It’s so exciting to bring Bright Ideas to life, and I’m pumped to share Episode 1 with my friend, Mahriah Tucker.
Mahriah is a member of the Realtors of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale and is a top producing agent Compass Florida LLC in Boca Raton, FL. Mahriah’s extensive real estate career actually began in corporate banking where she worked as Vice President of Residential and Commercial Real Estate for over 10 years. Mahriah’s experience managing, servicing, and liquidating bank-owned real estate portfolios paved the way for real estate success when she became a real estate agent in 2016.
Take some time to watch Episode 1 of Bright Ideas as Mahriah and I discuss not only her career path, but also some of the challenges she had to overcome in her adolescence. “Peoples’ switches flip at different times,” Mahriah said. “My switch flipped at a young age. I wanted to start living a life that was different than the one I was brought up in. However long it takes to get to where you want to get to, just do it.”
We talk a lot about schedules and expectations – what dictates your future and who you allow to impart their agenda or vision for your life. “Our thoughts came from us,” she says. “We didn’t grow up with these screens and constant pressures.” #geriatricmillennial
As many people make their own career transitions, Mahriah talks about the most important characteristics to being a real estate agent/professional in today’s world. From personality traits to dedication, Mahriah talks extensively about her passion for helping others – human or otherwise.
Mahriah’s biggest piece of advice for those who are struggling is, “Find your joy and go for it. Take a step back and do what you have to do in order to take the next baby step forward. And just keep repeating that process until you get where you want to be.”
We talk about having kids and legacy, and what’s important in life.
Mahriah is a native Floridian and graduate of Florida Atlantic University. Her local knowledge of the south Florida market has been instrumental to her great success. Mahriah is an avid animal lover who spends much of her spare time with her rescue dogs Marti and Mellie. Mahriah’s family, pets, and love of helping others make their real estate dreams become a reality is her passion in life.
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In one of my roles, I was managing a team of 2nd level Account Managers. They weren’t entry level, but they weren’t seasoned either. They were hand-picked and rock stars, worked extremely well together, relying on each other’s strengths and skills to rise as one unit. This group had integrity, took on my values as their own, strived to be better everyday and had unrelenting appetites for personal and professional growth. I. Loved. Them.
Not Enough Hours in the Day
The company experienced great growth, and our Client Relations jobs got harder and harder. The workload grew, but the team didn’t; and soon the asks from management were unattainable. In some cases, the asks were unreasonable; in others, there just weren’t enough hours in the day.
My naivety – or maybe it was wishful thinking – even as a seasoned executive, led me to expect good news (increased headcount) the day I was called in to speak with my boss. Instead, I was berated for grooming an ineffective team. I was told to (I’ll save you the details) micromanage them and check in on every single task they were assigned. Any misstep was to be logged and called out in the larger group. Suffice it to say, I was not on board.
I had hired a team of independent, driven, self-starting human beings who worked in a way that meshed well with my management style. I didn’t need to micromanage them; they were already overperforming. I didn’t want to micromanage them either. This was not my style and not something I was comfortable with, because it had never been the message I conveyed to my team. It also added extra work to our already stretched bandwidth.
5 Pillars of Integrity
There are five pillars of integrity: honesty, respect, trust, responsibility and pride. This ask from management went against every single one of those and was utterly unacceptable in my book.
There’s a quote typically attributed to Malcom X that states, “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” I left the company shortly after being issued this directive and haven’t second-guessed the decision once. As I continue to build bright STRATEGY + SOLUTIONS, having INTEGRITY listed as the first value is not without thought. I am a firm believer that businesspeople should know and understand what they stand for – and maybe more importantly, what they won’t stand for.
Honesty. We are honest and won’t lie to you. We may sugarcoat some aspects of our delivery, but only if you ask us to.
Respect. We will respect your time, money and decisions; and we ask that you do the same.
Trust. We will only work with you if we trust you and you trust us. Without 2-sided trust, there is no partnership.
Responsibility. We will do what we say we’ll do and we’ll do it on-time and within budget.
Pride. Pride comes at 100%. We don’t do anything to a lesser degree.
I hold integrity as the highest personal value, and it’s extremely important that I stand by that in all aspects of my life. bright STRATEGY + SOLUTIONS is an extension of me, so there’s no question…what you see is what you get.