But if Ferndale is small enough that the local officials haven't converted their mindset from "we are a neighborhood where we all belong" to "we are a growing community where lawsuits are just part of the process of leadership accountability"- well, I'd be concerned about legislative vendettas of a sort. 

Also, check out Extreme Leadership by Jocko Willink.

Can anyone recommend some good books that discuss organizational leadership and how to properly run/establish business operations. 

The hourly paycheck will become the totem pole he worships, not the bonus. 

But lets break it down.First thing I see is lack of Leadership.  

Not generic BS advice being peddled by the average paid mentorship program - "develop a thought leadership platform" (yes, but how?)

Now, if you have leadership abilities and another agent follows your directions, that's different, it's not an employee/agency relationship.If you become an agent or broker and own the property to be sold, you'll need to advertise the property and disclose that you're an "owner-agent" or "owner-broker".

Under his leadership and guidance, MADE SPA, an organization established in the 1800s by his forefathers, continues to win construction contracts both in the private and the public sector.

My background is in leadership and management.

The non profit that I am president of ( for at least one more meeting before my term expires raised over 1.8 million last year alone).I am NOT available to be a board member though because of other obligations, but I can see leadership potential in this post alone, who knows what other diamonds in the rough are out there as well.I gave ten bucks when we were thinking of making a profit.