Real Estate Leadership Keynote Speaker
Attract Agents. Retain Top Talent. Build a Culture That Sells.
Betsy Allen-Manning is a nationally recognized
real estate leadership keynote speaker and
workplace culture strategist. She helps brokerages, property management groups, and multi-office teams create a Destination Workplace™; where top talent stays, culture drives performance, and leadership finally feels aligned.
Challenges Real Estate & Property Leaders Are Facing Today.
The real estate industry is at a tipping point. You’re not just managing properties or selling homes, you’re managing people under pressure.
Betsy Allen-Manning is a nationally recognized real estate leadership keynote speaker and culture consultant for property management companies. Through high-energy keynotes and research from the National Workplace Trends Study, she helps brokerages, multi-location firms, and property groups improve agent retention, reduce burnout, and build trust-driven leadership across all roles. Betsy has worked with some of the most recognized names in service-driven industries and is a featured speaker for top real estate associations and leadership events across the country, such as: Keller Williams, Univesco, Cohen Esrey, and ParaWest Management.
Burnout is Breaking Top Producers
Long hours, emotional clients, commission stress, and always being “on” is draining agents and property managers alike. If you don’t address it now, your best talent will burn out fast.
Mass Exodus of Agents
Retention is no longer about perks, it’s about purpose, leadership, and growth. When these are missing, turnover becomes your most expensive cost.
Toxic Competition & Disengaged Teams
Gossip, favoritism, and a lack of collaboration are destroying morale across many real estate offices. Without healthy communication, productivity and trust fall apart.
Leaders Without People Skills
top salespeople don't always make great leaders. In too many offices, managers lack the coaching, delegation, or communication skills needed to lead effectively.
Inconsistent Culture Across Offices
In multi-location brokerages or property groups, each office can feel like a different company. Without aligned values and leadership expectations, you get scattered culture, and retention issues.
No Path to Growth
In many brokerages and property firms, agents and support staff don’t see opportunities to grow. If you don’t develop your people, they will find a company who will.
Even in service-driven industries like real estate and property management, culture can collapse behind the scenes.
If trust is the foundation of your business, too many brokerages are building on shaky ground.
How Betsy Helps You Build Retention-Ready Culture & Leadership Alignment!
Whether your challenge is agent retention, manager inconsistency, burnout, or building a healthy office culture across multiple branches, Betsy brings frameworks that build loyalty, increase engagement, and unify your people.
CULTURE: Create a Mission Agents Want to Be Part Of.
Problem: In real estate, most agents are 1099s. That means culture isn’t “mandatory”; it’s either magnetic or invisible. Offices without clear purpose or values alignment become revolving doors. Brokerage culture development is more crucial than ever.
Solution: Betsy helps your leadership team build a culture people actually want to belong to; one that reflects your mission in how people lead, communicate, and serve. She teaches leaders how to translate purpose into practices that drive loyalty and production.
Deliverables:
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Culture Consultant for Real Estate Teams:
Align your office experience with what today’s agents want, and learn agent retention strategies.
✔ Culture Keynote for Broker/Owner Meetings and speaker for property management companies.
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Culture audit/diagnostics - Evaluate gaps in trust, purpose, and culture consistency across locations.
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Executive Strategy Sessions - Align leadership teams to model and reinforce core cultural values and become a Destination Workplace™ in the Real Estate and Property Management industry.
VIEW THE KEYNOTE: Becoming a Destination Workplace™
Book This KeynoteIdeal for: Broker-Owners & Managing Brokers Broker-Owners / Regional Directors / Franchise Area Developers / Owners/Executives of Property Management Firms,
- Understand what today’s workforce truly values in culture, leadership & purpose
- Learn how to reduce turnover by improving the employee experience in 5 key areas
- Use NWTS data to benchmark and improve your workplace reputation and retention
Becoming a Destination Workplace™ - Where People Apply, Engage, Contribute, Promote–and Stay!
“Why can’t we find good people?”
“If we’re offering competitive pay… why do our best employees keep leaving?”
"If we can't compete on salary, how can we still win this war for talent?"
If these questions sound familiar, you're not alone. According to the National Workplace Trends Study Betsy's company conducted, 90% of companies say staffing shortages are their #1 threat. But here’s the truth: it’s not a hiring problem—it’s a workplace problem. In this powerful and eye-opening keynote, workplace culture expert Betsy Allen-Manning reveals the five core reasons people actually leave—and how to turn them into your competitive advantage.
