In the afternoon, I ventured out to Durham to visit the Ellis Walk development with Shawn Harling, the senior manager of land development at Lennar Raleigh. As I had already heard a day earlier, Ellis Walk had had a road paved to the incorrect width, thus the reason we were having to go out to the site and make sure it would be properly fixed. Shawn described this as the ‘baby-sitting’ aspect of his job, and it was easy to see how it can be frustrating to have to travel around to ensure that the construction workers are doing their job correctly. I think this ties into one of the themes I have seen within the Lennar workplace thus far: managing people. Fortunately, I have seen many different levels of workplace authority, from the division president, all the way down to the construction site managers. While at the end of the day everyone must do their job, managing the people that work for you is an essential task to being successful in a professional environment. Knowing who they are personally, where they come from, who their family is, and their strengths and weaknesses are all just a few details needed to get the best out of someone else.