Leadership: What it's Worth, How to Get Started

Why a Diverse Leadership?

Being truly representative of the markets we serve is in the best interest of every REALTOR®. The National Association of REALTORS® is committed to being The Voice of Real Estate® — all of real estate — throughout the country.

What Makes for an Effective REALTOR® Association Leader?

As you move into local, state, or national leadership, you'll find it useful to keep in mind some general attributes of REALTOR® leaders:

• REALTOR® leaders are motivated and consistent.
• They can make executive decisions.
• They also listen carefully.
• They are passionate.

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How Leaders Get Their Start

Local, state, and national REALTOR® associations all need leaders with diverse talents, interests, and backgrounds. Granted, the organization's size and complexity can be challenging for someone contemplating greater involvement. Here are a few basic guidelines:

• Join a committee that interests you.
• Talk to your association executive.
• Put your hat in the ring.
• Find a mentor.
• Make yourself indispensable.

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Leadership Brings Value — In Every Sense of the Word

More contacts and fewer cold calls. Every REALTOR® you collaborate with becomes another contact in your expanding network of market connections. You’ll spend less energy negotiating the early, uncertain stage of business relationships and stay focused on deals with partners you trust.

More knowledge and more power. Your knowledge of markets, your contacts, and your hunches about the next big investment trends all are valuable. But their value multiplies when you exchange them with colleagues.

Increased profit and deeper personal fulfillment. Too often these goals seem at odds. Leadership reconciles them. Working with colleagues to steer the course of the real estate profession will strengthen your sense of career commitment, and the confidence and reputation that follow will increase your profit as a REALTOR®.

What makes for an effective REALTOR® association leader?
How leaders get their start

This material is excerpted from the brochure Leadership: What It's Worth, How to Get Started.
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