Jeff Turner

Dinner With A Stranger

October 7, 2017 By Jeff Turner 9 Comments

Lee was already seated when we walked in the door at Mom Can Cook Thai restaurant. He was beginning to explain his custom order to the waitress as my 16-year-old son, and I sat down at the table next to him. He was very specific in his order, asking for the soup they serve at […]

Returning To My Roots

September 22, 2017 By Jeff Turner 20 Comments

No, I’m not moving back to West Virginia, though that thought does cross my mind more often than some might imagine. I’m referring to my roots in the real estate industry. Today, I am announcing that on October 1 I will be leaving my full-time position at RealSatisfied (a Placester company) and have accepted the position […]

The Next Right Thing

August 29, 2017 By Jeff Turner 12 Comments

Sitting with my Mammaw one morning at her kitchen table in Grafton, WV, our conversation strayed to her disappointment with a recent life decision I had made. She was a very direct woman, so she didn’t pull any punches. “I’m disappointed in you, Jeff. You’ve hurt your family. I just never thought I’d see you […]

On Aspirational Corporate Values

July 4, 2017 By Jeff Turner 2 Comments

I’ve watched more than my fair share of business leaders start down the path of defining a company’s core values, only to be distracted by the more pleasant route of articulating aspirational values instead. Why? Because facing the truth is hard. Your core values are the truth. They are your behavior. They are what already […]

Making Your Core Values Stick

February 15, 2017 By Jeff Turner Leave a Comment

Thanks to BoomTown for publishing these short thoughts. I’ve written about values and the real estate industry in the past, but I thought I’d share these quick thoughts here, along with a transcription of the video. The first thought was cut off and really should be completed. “What I know is that the people who’ve taken […]

Illustrating The Power Of Lies

August 29, 2016 By Jeff Turner 5 Comments

“The fundamental purpose of the exercise, or Russian disinformation, experts said, is to undermine the official version of events — even the very idea that there is an actual version of the facts — and foster a kind of policy paralysis.” Taken from The New York Times article, A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False […]