You’ll learn her proprietary ‘5 EX Process’ for transforming your culture into one that:
• Attracts top talent (without overpaying for it)
• Increases engagement & contribution from day one
• Promotes loyalty and internal growth
• Stops turnover in its tracks
• Creates a reputation as a Destination Workplace™—where people apply, engage, contribute, promote… and stay
Backed by research and real-world results, Betsy combines data, storytelling, and leadership experience to help you stop guessing—and start creating a workplace that works.
*real estate leadership keynote speaker - Betsy Allen-Manning / culture speaker for real estate / Property management leadership keynote speaker
LEADERSHIP: Develop Managers Agents Trust & Respect
Problem: Many brokerages promote high-performing agents into leadership, but don’t train them to lead people. The result? Inconsistent office cultures, reactive leadership, and a trust gap between agents and managers.
Solution: Betsy trains team leaders and managing brokers on how to lead with trust, accountability, and clarity. She provides tools to improve performance coaching, handle conflict, and increase leadership credibility across branches or portfolios.
Deliverables:
✔Real Estate Leadership Training – Develop the 6 power skills your team leads and brokers need (coaching, communication, delegation, time management, attracting talent, and behavior accountability).
✔Broker/Owner & Management keynotes - Help leaders retain agents by supporting—not just supervising | Keynote Speaker for Real Estate Conferences.
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Emerging leader development - Train your future-ready leaders to ensure a strong succession plan.
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Leadership & Culture Alignment Retreats - Get all leaders on the same page around performance, culture, and growth through real estate leadership coaching.
VIEW THE KEYNOTE: The Destination Workplace Leader
Book This KeynoteFor brokers/owners, senior leaders, and emerging leaders in real estate
- Build trust, respect, and communication with staff.
- Learn 6 vital skills for leading under pressure in today’s real estate climate
- Create alignment with values, leadership behaviors, and a sense of team.
- Leadership training for real estate teams.
The Destination Workplace™ Leader - How to Build Teams with Loyalty, Purpose & Staying Power
We’re no longer operating in the workplace of the past. People are rethinking where, how—and even if—they want to work. Leaders are burned out, engagement is dropping, and turnover is costing companies more than ever. In this high-impact keynote, leadership and workplace culture expert Betsy Allen-Manning shares a modern blueprint for becoming the kind of leader people trust, respect, and stay loyal to.
Evolving from her powerful TEDx talk, this session gives leaders the latest, research-backed strategies to:
• Make employees feel seen, valued, and fulfilled
• Create a culture that attracts top talent—and makes them want to stay
• Develop a future-ready workforce with strong values and leadership potential
• Increase engagement, reduce burnout, and build team loyalty in a distracted world
Backed by Betsy’s experience leading elite teams at 5-star hotels and data from her National Workplace Trends Study, this keynote delivers the inspiration and actionable tools leaders need to evolve—and lead—with impact.
*real estate leadership keynote speaker - Betsy Allen-Manning / culture speaker for real estate / Property management leadership keynote speaker
WELL-BEING: Prevent Burnout in a 24/7 Sales Environment
Problem: Real estate never turns off, and it’s burning people out. Long hours, commission pressure, and “hustle culture” are leading to emotional exhaustion, especially among your rising stars.
Solution: Betsy’s Reset & Recharge™ program helps sales teams and support staff identify burnout triggers, rewire habits, and re-energize through high-engagement workshops that combine brain science, fun, and real transformation.
Deliverables:
✔Reset & Recharge
Wellness Keynote - for real estate & property management teams, and brokerage-wide staff days.
✔ Reset & Recharge Wellness workshop & workplace wellness strategies for real estate offices- Help agents rebuild energy without losing production.
✔Well-being programs for property management teams - Combat stress in field staff & corporate employees.
✔ Wellness & Team-Building Retreats
- Custom well-being activities with interactive brain games, wellness discussions and live implementation exercises.
VIEW THE WELLNESS KEYNOTE: Reset & Recharge
Book This KeynotePerfect for property management and real estate team meetings and retreats
- Reduce burnout and increase resilience across brokerages.
- Build stronger collaboration and trust
- Interactive format with team-building, brainteasers, and workplace wellness strategies
Reset & Recharge- A High-energy Experience To Eliminate Stress, Negativity & Burnout
⚠️ WARNING: Your group will leave recharged, renewed, and ready to roll!
