Testimonials

Below are a few examples of what industry leaders have to say about the principals of Teel, Inc.
 

Doug Chesnut

Senior Vice President of Investments

Gables Residential

"Teel was engaged to assist our organization  in developing and rolling out a customer service training program for our  managers and staff across a 7  million square foot portfolio.  The review of our current incentives and customer service initiatives was thorough and entailed direct interviews with over 90 people and surveys conducted with approximately 150 people.  From the information, Teel's team quickly rolled up over 100 observations and categorized them into 15 core areas that would   assist our company in developing a long term strategic direction for our customer service initiatives and employee retention programs.  The training and new incentive programs were rolled out by Teel's team to almost 500 employees/vendors enhancing our culture and positioning us for the future.  Teel's team received an overall grade of 4.5/5.0 on the training surveys that were completed by the attendees.  We feel the Teel team did an excellent job at both designing the training/incentives and implementing the training program.  We were   extremely satisfied with their work and professionalism. We would absolutely use   them on future projects." 

Jerry D. Hackney

Vice President-Property Management,

Thomas Properties Group LLC

"We engaged Teel Enterprises, Inc. (Teel) to review our current site selection and construction processes and identify opportunities to streamline the processes, shorten the cycle time and empower the team.  After 15 individual interviews and an all day workshop, Teel quickly rolled up 56 issues and identified 7 core areas that we could focus our improvements on.  The comprehensive solution delivered in weeks covered numerous areas including systems, processes and organizational structure. 

The ideas Teel gave us more than pay for the changes we are going to make and will increase our efficiency and effectiveness and assist us as we continue to grow our business.  Teel brought strategic and practical ideas to our team and provided us with a valuable roadmap for the next year. We highly recommend Teel for future advisory projects."

Renal Care Group, Inc (275 locations)

Jerry Cullen, Director of Real Estate

"Lorraine Teel and her team helped our corporate real estate department review metrics and best practices in the industry and benchmark them against 3 competitors.  We leveraged some 100 metrics and data points to guide our strategic planning process for our portfolio.  Her customer focused approach and leadership style resulted in a  valuable product for our company. We would highly recommend Lorraine and her services to other Corporate Real Estate organizations" 

Jan Deur,

VP Corporate Real Estate, Verizon
 

“Lorraine is a true strategic thinker, visionary and leader.  During my tenure as President for CREW in 1996, Lorraine knew my charge from the prior leadership was to proceed with updating the CREW Strategic Plan.  She not only volunteered to head up the process, but also was successful in convincing her firm at the time, Deloitte & Touche, to underwrite the plan and enlisted other CREW members in her firm to participate.  As a result, CREW is now on track with the results of that plan and, with further review in 2002, Lorraine has helped to re-evaluate the success of our plan.  I am looking into the future of CREW and Lorraine's leadership as our upcoming President for 2003. “

Sharon Herrin
President, Herrin Commercial Real Estate 
 

"Chuck's experience and expertise are a significant advantage.  From overseeing construction projects to property management, his ability to manage costs has consistently translated into profits for owners and investors."

Terry Casey
President, Casey International, Inc.
 

"Lorraine is a great person to work with!  She knows her stuff and brings years of  "real-world" experience to bear on very difficult problems.  She has the leadership skills and in-depth industry knowledge required to get the job done."

Tony Lenamon
CB Richard Ellis  
 www.cbre.com
 

"Lorraine Teel and I worked together in the early 1990s on  the asset management and disposition of 120 properties and loans in locations throughout the US that were owned by 90 limited partnerships.  Lorraine was always very professional, bright, practical and thorough.  We could not have achieved success with the portfolio without her.  Almost ten years later, I welcome any opportunity to work again with her."

Richard Lapp,
Joe Foster Company
 

"Lorraine is a true leader and will do a great job as President of Crew Dallas in 2003.  She has been an inspiration to me and has provided direction and support for me as a committee Chair person.  She implements strong ideas that work for the benefit of the members, sponsors and the benefiiciaries.  I look forward to working with Lorraine this year in Crew."

Diane Caperton
Marvin F. Poer & Company