James Donnelly, Founder and Chief Executive Officer has grown the Castle Group to become one of the largest privately owned and operated management companies in the State. Castle began serving the Florida market in 1980 and currently manages more than 200 communities. The full-service company specializes in serving condominium and homeowners associations by offering customized property-related solutions including property and rental management, financial and accounting systems, developer and web services, and lifestyles and concierge services. Castle has an industry leading client retention rate, holding a 97% live answer rate with its Call Center. Donnelly leads a team of experienced professionals who follow best practices in Resident Services, Financial Services, Facilities Management and Safety. The company has received numerous awards including most recently, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Good to Great Award and South Florida Business Journal’s Best Places to Work Award. Donnelly was recognized as a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2011 and he was recently inducted into the Huizenga Business School’s 2014 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Donnelly will discuss lessons from his book in progress, LifeShaping, a term he has service marked. He’ll speak about what he has learned about shaping an extraordinary life, why you are who you are and how to become who you want to be.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.
Huizenga Sales Institute, Executive Conference Center Room 3000
Carl DeSantis Building | 3300 S. University Drive, Davie, FL 33314
RSVP by October 13, 2014 at bchang@nova.edu or (954) 262-5065.