Bob Chapman | G-Suite

About this episode

Bob Chapman discusses his experiences and insights on leadership and caring for employees.

Part one of this two part series features Bob Chapman, the Chairman and former CEO of St. Louis, MO-based Barry-Wehmiller, a $3B global manufacturing business with almost 12,000 team members. Chapman’s experiences were the inspiration behind his 2015 WSJ bestseller Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, co-authored with Raj Sisodia. Bob’s approach to business was featured in a case study by Harvard Business School. In 2013, Bob and his wife Cynthia launched a nonprofit, Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities, to bring Barry-Wehmiller’s groundbreaking “Listen Like a Leader” training to communities. In 2015, the Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute was founded to bring the principles of Truly Human Leadership® to for-profit organizations through culture transformation and leadership training. Bob and his team have been collaborating with the Gonzaga School of Business for three years.

People in this episode

Guest: Bob Chapman

Topics covered

• leadership
• business culture
• nonprofit
• team management
• community training

Keywords

• leadership
• business
• Barry-Wehmiller
• nonprofit
• community training
• Gonzaga
• culture transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barry-Wehmiller, Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities, Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute, Gonzaga School of Business, Harvard Business School

Books & works: Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family

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