Zip Your Lips
In the hustle and bustle of business, we all have had our frustrations, irritations and challenges with colleagues, bosses, and clients. However, no matter how stressed one may get, it behooves you to "bite your tongue." Evidence the abrupt canning of Joseph Lacher, who 20 months ago joined Allstate Insurance to run one of its largest business units. His faux pas was to trash the chairman/CEO with an "expletive deleted" over drinks during a conference with a gathering of Allstate's top Insurance Agents. His indiscretion spread like wildfire around the conference, and not long after his return to headquarters he was summarily fired and handed his walking papers. This sounds like an extreme case, but it is representative of a larger challenge facing every professional. Failure to walk the party line, coupled with unkind or compromising chatter inside or outside of the company, is not only bad form, but a loaded gun that can derail a career. Our best advice is to zip your lips and constructively address the issue. Or alternatively, if it is a matter of sufficient importance, you can always resign and leave the matter behind.

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn/Ferry International's Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. The views expressed in this article are the author's own.

CAPITOL HILL HOUSING
Director of Real Estate and Sustainable Communities (Non-Profit)
(SEATTLE) The director will actively pursue opportunities to acquire property for potential development; ensure project compatibility with CHH's development strategy; cultivate relationships and solicit development proposals from private and non-profit developers for joint ventures that further CHH's development goals; and prepare funding applications for tax credits, grants and loans from City, County, State and Federal agencies; among other duties.

PRESIDIO TRUST
Asset Portfolio Manager
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) The manager manages the Baker Beach portfolio of 403 apartment units located in Area B of the Presidio in accordance with national historic compliance standards to provide strategic positioning for long-term investment and day to day operations’; duties include: identifying and implementing strategies to maximize long term return on investment and to achieve operating efficiencies; working in a collaborative fashion with the property management and capital project teams; and developing and implementing leasing and marketing programs; implementing a capital improvement program; performing detailed review and analysis of monthly reports; among other duties.

HARBOR GROUP INTERNATIONAL
Property Manager
(LITHONIA, GA) The property manager will oversee the day-to-day of the property; maintain customer service standards and resident relations; meet the financial goals of the owners; prepare monthly and quarterly operational reports; and review vendor contracts for competitiveness; among other duties.

WATERTON RESIDENTIAL
Vice President Corporate Controller
(CHICAGO) The controller will lead the corporate, tactical fund, Ultima hospitality management, and individual investor accounting, payroll and treasury functions ensuring the accurate and timely preparation of the internal and external financial statements and reporting, including budgeting, forecasting and tax return review; among other duties.

CALRION PARTNERS
Senior Analyst, Real Estate Research and Investment Strategy
(NEW YORK CITY) The senior analyst will assist with the preparation of market and submarket research reports across varied property types, geographic regions, and investment types for presentation to acquisition teams and Investment Committee; prepare detailed strategy reports, which analyze and recommend investment strategies, themes, allocations, rotations, techniques, sector and market plays, and timing; and prepare five-year fundamentals forecasts at market, submarket, and peer group levels; use and create forecast models in Excel; among other duties.

MIT DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES
Senior Project Manager – Capital Renewal
(CAMBRIDGE, MA) The manager will be responsible for consulting with client for facility requirements; preparing schematics, scoping for projects and securing approvals; developing complex project plans, including schedule and construction budgets; coordinating efforts with appropriate planning, engineering and design staff to review drawings and specifications for conformance with engineering practices and institute requirements; among other duties.

SELECTLEADERS
Analyst
(ATLANTA) The analyst will be responsible for financial analysis and underwriting; assisting in preparation of offering materials and new business presentations; gathering and evaluating real estate market data; due diligence collection and review; and providing general analytical support to the deal team; among other duties.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
Research Supervisor
(LOS ANGELES) The research supervisor will review and evaluate collected data results, make appropriate recommendations and control research expenditures; assist in the preparation and production of project/client presentations and reports; manage broker requests for data/research information; coordinate projects with national research market share, landlord report card, market analysis; and apply psychometric methods to the measurement of outcomes and uses multivariate models to calculate variations in data; among other duties.

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