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18 THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 THE MORNING CALL

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DLP real estate agent Cindy Lou Lapp, left, shows Amanda Kohler a home in Macungie. Lapp has been working with DLP owner Don Wenner for 10 years.

Continued from Previous Page when people bring their grills and we
came in January 2018. go outside and have a cookout,” Lapp
Lapp stayed patient waiting for said. “[Wenner] really does try to
that opportunity because she trusted make it fun, but at the same time keep
Wenner and believed in his plan. people productive.”
“When I first started with him, I There are monthly meetings to dis-
was going through a divorce and cuss goals and catch up with employ-
needed steady income and steady ees and their families. There is an an-
hours,” she said. “I said that once my nual vision day and biweekly Driven
kids got old enough, I wanted to get for Greatness meetings during which
back into sales. We tried twice before, Wenner shares self-improvement
but the timing wasn’t right. Just him books to help his employees get to the
being understanding is the biggest next step in their professional ca-
part. He wasn’t married and didn’t reers.
have kids, but he understood if I had Wenner hosts an annual Christmas
to leave or someone was sick.” party and employees take part in Toys
Carmelo Carrasco has been a prop- for Tots and other community service
erty manager at DLP for nearly three ventures.
years. He felt like he was a great fit “This is a man who started in real
with Wenner’s plans and believed his estateandgrewhiscompanyfromthe
ideas would be valued. ground up,” Carrasco said. “He is very
He has not been disappointed. driven. You know you are working for
Carrasco’s primary responsibilities someone who comes through with all
are handling pre- and post-moveout of his promises. He cares about grow-
inspections, leasing and marketing ing his company and promoting peo-
aspects of the business. a great fit for me with the culture of Employees work hard, according ple from within. It’s a different cul-
“We have a team of agents who the company.” to Lapp and Carrasco,butthe DLPof- ture with him rather than for some-
show rental properties and generate Wenner’s strategic plan led to 40 fices also are a fun place to be. There one who was handed a multimillion-
leads,” he said. “He explained to me hires in the last year. His personality are impromptu pizza parties and dollar company.”
his vision for the next five years, the helped develop a company climate potluck meals, cookie exchanges and
opportunity to grow from within and that breeds teamwork, enthusiasm a Secret Santa. Mandy Housenick is a freelance
implementing my experiences. It was and friendship. “There are times over the summer writer.