MANAGEMENT
ROMMEL ANACAN | THE RELATIONSHIP DIFFERENCE
So...You Want to Be a Manager?
I
f you are currently a leasing consultant, sales
advisor, customer service associate etc. and you
want to move on to a management position,
read on! I’d like to share a few things with you
that I know will help you, based on my experience!
DO YOUR CURRENT JOB WELL
Your education, background and experience may
have gotten you the job, but once you’re in the door
none of that matters if you don’t do the job you were
hired to do!
I remember once I was at a community, meeting
a friend for lunch, when I heard the leasing consultant (who had been on the job for one month) complaining to my friend (who was the assistant manager at the time) about having a college degree and
not being the manager.
After we left for lunch my friend turned to me
and said, “She’s terrible as a leasing consultant!” which
made both of us laugh. Here she was complaining
day when he’s doing budgeting, or maybe you can having trouble with your finances, Dave Ramsey
about NOT being the boss and she wasn’t even
go with her to a manager’s meeting or industry event. is a great resource.
performing well in her current role.
Find out about capital expenses, human resources
Before you think about the next job you want, issues and whether carpet or vinyl sheet flooring is
RELATE DON’T REPULSE
make sure your performance in your current job a better choice for your community.
The most important element of your current
makes you a natural choice for higher level positions.
The main point is this~Don’t wait for others to
and future success will be in the quality of relating
give you the tools you need to succeed!
you offer to the people around you. If people like
BE A STUDENT OF THE BUSINESS
you, trust you, enjoy being around you, you’ll have
It took me about a year before I really started to GET MENTORED
an easier time moving up.
understand all of the pieces of the multifamily busiFind someone in the organization, or even outIf people don’t like you, well…good luck.
ness. I remember sitting in meetings where the manside of it, who you can go to on a regular basis and
I will also add that the responsibility is on you,
ager would talk about “exposure” and I’d nod my head
seek out his/her wisdom, knowledge, insight and
especially early on, to develop the kinds of relationas if I understood how she calculated that number,
perspective. No matter how much li