Michelle Ladas

Hello all,

"Michelle Ladas"

I am very pleased to announce that Michelle Ladas will be starting with our company today and will have a dual role. I often tell people the biggest challenge of running the company so far has been the speed at which we have grown, trying to stay in front of it. Without a doubt our biggest weakness with this has been our intake system. When an agent transfers from one company to another the first 30 days can become cumbersome, learning 5-6 new systems at once is not fun. We also run into problems when we roll out things like Paperless Pipeline, Wolfconect... So Michelle's first roll is going to be "New Agent Coordinator" over the next 45-60 days Michelle will be learning our systems inside and out. After that she will be working with the new agents when they come aboard but she will also be YOUR one stop shop for help on any of our systems including:

Website

Paperless Pipeline

Wolfconnect

Remax Mainstreet Design Center & Leadstreet

Children s Miracle Network (program being rolled out soon)

Video Training, we are setting up video in Aspen Hill and she will be training the agents on how to create and edit video.  

Office Events, Golf Tournament...

Michelle's second roll will be accounting assistant working with Doty. We are starting to grow in this area as well and Doty could use a little help (by the way we have 52 scheduled closings the next two weeks so you might want to put an apple on Doty's desk). Michelle will be working with Doty in the afternoons in Germantown. Lastly and for the sanity of Al Cardany Michelle will be covering Carol's lunch break in Germantown everyday. Let's be patient will Michelle gets her feet wet but please welcome her aboard when you see her.

Enjoy the coffee,

Joe  

 

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

“All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.”

~ American book title (Robert Fulghum, author)

“The children are watching us.”

~ Italian film title (Vittorio De Sica, director)

BACK TO SCHOOL!

Turns out the children are listening, too. The question is, what are they learning and what are we teaching?

No matter whom we interact with, we should all take some time to reflect upon how our practices are matching up to our ethics and beliefs. We all have the potential to produce a profound effect on the people in our lives, both directly and indirectly. How we choose to act in our encounters helps define who we are: are we good stewards, good managers, good parents?

Consider the language we use when we deal with other people. Those who value power over action will use the language of judgment and superiority: “That idea is doomed..." or "You will never succeed..." or "That project is a waste of time.” Such language only serves to predict its own end and unfortunately, that end is often failure.

Now consider language that recognizes individuality while setting us up as collaborators: “I understand what you want..." or "I can only imagine how hard this is for you..." or "I'd like to help.” As we acknowledge the needs and feelings of others, we have better opportunities to show the same respect we’d expect in return. The encounter becomes a win-win situation.

As we interact with others, a good yardstick by which to measure our actions is to imagine how children would perceive them. Do we play by the rules? Are we being fair? Do we share? Are we doing unto others as we would have done to ourselves? During your next meeting, imagine a seven year old is watching the proceedings. Would you conduct yourself any differently?

Before children start to learn the later lessons of failure and success associated with competition, they first learn to “play well with others.” The politics of the playground still hold some powerful lessons for us, too!