Stepping Up as a Leader During a Natural Disaster | Team Builders

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Tom Ferry

Education, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This episode of Team Builders is something a little different. We’re talking about real life tragedy and how people in our industry can step up as leaders during a natural disaster or any time of crisis. My longtime friend and personal client, Mary Bartos runs a team serving the area of Southwestern Florida that was devastated by Hurricane Ian. Ten percent of her market, over 45,000 homes, were either damaged or destroyed, leaving the entire community shellshocked and with nowhere to turn for answers. I spoke to Mary about how she and her team stepped up to help the people of her community when they needed her most and what anyone could do to be a leader through the darkest of times. With the economy we’re facing at this moment, you don’t need a natural disaster to follow Mary’s example of exceptional leadership. So, check out this episode, right here.

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome back to another episode of team builders where we are unpacking the insights,
0:04.8	the strategies, the leadership qualities of leaders in the real estate business,
0:08.8	growing their teams, scaling their reach, and impacting a larger number of buyers and sellers
0:14.3	through their businesses. Today, I've got a special guest, a personal client, a long time friend,
0:19.0	someone that has certainly been challenged recently and has been forced, dare I say, to step up
0:27.0	her leadership because of the impact of Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida. So I want to get into
0:34.1	what she's done, how she's done it, and share just with you some of the insights
0:39.5	that you can glean from this extraordinary leader because we're all going to experience crisis
0:44.0	in our life. So Mary Bartos, I'm so excited you're joining us. How are you today?
0:52.9	I am great. Thank you so much for asking. So Mary, several weeks ago, something happened. Everyone knew
1:01.2	it was coming. It's almost hard to fathom unless you've seen the pictures or followed along or
1:07.2	you've been on the streets and on the ground, how devastating this was, help the listener understand,
1:14.0	like, give us the behind the scenes, how devastating was this hurricane, not just, you know,
1:20.5	the everyday person, but for the whole psyche of the community. And then of course,
1:24.4	your real estate practice. Sure. So, you know, the crazy thing is with a hurricane, Tom,
1:31.2	is you have a lot of notice. So, you know, they roll off the coast of Africa and you get the
1:37.1	named and you go on and on and on. So we knew it was coming. We just didn't know what size it was
1:41.5	and it got bigger as it came across the Gulf. Now, having said that, it took a barrier
1:48.0	island, Sanibel, on straight on. And the surge on this storm because it got so much momentum
1:56.9	through its time over the Gulf really was huge. And that was devastating in certain areas.
2:02.5	My area was only eight and a half feet, which sounds pretty tall, but our homes are built for this
2:08.3	type of, you know, storm, unfortunately. And, you know, of the 50 on my team, only one really had
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