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done something well, it’s to pick out a great team,” he says. “I’ll take the credit for that.” It is credit well-deserved, because the people at Wall Homes all share a common characteristic. Brigitte Doyle is the director have things like respect and trust and a lot of energy, lot of drive, it’s fun.” These self-starters view themselves as peers. Erin Kolp holds the title of chief of staff and is responsible for public relations, of team resources, which in another company would be called human resources. “You’ll see a lot of energy here. It’s almost palpable. You almost feel as if even if people are sitting or standing, you feel like they’re moving in some context, because there’s some sense of urgency. A lot of our business is driven by time — time in terms of building houses, especially as a new company developing processes to accommodate what we do.” Darris McClure expounds on the idea. “Everybody is working toward the same end goal: to build a special company, to provide a special product to the customer. … A number of us have worked together for a number of years, and so when you troubleshooting scheduling and general all-around keeping-the-ball-moving in any area it needs to be pushed. Says Kolp: “We’re a very flat organization. We’re all seen as peers.” Wall’s management and leadership philosophies support this idea of the team concept. He gives incredible freedom to people on his staff within a very clear context of accountability. Lots of people talk about that, but Wall has two things going for him that many managers don’t. First, the people on his team are selfmotivated, energetic people with a sense of urgency, so they don’t need to be given direct instructions to accomplish tasks. Second, Wall communicates through a www.Housinggiants.com 6.10.08.Housing giants 25 http://www.wall.com/Bio-DoyleB.asp http://www.housinggiants.com

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