Choose your words – and fewer of them, please!
That’s me – if I’m running a conference call, I tend to talk too much — even if we have an agenda, I wander off topic and I’m sure can be confusing to anybody on the call. On the flip side, I have been on a call where the same thing happens and find myself losing focus and checking email… so presumably this is happening to others, too. We are in such a rush, we have too much on our plates, we are trying to cram in way too many meetings, every day, every...
Read MoreGenerational Shoppers – The Millennial
Having been in the commercial real estate business for 30+ years, and a shopper myself, I recognize that different generations behave and respond differently. Needs, convenience, disposable income, time all things to consider. Each generation thinks the next one has it ‘easier’, although maybe it’s just DIFFERENT. Shopping centers, malls, town centers, strip centers – all have been around for a long time, and have seen style changes. The thing that seems to be...
Read MoreStressing out?
We all feel pressure and stress from time to time, some more than others. How we deal with it is key to how we feel and how we SEE the world we are in. I don’t know about you, but finding the BALANCE between personal and work lives can be tricky. Spouse, children, household, and most importantly our own health is at risk if we don’t take some time to breathe… Check out this article from...
Read MoreCREW Austin to CREW San Antonio Successful Connection
The search for office space began around March 2013. Through a series of CoStar office space searches and research through CREW San Antonio brokers through the CREWBiz database, I was able to identify some office space suitable for The Stone Group’s client. After some changes in need and some added time, the CREWnection between CREW Austin and San Antonio members was successful and all parties were pleased. Thanks to Lindsey Tucker with CBRE of San Antonio who represented the...
Read MoreContext for Creativity and Innovation
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in a packed room at the Austin Woman’s Club in downtown Austin, CREW members and future members gathered to understand the context for creativity and innovation as presented by Margaret Gilchrist Serrato, PhD MBA AIA ASID LEED AP, Workplace Strategist with Herman Miller. Serrato described how we are all born with a high potential for creativity. But as we age, brain synapses are lost. Memory, pattern recognition, cognition, and creativity levels decrease,...
Read MoreEntry-Level Job Opportunity: LEASE ADMINISTRATOR
The Stone Group Corporate Real Estate group is looking for immediate hire of a part of full-time Lease Administrator to work with its Transaction and Property Management teams in their Austin office. Job Description – Lease Administrator Salary starts at $15 per hour. Send resume to...
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