Leadership Training Speaker

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Rick Harris ABR CRS SRS AHWD RENE PSA SFR ePRO RED B CMLXv

Rick Harris is a Principal Broker and Team Leader of the Rick Harris Real Estate Group at John L Scott in Ashland, Oregon. Rick is in the top 1% of production for his franchise, and has 35 years of hands-on, in-the-trenches experience in residential, multi-family and commercial brokerage.

Rick is a faculty specialist for Dynamic Directions, an international real estate training and strategic facilitation firm. Rick provides a wide range of REALTOR® education — designations, certifications, GRI training, continuing education, DOJ and Anti-trust and specialty topic classes — as well as strategic planning, leadership training and current issues courses for real estate associations, MLSs and brokerages nationwide.

Rick volunteers extensively in REALTOR® and MLS leadership at the local, state and national level, and has been a long-time National Director, 2014 NAR RVP, Federal Political Coordinator for Senator Jeff Merkley, Chair of all three NAR’s MLS Issues Committees, member or chair of multiple MLS PAGs and Workgroups, and was 2021 President’s Liaison for MLS and Data Management. Rick recently served on the NAR Governance PAG, MLS Best Practices and Statewide Datashare workgroups, and is currently serving on the NAR Executive Committee and Culture Transformation Commission.

Rick’s broad industry and business experience gives him a unique perspective on what makes associations, MLSs, brokerages and consumers tick, how to best train brokers and agents, and

Class Overview

You’ve Been Selected as a Leader—Now What? Tennessee REALTORS® presents a nuts-and-bolts leadership conference designed to prepare you and your association for success in your leadership year!  This day-long training session will help you  

  • Become a more effective, efficient, orderly and business-centric leader;
  • Understand your leadership roles and responsibilities;
  • Navigate your association’s “Rules of the Road”;
  • Implement your association’s adopted strategic plans and goals;
  • Manage business risk in a rapidly changing industry environment; and
  • Create success through strategic partnerships – among volunteers and staff, and with your local, state and national associations