To Team or Not to Team

by | Jan 31, 2024

From a recruiting perspective, one of the most common questions I get is:

How do I handle teams?

Broker owners want to know:

Should I promote teams in my brokerage?

If so, how should I contribute to their recruiting efforts?

Office leaders want to know:

Some of my struggling new agents want to join a team. Do I encourage or try to redirect them?

One of my high performers wants to start a team, how do I advise them?

Team leaders want to know:

How do I do a better job of selecting agents who are a good fit for my team?

Do I keep growing my team, or is there perfect size for my skills and capacities?

High performers want to know:

Is starting a team right for me? If so, what kind of team would be right for me?

Why do some teams fail, and how do I avoid being one of them?

Agents on teams want to know:

Am I the type of person who needs a team, or could I transition to being independent?

When is the right time to leave my team?

Regardless of your role, you’ve probably heard and tried to answer many of these questions and many more.

Here’s a fact:  Teams are here to stay, and it’s important that every leader have a framework where these types of questions can be consistently and thoughtfully answered.

And it’s one of the reasons we’re offering our Team CEO Manual to Insight readers today.

This manual is written from the perspective of an agent who is considering starting a team, but it answers all the questions posed above and many more.

Download your copy now (below), and tomorrow we’ll discuss how leaders are using this resource in various circumstances.

 

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Unlock the secrets of effective real estate recruiting. Revised to include actionable frameworks for sharper execution and to help you turn psychological theory into a repeatable recruiting system.

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According to a nationwide survey of more than 1,900 agents, those who consider themselves “experts” at generating leads earn nearly four times as much as agents who struggle with this activity. It’s probably safe to say, the same principle holds true for recruiting.

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Why the Best Leaders Are Always Recruiting

But if you’ve been around long enough, you know the business and real estate world doesn’t allow us to indulge in this comfort. It requires us to adjust or be left behind. It also rewards those who recognize that the connection between people, systems, and opportunities needs constant adjustment.

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To keep yourself from getting caught in this trap, do the hard work of creating and maintaining a large and vibrant recruiting database. Poor prospects don’t look so great when you have lots of other choices.