Fromm. In it, he described the ego in the way of every man being a wolf. Innate in all of us is this wonderful gift termed free will. It’s right on when handled right and likewise when handled wrong. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the ecstasies of work, life or otherwise because the wolf is always at play. He’s looking for the moment to strike at the true heart. The wolf loves clever and every other wild endeavor. He abhors ordinary.
My prompt – stay true to who you are. And, by all means necessary [put down the phone, the email, the text, the facebook, the twitter, the iPad] to ensure you are true to the ones you love and the ones that love you. Ordinary is extraordinary when you think about it. Try it on for size sometime.
Pretty good prompt for a Friday –
Your see you down the stretch contributor,
M
Share this:
- « Go to Previous Page
- Page 1
- Interim pages omitted …
- Page 75
- Page 76
- Page 77
- Page 78
- Page 79
- Interim pages omitted …
- Page 83
- Go to Next Page »