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JLL's Executive Chairman of do the same.
the Americas Roger Staubach
discusses the upcoming 40th After cementing his Hall of Fame
anniversary of The Staubach legacy, he decided to go into the
Company’s founding and how JLL real estate business full time and
was the perfect fit to increase their started The Staubach Company.
client reach and the overall level of
customer service. “I’d wake up at 2:00 in the morning
worried about opening up an office in
During his NFL off-seasons in the Houston,” he says. “I was intrigued
1970s, Roger Staubach worked with it. It was like an adrenaline rush.
for the Henry S. Miller Company, It was like as an athlete I’d always be
a major brokerage and property worried about the next game, but in a
management company in Dallas- positive way. Real estate was the same
Fort Worth. way. When I look back on it, I kind of
miss that.”
“[Henry S. Miller] was really the
beginning of my business life. I just had Staubach created the building
a great example there – a great mentor,” blocks of the company based off
says Staubach. “The best advice I got in what he learned during his time at
the business was from him. He preached the Henry S. Miller Company, like
a message of integrity and how making establishing a Leadership Council.
the right decisions now would affect the Its goal was to establish best
future. He built a really good firm.” practices and create a collaborative
environment for employees.
Staubach would inevitably go on to
As a Dallas Cowboy
YEARS Holiday card 1978
Looking back, moving forward
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