This isn’t your typical sit-and-listen keynote. In this high-energy, interactive experience, Betsy Allen-Manning brings the fun and the facts to help your people transform their mindset, recharge their motivation, and build resilience for whatever work (or life) throws their way.
Perfect for high-stress teams, burnt-out leaders, or conferences that need an energizing boost, this session delivers real strategies for:
• Reducing stress and mental fatigue
• Re-wiring negative thinking patterns
• Creating sustainable work-life balance
• Building better habits and boundaries
• Becoming more positive, productive, and resilient
Through games, brainteasers, dancing (yes—dancing!), and audience engagement, Betsy turns personal development into a full-on experience.
✔️ Laughter? Guaranteed.
✔️ Takeaways? Actionable.
✔️ Energy in the room? Through the roof.
If your people need a reset, this is the keynote that delivers it—in the most fun, refreshing way possible.
*real estate leadership keynote speaker - Betsy Allen-Manning / culture speaker for real estate / Property management leadership keynote speaker / real estate burnout and well-being speaker
TEAM & BELONGING: Rebuild Trust & Communication in a Competitive Environment
Problem: When agents are in competition with each other, and managers don’t step in, trust erodes. Property teams, too, often feel siloed and unsupported.
Solution: Betsy trains teams to communicate across styles, resolve conflict before it festers, and build trust across roles and offices. Her DISC-based team-building programs are designed for high-volume, fast-moving environments like real estate.
Deliverables:
✔DISC workshops for real estate offices - Improve collaboration, reduce misunderstandings, and deal with difficult people effectively.
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Property Management team-building retreats - High-trust team activities. Interactive exercises that promote transparency, active listening, and collaboration.
✔Conflict/resolution strategies - Address tension and misunderstandings before they erode trust.
✔Real Estate Leadership Keynote Speaker - Energize your workforce and reconnect disconnected teams through shared values and goals.
✔Real estate team building speaker.
VIEW THE WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION KEYNOTE: People Savvy
Book This KeynoteIdeal for: Real Estate and Property Management Teams &, leadership
People Savvy- Master Communication, Build Stronger Connections & Handle Difficult People With Confidence
Did you know that 85% of your success in life and business has nothing to do with your technical skills—and everything to do with how well you work with people?
The problem? People can be… tricky. Different personalities. Conflicting communication styles. Office tension. Misfires. Misunderstandings. Sound familiar? In this highly interactive (and hilariously accurate) keynote, human behavior expert, Betsy Allen-Manning breaks down the science of personalities so your team can stop guessing—and start connecting.
You’ll discover:
• How different personality styles prefer to communicate, decide, and be influenced
• How to avoid common communication breakdowns before they happen
• How to handle difficult people without losing your cool
• How to build better relationships at work—and at home
With audience interaction, real-time insights, and a whole lot of laughs, this session isn’t just informative—it’s an experience. You start by becoming part of the content, and walk away more self-aware, more people-smart, and way more confident interacting with challenging personalities.
*real estate leadership keynote speaker - Betsy Allen-Manning / culture speaker for real estate / Property management leadership keynote speaker
GROWTH & PERFORMANCE: Coach Agents to Contribute and Stay
Problem: Agents don’t leave because of leads; they leave because of lack of leadership, growth, and coaching. If they don’t see a path forward, they’ll look elsewhere.
Solution: Betsy trains your leaders to create growth conversations, identify high-potential agents, and give feedback that fuels both performance and loyalty. She also builds development paths for emerging leaders, office managers, and support staff.
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High-Performance motivational keynote Speeches. Keynote speaker for real estate conferences & property management conferences.
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Emerging leader programs for high-potential staff. Equip leaders to support employee development, not just performance reviews.
✔Upskilling & Performance Development Workshops - Boost retention, culture, performance, and sense of team through meaningful professional growth
VIEW THE KEYNOTE: DNA Of High-Achieving Teams
Book This KeynoteIdeal for: All Agents and Staff, Teams, Motivational Events
DNA of High Achievers- Decode the Success Patterns Behind the Drive, Discipline & Habits of Top Performers
Most people chase success...top performers engineer it.
Does this sound like you? You want this to be your year to rise up–to finally get promoted, stand out, manage your time like a pro, and hit those bold goals. But you're missing the strategies, structure, or motivation to follow through. You're not alone. In this empowering keynote, human behavior expert, Betsy Allen-Manning breaks down the DNA of High Achievers™—those rare individuals who don't just wing it, but instead...follow predictable, repeatable, learnable patterns.
