The Gund Company, a Truly Human Leadership Case Study

About this episode

The episode features a case study on The Gund Company and their leadership journey, highlighting the influence of Barry-Wehmiller.

For more than 75 years, The Gund Company has grown into one of the largest manufacturers and fabricators of composite materials, thermoplastic materials, and elastomeric materials. They have 12 manufacturing locations in five countries and have seen a tremendous amount of growth in the past few years. Like Barry-Wehmiller, the Gund Company is based in St. Louis and also like Barry-Wehmiller, they are a family business. On this podcast, we're featuring the Gund Company as Truly Human Leadership Case Study. A few weeks ago, Steve Gund, CEO of the Gund Company gave a presentation at Washington University here in St. Louis to students in their business school. Steve was joined by Brian Wellinghoff, Barry-Wehmiller's Director of Outreach, who you've heard several times before on this show. Steve talked about the Gund company's leadership journey and the part Barry-Wehmiller played in helping them along the road to becoming a Truly Human company. Brian provides some additional context from Barry-Wehmiller's own story. We hope you're inspired by this story that shows how human and economic vibrancy can exist in harmony and how business can be a force for good.

People in this episode

Guests: Steve Gund, Brian Wellinghoff

Topics covered

• leadership
• business growth
• family business
• human-centric leadership
• case study

Keywords

• Gund Company
• leadership journey
• Barry-Wehmiller
• human vibrancy
• business case study

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Gund Company, Barry-Wehmiller, Washington University

Places: St. Louis, five countries

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