Minority Mentoring At Its Finest: How 博马/十大网赌靠谱网址平台’s 奥利奖学金 Is Elevating Commercial Real Estate Careers

在商业地产行业, there are inevitably going to be situations in which a person from a minority group is the only one in the room. 和其他人一样, 少数族裔专业人士希望在职场中脱颖而出, 以及共享十大网赌靠谱网址平台的重要性, 教育, 对房间里每个人的指导是不可低估的.

虽然对某些人来说，任何行业的一些指导都是自然而然的, others may need to be more intentional about developing mentorships and finding a “safe space” to discuss professional goals and challenges openly and honestly.

The need to access intentional mentorships is just one of the many benefits to the 雷金纳德L. 奥利奖学金 (也被称为“奥利”奖学金)，由 博马/十大网赌靠谱网址平台基金会 in 2005.

奥利奖学金不仅为学生提供全额奖学金 Real Property Administrator (RPA)/Facilities Management Administrator (FMA) 价值10美元,000, it also brings together minorities to address their shared professional experiences and find consistent support for advancement. 通过奖学金的导师计划, scholarship recipients can not only talk about any challenges but also create strategies for meeting these challenges head on.

That mentorship opportunity combined with a quest for knowledge and desire to maximize her career opportunities are what drew 乌木安德利 致奖学金.

“I knew that anyone could get an RPA – what I really needed was a mentor.乌木说. “当我通过RPA项目增长我的知识时, having a safe space to talk about challenges and creating strategies to meet those challenges head on allowed me to grow personally and professionally.”

The Ollie mentorship program pairs a mentor working the commercial real estate industry with a mentee of historically underrepresented groups to receive real-world learning and career guidance toward the RPA designation. 乌木发现的奥利奖学金越多, the more she realized that the program was simply too good to pass up and applied. In 2016, Ebony was awarded the Ollie scholarship, where she received full tuition to earn her RPA.

While the mentorship and full funding of the RPA courses were the main reasons Ebony applied for the scholarship, she quickly came to realize the visibility associated with being honored as a recipient of the Ollie scholarship was yet another opportunity.

“你不仅参加了一个活动, 在数百名业内人士面前获得荣誉, 但你就是他们要展示的那个人,” 她说. “As the person of honor, you get the chance to meet a variety of people and get your face out there.”

真正的工作和奉献开始了

项目一开始，乌木就被匹配上了 马克斯·安德鲁斯的区域客户经理 设计抠图, a 35-year-old company that specializes in manufacturing quality custom floor matting for commercial real estate buildings. Andrews had actually mentored a few other individuals through various programs prior to working with Ebony.

Ebony had previously taken one RPA class a year which was covered through her building’s 教育al budget. 在赢得奥利奖之后, Ebony felt a sense a of autonomy knowing that she could now accelerate her schedule to take two or three courses a year, 这意味着她可以在两年多的时间内完成RPA. She was also eager to begin the mentorship which she felt was equally important.

乌木和马克斯开始见面, her expertise and confidence continued to grow and the two gained mutual respect and trust. “从我们第一次见面开始, 曾经是别人的导师, I thought that it was important to try to be as disarming as I could so we could begin with an openness,” 马克斯说,. “I told Ebony that the only rule that we were going to have was that there were no rules. I didn’t want to have an intentional agenda as much as be a resource to her. 她对自己的职业生涯有什么看法? 她对这个项目有什么期望? 她从此敞开心扉，分享了这些目标.”

毫无疑问，乌木, 通过与马克斯的合作, 在个人和职业上都有所成长吗, gaining added confidence and knowledge to take her career to the next level and intensifying her courage to ask questions, 即使在这些情况下，她描述为 “对不舒服感到舒服.” Ebony is becoming even more effective at leading and working with her team to collaborate, 设定目标, 有效沟通，完成工作.

今天，Ebony现在是Hines的助理物业经理.三百万平方英尺，A级建筑.

建立自己的十大网赌靠谱网址平台网络

Max knew that even as he was mentoring Ebony and expanding her knowledge of the industry, 她的成长不能生活在泡沫中. 它需要生活在一个充满激情的同侪网络中——一个 十大网赌靠谱网址平台网络 她必须不断地发展.

“每次你问问题的时候，我都这样告诉艾博妮, 这是你与其他十大网赌靠谱网址平台建立合作关系的机会. So, don't be afraid to ask the question because that individual could be your resource,” 他解释说. 如果那个人的回答是你所需要的, then you can learn how to engage him as your resource for that information again going forward. 这就是你如何扩大你的网络和获得更多的知识, because your network brings in more people and begins to grow exponentially with stronger relationships. 然后你就可以开始比赛了.”

传递爱

As a result of Ebony’s positive experience in the 奥利奖学金 program, 徒弟很快就变成了导师. Max stressed how their mentorship over the years has developed into a two-way relationship, Ebony已经找到了指导他人的机会. She intentionally finds opportunities to meet other minorities who are in the industry to get together for coffee or lunch and offer herself as a resource to them.

As Max was listening to Ebony talk about her career goals and achievements in the aftermath of winning the 奥利奖学金 and earning her RPA two years later, 麦克斯不禁为他以前的学员感到骄傲.

“这不是我多年前遇到的那个人了。” 他说. “我能从艾博妮的话和她处理事情的方式中听出来. 看到她今天的样子，我感到非常欣慰. 这是我们都想要的吗.”

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了解更多十大网赌靠谱网址平台 BOMA/十大网赌靠谱网址平台的奥利奖学金 在我们的网站上，包括资格标准和其他详细信息. For more information, contact Jaclynne Madden, Director of 教育, at jmadden@elahomecollection.com 或打电话 (312) 870-9608.

Applications for the Ollie scholarship will open December 4, 2019 through February 4, 2020.