023 Operations Leadership from Assistant to COO with Christy Belt Grossman
Mar 26, 2024
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Christy Belt Grossman, real estate operations expert, shares insights on leadership progression in real estate teams. She discusses the evolution of operations roles, from assistant to COO, emphasizing the importance of empowering and compensating team members effectively. Christy also highlights the significance of hiring and promoting Ops Bosses to drive growth and co-create visions within businesses.
Life-giving leadership unites teams towards a common goal through values and mindset alignment.
Transitioning from salesperson to business boss requires evolving into a life-giving leader.
Operational success in real estate hinges on KPIs, clear structures, and effective leadership.
Deep dives
The Power of United Mission-Vision Values in High-Performing Teams
Ensuring that a team is united in their mission-vision values, living them out in every team member's actions and mindset, is essential for high performance. Beyond just having values on display, true alignment throughout the team's core can elevate it from a group of individual performers to a cohesive unit focused on a common goal.
The Evolution from Salesperson to Life-Giving Leader
Transitioning from being a successful salesperson to a competent business boss is a common step, but the true transformation occurs when one evolves into a life-giving leader. This level of leadership involves inspiring trust, confidence, hope, creativity, and action among team members, driving the team towards growth and success.
Intentionality and Purpose in Leadership
Being a life-giving leader involves intentionality and purpose in every action, focusing on priorities, casting a clear vision, inspiring through actions rather than just words, and treating people as partners in a shared journey towards greater achievements. By actively listening, being curious, and offering service and value, a leader can embody a life-giving stance.
The Journey from Mortgage Operations to Real Estate Leadership
Christy Belt Grossman's career journey from mortgage operations to real estate team leadership highlights the importance of aligning personal values with professional roles. Her experience of realizing the need for a change to stay true to her values and subsequently building a successful real estate team underscores the significance of personal growth and evolution.
Optimizing Team Operations for Growth and Adaptability
Developing key performance indicators (KPIs), clear structures, and fostering open communication are vital for operational success, especially in a dynamic real estate market. As teams navigate shifts in the industry, operational roles take on greater importance, focusing on efficiency, results-oriented strategies, and effective leadership to ensure sustained growth.
Christy Belt Grossman is the go-to expert for real estate operations.
She started in mortgage ops before joining a 2-agent team as an assistant. Together, they grew to the #5 Keller Williams team and one of the first teams to produce $1B in sales.
Today, Christy is the Owner of Ops Boss Coaching and shares tips for owners and operators alike on building a business by building a partnership.
You’ll also learn when and how to hire or promote an Ops Boss from Assistant to Director of Operations to Chief Operating Officer.
Watch or listen to this conversation with Christy to learn: - The definition and value of life-giving leadership - Her growth from assistant to COO in a pioneering real estate team 25+ years ago including a hard lesson along the way - The nuance in operations roles and a team leader’s need to match their goals with these roles - Empowering your ops person to be a multiplier rather than just a subtractor - The Assistant as a job (not a career) that’s paid based on time spent (not results generated) - The Director of Operations as a goal setter who’s paid on results - The Chief Operating Officer as a business leader who’s producing results, driving growth, and co-creating and co-casting the vision - The 3x Rule for optimizing your operations - The process to determine proper compensation for operations team members - A general rule of thumb to guide operations hiring - How to identify the Assistant who’s prepared to become a Director of Operations - How to set goals and drive progress between team leader and ops leader … together - What solo agents and team leaders get by investing in operations
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