Originally posted on RealtyTrac.com and 曼新闻.
1972年,我的父亲约翰·雅可比(John Jacobi)当时是一名年轻的银行家,他想拥有自己的企业。 他在西雅图温德米尔(Windermere)附近买下了一家由八名经纪人经营的小型住宅房地产公司。 At the time, he wasn’t trying to make history — just a good living for his young but growing family.
他有一个简单的想法:创建一家将关系置于销售配额之前的房地产公司,强调为客户和社区提供服务。 His vision was to hire the best sales people, arm them with the best tools, unleash them into the marketplace — and let them build their own businesses under the 温德米尔房地产公司 brand.
在没有经纪经验的情况下,他在Windermere灌输了一种以家庭为中心、以经纪人为中心的文化,在这里,经纪人表现得很专业,诚实,尊重各方。 悦博体育通过把友谊和关系放在销售之前,我父亲创造了一个促进创新和成功的合作环境。
That approach turned out to be groundbreaking in the industry, and I’d like to share the core concepts behind the blueprint my father created for success. 我相信,在这个21世纪的房地产环境中,这些原则对全国各地的许多其他经纪人都是有益的。
创新思维
在20世纪80年代,我父亲悦博体育通过为经纪人提供更好的佣金结构,撼动了房地产行业。 因为他相信创业动机会让代理人更快乐、更有效率,他抛弃了传统的五五分成规则,引入了分级佣金制。
在Windermere,代理商与经纪人平分佣金,直到代理商达到一个特定的目标。 从那时起,经纪人拿80%,经纪人拿20%。 最终,温德米尔让这笔交易变得更加诱人,让经纪人有可能保留100%的佣金。 滑动佣金分成吸引了更高的生产商到悦博体育公司来,而不鼓励一次性生产商。
合作。 占主导地位。 区分。
My dad also discouraged competition among the agents — or between offices. What sets us apart and is central to our success is Windermere’s belief that our agents and owners are our most valuable assets.
Slowly, dad’s vision started to take root. 每开一家新办公室,他都会寻找志同道合的企业家。 当他增加新的经纪公司时,他将悦博体育通过与他持有少数股权但保留投票控制权的企业建立协同合作伙伴关系来扩张,并确保在悦博体育迅速发展的过程中,每一家合作伙伴公司都能保持他所相信的质量。 最终,悦博体育在西雅图地区获得了超过30%的市场份额。
最终,温德米尔房地产公司成为一家拥有300个办事处的公司,在11个州和墨西哥拥有近7,000名房地产专业人士,每年完成超过77,000笔交易,销售额超过270亿美元。
“The Windermere Way”
Windermere’s way of doing business is grounded in four core values: relationships, collaboration, professionalism and community. My father instilled these values in us — early and often — and they are at the heart of everything we do.
For us, working at Windermere isn’t a day job; it’s about a 24/7 ongoing conversation about how we can do things better and succeed. When we plan, we don’t necessarily think about the next five-year goal — we think about how can we leave this business for our kids. It’s long-range strategic thinking. 事实上,我父亲多年来创造和培养的公司文化今天仍然存在。
社区服务
从第一天起,温德米尔就积极接受社区服务,坚信帮助悦博体育生活和工作的社区对悦博体育的业务至关重要。
它始于20世纪80年代初,悦博体育的年度社区服务日,这是一项全公司范围的倡议,悦博体育在这一天关闭所有办公室,以便悦博体育的代理商,业主和员工可以回馈社区。
During this time, we’ve volunteered more than 1.2 million hours of community service. Followed in 1987, by the sponsorship of the annual 温德米尔湖杯, a collegiate rowing regatta hosted by Windermere and the University of Washington. 它已经发展成为最重要的国际赛艇比赛之一,吸引了世界上最顶尖的船员。
Two years later, we launched the 温德米尔湖的基础, a 26-year-old nonprofit organization that has donated over $28 million to organizations that support low-income and homeless families throughout the western United States.
协作
Windermere’s core business model is franchising. 将代理商、经纪人和客户联系起来,迅速完成交易,这对悦博体育的成功至关重要。 今天,技术推动了这种合作。 But it’s deeper than that.
Internally, we don’t compete against each other; 悦博体育合作。 Because we’re a tight-knit family-run company, when a good idea comes up, we share it with the other franchise owners. 温德米尔加盟商之间缺乏竞争是悦博体育的优势之一。 所有特许经营者之间的密切合作关系是温德米尔文化努力培养的。 For us, it’s all about teamwork and trust.
第二代思考
At Windermere, we’ve recently noticed an interesting family dynamic blossoming — and it’s not just with the Jacobi family, but it’s spreading to our business partners, too. 在悦博体育的300个办事处中,有相当一部分正移交给第二代所有者。 At last count, one-third of Windermere’s original franchise owners have passed their businesses on to their children. 悦博体育的家族企业也很年轻。 Windermere的第二代业主大多在40岁出头到55岁左右。
现在,我的父亲已经退休了,悦博体育家族企业的管理一直在紧密结合的第二代三巨头手中。 其中包括我的妹妹吉尔·雅可比·伍德(Jill Jacobi Wood),她于1985年加入公司,现任温德米尔服务公司(Windermere 服务)总裁; Jill’s husband, Geoff Wood came on board in 1994 and is CEO of Windermere 服务. 在那之后不久,我加入了这家公司,现在担任温德米尔房地产公司的总裁。 雅可比家族还在温德米尔拥有八家办事处,在西雅图地区拥有约300名代理商。
随着悦博体育进入21世纪,家族团队将长期致力于此,为第三代接班人做好准备,并在未来几年继续保持积极的势头和扩张。 We’re a forward-looking company; we’re always acting rather than reacting. We don’t worry about quarterly profits as much as we think about our kids and the next generational succession plan. It’s a different way of thinking about the real estate business. 这是有效的。
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