Building communities where people want to live with Wellen Park’s Rick Severance
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Building communities where people want to live with Wellen Park’s Rick Severance
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About this listen
Rick Severance has worked for some of the largest development communities in Florida, leading up to his current post, as president of Wellen Park, a master-planned community in south Sarasota County. And his passion for building communities is high-level. On this episode, Rick talks about what he believes makes a good work culture, his strategy for growing a community at the right pace, his mentors and how he leads through transparency and accountability. And listen for how he spends some of his time commuting to and from work.
3 Takeaways:
- (07:00) Set a clear vision
- (12:15) Assume the best
- (16:50) Pivot quickly
Timestamps:
(00:00) This episode is sponsored by Kerkering Barberio!
(00:30) Introducing Rick Severance, President of Wellen Park
(05:20) Getting into Land Development
(06:35) Leadership Lessons
(08:00) Lessons from Babcock Ranch
(09:10) What is Wellen Park?
(11:20) How do you manage all the stakeholders?
(13:45) What do you look for in other leaders?
(15:18) Leadership advice
(16:45) Dealing with setbacks
(18:15) Wellen Park in 2025
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