Gino Blefari

Today, I sat down between meetings to write this post to you as I prepare to attend the 49ers vs. Giants home game with Chris Sears and many other friends later tonight. Go Niners! Excitement for the game—and chatting with Tom Ferry—has me thinking about leadership, football and coaching, which was already on my mind…

Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time studying the connection between sports and leadership, and specifically football and leadership, drawing inspiration from sports icons like my buddies Dwight “The Catch” Clark, Ronnie Lott, Steve Mariucci, Brent Jones, and Johnnie Johnson, Allan Dalton and Jimmy Burgess, along with Eddie DeBartolo, Bill Walsh, Joe Montana…

Last Friday when I was getting my hair cut, I sat in the chair and asked my stylist: “Hey, would you mind if I play a Jimmy Buffett song right now?” I explained that I always think of Jimmy Buffett on the Friday before Labor Day because of the song “Come Monday” and its opening…

On Sunday, my home state of California was hit with its first tropical storm in 84 years–Hurricane Hilary. Several important leadership lessons from the storm can be applied to various aspects of life and decision-making. Here are seven leadership lessons we can learn: Plan for the long-term. According to the New York Times, the last…

A few weeks ago, I wrote about leadership lessons from Steph Curry, including his passion for golf, and in response, received an email from Sue Behl with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group whose husband was a caddie for PGA professional golfer and longtime commentator Gary Koch. Koch also happens to be the 2023 recipient…

Today I want to talk about the takeaways from the Buffini Mastermind Summit that I found particularly inspiring. The Summit is always great because it’s not just for real estate professionals; it’s for anyone in business looking to continually improve and achieve their own Wildly Important Goals. This year’s Summit was all about “Putting the…

For this week’s post, I’d like to share some wisdom imparted by one of our keynote speakers from this year’s recent Stronger Together event, HomeServices’ annual conference for top-producing real estate professionals. Our speaker, Col. Nicole Malachowski, wowed the crowd with her thoughts on a “push-the-envelope” mindset. First, let’s talk about Col. Malachowski. She’s not…

When I was on the “Diversity Matters” podcast yesterday, Teresa (Palacios Smith, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for HomeServices of America) asked me about this blog and, for the first time ever, I announced the topic of the next “Thoughts on Leadership” before it was published. So, for those who tuned in, you’d know…

We ended our last “music is magic” discussion talking about how music can elicit certain feelings in others, and how Jim Kirk, CEO of Corporate Magic, uses that knowledge when putting together emotionally charged shows like the General Sessions at the annual Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ Sales Convention. Jim says that this idea of music creating…

Today, I want to talk about the magic of music. There are some songs that from the minute I hear the opening notes, I’m transported to a very specific time in my life: “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” “Fire and Rain,” “Dancing in the Moonlight,” “Lyin’ Eyes”… If an old song from the ‘70s…