Leading During Crisis: Anticipation & Execution as a Real Estate CEO | Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Tom Ferry

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Whether it’s a recession or a shift in the market, what does it take to display remarkable leadership during crisis? It’s hard to think of a better person to answer this question than Michael Hickman. Mike is an absolute titan of real estate. As the CEO of Seven Gables Real Estate, he manages 437 agents over six offices and has seven other business on top of that. This week, I spoke with Mike about what it takes to be the leader that people need during difficult times. He walked me through his journey into real estate, how he executes decisions with confidence, and how to get through a market crisis with absolutely no layoffs. If you or anyone you know wants to step into leadership on a top-level, this is the show you need to watch, right now.

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0:00.0	So here's the thing, entrepreneurs, leaders, salespeople.
0:05.9	We all want to create consistent, repeatable, and scalable ways to grow our business and
0:10.1	our income.
0:11.1	And we want to do it better, faster, and more seamlessly.
0:14.2	Why?
0:15.2	So we can actually enjoy our lives, take vacations, and spend the quality time that we want
0:18.9	with the people that we love.
0:20.6	How do we do all this without spending a fortune or running ourselves ragged?
0:24.9	That's the big question, and this show is dedicated to the answer.
0:30.0	Hey, welcome back to the podcast.
0:33.9	I am so excited to have my friend Mike Hickman with us today.
0:38.1	Listen to this.
0:39.1	If you are a leader, a CEO, an entrepreneur, a manager, six offices, 437 agents, number one,
0:48.0	in 21 different zip codes in Orange County, California for listing sold or buyer, buyer sales
0:53.2	or volume, just a dominant company, sub three billion in volume, plus two escrow companies,
0:59.8	a property management company, a lending JV, which is running another business, an insurance
1:04.4	company, an NHD company, and two home warranty MSAs.
1:08.5	Mike, some people would say you have a lot on your plate.
1:11.3	Oh, really?
1:12.3	Not really.
1:13.3	We're going to have to unpack that.
1:14.6	Okay.
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