Not many people know this, but Mike McCarthy, Barry Plant’s CEO for 18 years, was the first in the Melbourne real estate industry to ever have the idea for a ‘kick off’ event each year - in 2002, he’d attended an FCA event and had the thought that Barry Plant was now big enough to do the same thing.
More than two decades later every group has their ‘kickstart’ and it’s a funny dynamic that they all end up being called the same name, although the name changes every few years.
It’s almost comical - I remember years ago attending a Ray White ‘ignite’ event in Melbourne (the popular name of that period!) and two people from a rival network didn’t even realise until a few minutes after we started that they were in the wrong room - their group’s ‘Ignite’ happened to be on exactly the same place on the same day.
We thought about changing the name this year but realised that it’s a good thing we all know what the event is all about.
What’s actually important is the content and this year with Barry Plant was an absolute ripper - not only did we have some fabulous real estate content delivered by our very own superstar Spiro Drossos, but we also shared some other learnings from our other speakers (including the always wonderful John Foong) that have nothing to do with real estate and everything to do with being a good human.
Thanks in particular to Layne Beachley AO for a fabulous key note - you’re an absolute inspiration not only with your story of grit and determination to nail your world champion title repeatedly , but also for your message about connection and humanity.
And despite already having experienced massive and almost unbelievable organic market share growth over the past twelve months, we’re excited to say we’ve only just begun….well and truly kicked off!
#transformation #purpose #purposeled #wearebarryplant #realestate
Preparing our Barry Plant network for success in 2024 at our Kickstart Conference.
Here's a wrap up of an outstanding day filled with exceptional guest speakers, productive office networking, and much more.
Thank you to all that attended.
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Area Manager of Operations | MBA, Management, Marketing, Real Estate
3moWonderful event, thank you for hosting!