By exitrealty / December 16, 2020
by Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
One of my favorite things my Dad used to say was, “You’re a reflection of who you surround yourself with,” and every time he said it, I ended up firing people. I fired them nicely, of course, but I realized the people I let go were not a good fit for the organization we were building. I knew it and they knew it.
If you’re true to yourself and your company’s v...
By exitrealty / September 21, 2020
by Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
The killer of relationships, businesses and the economy isn’t the COVID-19 global pandemic, it’s indifference.
Earlier this year when the world flipped upside down, we watched everybody at EXIT Realty rally together because we’re not indifferent as a company; it’s a love affair. Within less than a week, we had a $50 million Stimulus Package to hel...
By exitrealty / August 27, 2020
by Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
During a recent interview, I was asked “If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be?” I replied that I would love everyone to be exposed to the person they could become.
I think two things keep us from becoming all we could be. One is that we’re afraid – afraid of either success or failure. And the other is that...
By exitrealty / July 28, 2020
by Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
Borrowing a phrase from Simon Sinek, EXIT Realty plays an infinite game. We have a strong culture with the ability to fund our own existence.
Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve witnessed other companies treating their people like line items on a spreadsheet, laying them off with no apparent consideration to their contribution to the company. Shareholders with no...
By exitrealty / August 12, 2020
EXIT Realty Corp. International’s CEO, Tami Bonnell, was recently honored with the 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Award by NAWRB, Women in the Housing & Real Estate Ecosystem.
In an announcement of the award, Desirée Patno, NAWRB’s CEO & President, stated, “Tami Bonnell is an internationally renowned leader and speaker in the real estate industry. Over the course of her career, Bo...
By exitrealty / July 6, 2020
by Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
I believe people are craving leadership more now than they ever have before. They’re looking for transparency – for a human element. They’re looking for someone who cares.
As a leader, you don’t have to have all the answers, but you do have to stay connected to your people. For instance, I don’t have to know everything that’s going on in the world in order to be CEO, but I do have to...
By exitrealty / June 29, 2020
By Tami Bonnell, CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International
Bob Dylan famously sang, “The times they are a’changin’” and following are a few ways they’re a’changin’ as a result of COVID-19’s business as unusual.
People are becoming accustomed to working from home so we’re going to see a lot of open commercial spaces. Change always inspires creative entrepreneurs, some of whom create the change and others react to it. As a result, we’r...
