This is the third and final part of this podcast series where Barry-Wehmiller CEO Bob Chapman answers questions submitted by our social media audience. You will find the questions below the You Tube embed. Don’t forget to go back and listen to part one and part two.
We hope you find the dialogue we’ve been having over these last three episodes as inspiring as we have. We will do it again in the future!
Questions this episode:
In Everybody Matters, you wrote about the journey that lead to the development of the Guiding Principles of Leadership at Barry Wehmiller. You said you (and your team) haven’t wanted to change a word of the original GPL document over the years. My question is how do you get buy-in from entry-level employees to believe that they are leaders within your organization and their leadership development begins when they walk in the door? The struggle we have pertaining to this lies in a system wide antiquated belief that leadership is synonymous with management and is hierarchical rather than systematic in nature.
-Annie
What did you find as your biggest challenge to get the culture shift that now exists at Barry Wehmiller? For me I am finding the other senior leadership is stuck old business thought process and practices. The Supply Chain Group is really getting it. They understand that we are better together than we are as individuals. They absolutely love the encouragement from Simon Sinek’s messages. They want to impact people but clearly it has been a challenge and at times they feel overwhelmed. They can’t understand why others are resisting the culture shift that is necessary. Anything you can share would be greatly appreciated.
-Rodney
Dear Bob,
How can public education systems be improved to give birth to a new generation of entrepreneurs and leaders inspired by conscious capitalism?
-Nico
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