FUNDED BY CULTURE

BY TAMI BONNELL EXIT REALTY CEO

I strongly believe that a leader must be responsible for their people first. Even as a leader of a publicly traded company, your job is to fight for your people. Instead we’ve witnessed them cut, duck and cover, laying off with no apparent consideration for contribution to the company. Shareholders with no connection to the lives they’re impacting drew a line in the sand and said, these expenses need to be cut. By contrast, I couldn’t be more proud of EXIT Realty and who we are as a privately-held company. I also believe that a true leader is someone who builds other leaders and we’ve seen every single person at corporate headquarters, regardless of their job title, become a leader. This thing called EXIT is bigger than all of us. We want to be part of it, contribute to it and protect it. It’s aweinspiring.

More than a decade ago during the recession and now during the pandemic, the catalyst behind every action was the answer to the question, 'Who are we as a company?'

We created a $50 million stimulus package offered as a special member benefit so our associates could shore up their skills and hit the ground running when guidelines allowed, as we’re now seeing in many areas. Having our trainers participate by volunteering their time and expertise helped to ensure our associates are well-equipped to serve the consumer to the best of their ability. EXIT Realty is real estate humanized and we always have been. Our Founder and Chairman, Steve Morris, founded and built this company on human potential. We’re an exclusive by-invitation-only club; a club worthy of membership.