Based on her interviews with elite performers and her expertise in human behavior, Betsy reveals a 6-step success formula to help you:
Master the mindset that drives unstoppable achievers:
• Develop the daily disciplines that fuel consistent performance
• Crush procrastination and own your time
• Show up every day with clarity, confidence, and an ALL IN mentality
This keynote isn’t just about motivation—it’s about activation. Betsy provides the mindset, performance tools, and proven game plan to take your career (and life) to the next level.
*real estate leadership keynote speaker - Betsy Allen-Manning / culture speaker for real estate / Property management leadership keynote speaker
What Real Estate & Property Management Leaders Are Saying
“Betsy’s presentation was fantastic.The part that really helped me was whether someone is either focused on getting a task done or building a relationship, and by determining between the two can make or break your connection with them."
John - Univesco
"We had the best leadership training with Betsy. We learned that besides focusing on just the bottom line, to also think about our legacy as leaders. Betsy partnered with our executive team, and from there we brought her in to train leaders in all of our locations."
Caprice - ParaWest Management
"Betsy had great tips, unparalleled energy and had unbelievable chemistry with the audience. Her speech not only impacted me, but it's going to impact every single person on my team that I can now empower."
Stephanie - Asset Plus
ABOUT BETSY
Founder & CEO of Award-Winning Leadership & Culture Firm, Destination Workplace™.
Featured on FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS & TEDx, Betsy Allen-Manning is a nationally recognized real estate leadership keynote speaker, workplace strategist, and founder of Destination Workplace™. With a background in behavioral science and over 15,000 leaders and teams trained, Betsy delivers retention-focused leadership solutions that drive performance, reduce turnover, and create alignment across multi-location brokerages and property management organizations. She’s worked with service-based industries across the U.S., from high-performing real estate teams to multi-site operations, such as Keller Williams, Asset Plus, Cohen Esrey, & ParaWest Management, to help leaders develop trust, agents stay loyal, and company culture become a competitive advantage.
Her signature Destination Workplace™ Framework was built from data gathered in her National Workplace Trends Study, and it's designed to solve your specific retention, culture, and leadership problems:
✅ High agent turnover
✅ Inconsistent leadership across offices
✅ Low engagement in distributed teams
✅ Culture collapse after rapid growth
Betsy’s programs blend practical tools, research-backed frameworks, and high-energy delivery that leave your team both inspired and equipped to build a workplace where people want to stay.
• Leadership strategies tailored for high-pressure, fast-moving industries
• Real estate-specific solutions for improving retention and agent loyalty
• Communication tools to reduce friction between offices and teams
• Practical ways to build purpose, trust, and career growth into your culture
• Burnout prevention strategies for field teams and top producers
For real estate brokerages, property management firms, and franchise groups looking to build culture, boost retention, and lead their teams more effectively,
Betsy Allen-Manning is the ideal speaker or consultant to elevate your workforce—starting at the top.
BETSY IS ONE OF THE MOST RE-BOOKED REAL ESTATE SPEAKERS IN DALLAS!
Watch Her High Energy & Interactive Keynotes To See Why!
"When we got the evals from our audience members we immediately booked Betsy to come back the next year!"
-Jackie H.
Stop putting Band-Aids on a Broken Culture. Let's Diagnose, and Fix the Root Cause.
You can’t deliver a five-star client experience with a team that’s exhausted, disengaged, and disconnected from leadership.
According to the National Workplace Trends Study:
• 49% of Gen Z professionals report high burnout.
• 42% of employees are already job hunting.
• 57% say distrust in leadership is why they quit.
When agents are burned out, property staff are overwhelmed, and managers are untrained or unavailable, turnover becomes inevitable—and culture collapse is only a matter of time. Using the Destination Workplace™ Framework, Betsy Allen-Manning helps brokerages and property firms:
✅ Improve agent retention
✅ Align managers and team leads
✅ Rebuild morale
✅ Create a workplace where people apply, engage, contribute, promote—and stay.
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If you're serious about reducing turnover, improving leadership,and creating a culture where your best people want to stay—this is your call to take action.
Betsy Allen-Manning has helped organizations across real estate, property management, and service-based industries create cultures that retain top talent, develop future-ready leaders, and boost engagement across all levels. Now it's your turn.
Let’s fix what’s broken. Let’s train your leaders. Let’s build your Destination Workplace™ together!
✅ Keynotes • ✅ Training • ✅ Team Retreats • ✅ Certification
