Truly Human Leadership

Celebrating the Revised and Expanded Everybody Matters One Year Anniversary

This week marks the one year anniversary of the release of the 10th anniversary revised and expanded edition of Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Y

Articulating Cultural Values w/ Lance Puckett of Ergon

Ergon is a company that has many similarities to Barry-Wehmiller. They both are families of companies that provide a diversified range of solutions that support manufactu

Understanding Your Leadership Defaults to Better Lead Your Team

Here's a question you may or may not be able to answer: What is your leadership default? In other words, what leadership style or preference do you naturally go to? It

Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia on Building and Sustaining Caring Cultures

It's been almost 6 months now since we lost Bob Chapman, our late Chairman and CEO of 50 years. But that doesn't mean our mission has changed or we're wavering in our des

How Do You Really Build High Performing Teams?

Recently in Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute's People and Performance Playbook Newsletter, Mike Budden and Gunnar Millot wrote a thought provoking article that may be c

Brooke Erol, More Than a Paycheck

Brooke Erol has been an author, leadership coach and consultant for more than 20 years. She's currently based in the US, but as you'll hear in our interview, she's worked

Navigating Change in Your Organization in a Truly Human Way

Is change a dirty word in your organization? Do scenes like this often play out: You schedule a town hall meeting. You talk about major new initiatives. You're met with

How Do You Sustain Your Leadership Development Training?

Recently, in Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute's People and Performance Playbook LinkedIn Newsletter, there was an article by Jami Dix and Morgan Miller titled: The Five

Peter Menges, SVP of Customer Engagement and Loyalty, Unique Vacation, Inc. (Sandals)

Peter Menges is the SVP Customer Engagement & Loyalty for Unique Vacation Inc., an affiliate of the worldwide representative of Sandals & Beaches Resorts. He has more tha

Pat Berges, CEO of Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute

Shortly after BW Chairman Bob Chapman passing in March 2026, it was announced that Pat Berges had been named CEO and Managing Partner of Chapman & Co. Leadership Institut

If a Leadership Program Does Not Change Behavior, What is it Actually Changing?

A couple of episodes ago, we talked about the $60 billion problem. That is the amount of money organizations spend on leadership training a year, although recent reports

Kyle Chapman, Carrying the Torch

Last fall, an episode of this podcast featured a discussion between Bob and Kyle Chapman.  They talked about the legacy of the Chapman family in Barry-Wehmiller with an

What Most Organizations Get Wrong About Leadership Development

Did you know that globally, organizations spend more than $60 billion annually on leadership development and training?  $60 billion in seminars, workshops, coaches, cer

The Four Types of Leadership

We recently started a series within the larger episode of the podcast called the People and Performance Playbook. The episodes are a little shorter, but packed filled wit

Flashback: Bob Chapman Talks Everybody Matters to a Virtual Book Club

We continue to honor the late Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, Bob Chapman and his legacy on the podcast. This episode is a virtual talk Bob gave to a book club in 20

The Shift in Leadership Norms

On this episode, we're introducing a new regular installment of the podcast, the People and Performance Playbook.  Each one of these episodes will be shorter bits of in

Rhonda Spencer, BW CPO, on Fostering People and Performance in Harmony

A few weeks ago, Barry-Wehmiller's Chief People Officer, Rhonda Spencer spoke at the 2026 i4CP Next Practices Now Conference. Rhonda was a featured speaker, sharing our m

Remembering Bob Chapman pt.2

On this Truly Human Leadership Podcast where we continue to pay tribute to Bob Chapman, our leader and mentor who passed away on March 19, 2026. All of us at Barry-Wehm

Remembering Bob Chapman pt.1

On this episode, we remember BW Chairman Bob Chapman, who passed away on March 19, 2026. Bob Chapman was more than a business leader, author and speaker, he was a relen

The Gund Company, a Truly Human Leadership Case Study

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