Race for the Cure

On Sunday September 19th a group from our portfolio joined 40,000 others for the annual Race for the Cure! It was an amazing turn out and a great event to raise money for the fight against breast cancer, along with raising awareness about the deadly disease. This event raised over $2 million!!

Pictured Left to right:
Rebecca's daughter Ashtyn, Rebecca Aponte, Stephanie Ogan and her son Grady, Kelly Arendell, Julia Riccetti, and Melissa Gerking. Amanda Havermann (not pictured).

Success or Significance (Are you adding value to yourself or to others?)

Hello Everyone.


Here is an excerpt from a Success magazine article by John C Maxwell. He makes some good points in regards to Success vs Significance. Being in a service/sales industry I thought I would share some of it with you.


"Do you know the difference between success and significance? A lot of people who believe they are successful because they have everything they want. They have added value to themselves. but John believes significance comes when you add value to others-and you can't have true success with out significance.


Success is:

1. knowing your purpose in life


2. growing to your maximum potential


3. sowing seeds that benefit others.

Once you've learned something, do you have a heart to share it with others "#5 Share the Knowledge", or do you hold it for yourself? If you stop at adding value to yourself, you miss the reward of significance.

The journey to significance:

• This journey takes time.


• Success is usually the stepping stone to significance 'What else is there in life beyond professional and monetary success?'


• Pursuing significance takes us out of our comfort zone.
  
  It's Natural:
  To live for myself
  to think short term
  To go for instant gratification

It's unnatural:
To live for others
To think long term
To have delayed gratification

Once significance is sensed, nothing else will satisfy. Some people love what they do but don't feel it matters much. And some people who don't love what they do but do feel it matters. when you can love what you do and feel that it is making a difference in the lives of others, now you have the right combination. (What better opportunity in the way you can impact peoples lives every day!)

Five Differences between success and significance:

1. Motives: With success, motives may be selfish; with Significance, motives cannot be selfish.


2. Influence: With success, influence is limited; with significance, influence is unlimited. 'When you influence a child, you influence a life. When you influence a father, you influence a family. When you influence a leader, you influence all who look to them for leadership'


3. Time: Success can last a lifetime; significance can last several lifetimes.


4. Focus: Success asks, "How can I add value to myself?" Significance asks, "How can I add value to others?" The evolution from selfishness to significance goes something like this: What can others do for me? - What can I do for myself? - What can I do for others? - What can I do with others, for others?


5. Reward: If you pursue success, your joy is the result of your success; If you pursue significance, you joy is the result of others' success."

Excerpts from an Article in Success magazine by John C Maxwell.

Thank you

What Residents and Prospects are saying about you in August

• Ashley and Lindsey were very helpful and accommodating during our visit to the property.
• Kelly Arendell was superb and had a strong influence on helping me and my daughter make a quick and confident decision.
• Amanda was very helpful and personable.
• Melissa was great!
• the staff is really nice and very helpful. In particular, Daphne and Becka have been outstanding in fulfilling requests.
• Ryan was our associate at Palladia. He was amazing in showing us an apartment that we were interested in...He really is a great employee and has answered the myriad of questions I've thrown at him!
• Cassie was the young lady's name that assisted us for the tour. She was very excellent in seeking out our needs...if I do not qualify for the apartment I know I came away with a different point of view about the people staffed at your rental locations.
• Cassie was very friendly on the phone.
• Krista was great and made us feel like friends and members of the community. I know we will be comfortable going to her with any of our future needs.
• I will start off by saying how truly WONDERFUL the leasing agent I worked with was. Her name is Cassie Cuty and she deserves a BIG pat on the back...
• Michelle was probably the best office staff that I've ever had to deal with!
• Rheba was superb.
• We want to start by thinking Kathleen Johnson for making our move-in experience so awesome!!
• Tovia is great...very into the residents needs.

Employee of the Month August - Michelle Emmons

Michelle has really tested her limits this Summer. She easily resolves residents concerns without assistance from her manager. She has taken on new challenges while the Assistant Manager was on maternity leave. She does all of our pre-walks for move outs, takes care of the check scanning and assists in collecting balances. She has embraced our renewal process and has increased our renewal percentages for the past 2 months and continues to manage this better than it has been done before. She has recently volunteered to take on a huge project concerning 60+ files that were done incorrectly and is already seeing success. She has been a valuable asset the the Regional Manager in that what ever is asked, she will complete in a timely and correct manner. Michelle has truly embraced all the challenges that property management has to offer. She comes to work every day with a let's get it done attitude which is contagious to the rest of the team.

Employee of the Month for July - Dave Brix

Dave is a great example of "Walk the Talk". He is willing to assist whenever needed including helping out a sister property with a very boring job of following an outside vendor around the property. He was good natured and made no complaints. Recently LaSalle had a request to re-paint some stripping for parking at one of the buildings. He acted quickly, resulting in "Very Satisfied" residents who responded with the following letter...

"Just wanted to send you a special "letter of Appreciation" for Dave from Maintenance.

Last week he was responsible for the re-marking of the lines and numbers in both the garage areas. The lines were almost entirely invisible and with hard work, he brought them back to life. The number re-marking was quite a bit of work since he had to sit on the hard concrete and completely re-draw each number by hand. It was time consuming and back-breaking.

I just wanted to tell you that "Dave" is such a nice person and works so hard to make LaSalle a beautiful place. he is always working on the grounds, picking up or cleaning or trimming. Without his hard work, we would be lost. Each and every day we don't realize the things that are spotted and taken care of in a caring way. Dave really has made this place nice to live in during the last 7 years we have been here. He definitely makes a difference and hope you tell him that from everyone in our building." - Sincerely, Syliva and Donald