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Introduction

Most parents will say that their children are their top priority, but if they keep prioritizing work over family, they’ll surely suffer as a result. The same is true when it comes to business: Companies love saying that people matter, but few make decisions that consider the well-being of employees.

Many leaders are responsible for the culture and environment of their organizations. This means that they can change the way things work if they want to. In order to do this, leaders must ensure that everyone in their organization is unique and has their own set of gifts and talents. They should also be willing to accept changes in order for their business to survive. Leaders should care about others because caring creates a powerful energy within an organization. Companies need to give people choices when it comes time for them to make decisions, as well as opportunities so employees feel empowered by what they’re doing at work. Finally, companies shouldn’t stop trying new things after making big changes; instead, they must continue on with the process of enriching themselves as leaders until all goals have been met or exceeded.

Bob Chapman has proven that putting people first is the way to go. He measures his business based on how well they take care of their employees, and it’s paid off in a big way.

If you trust your employees and demonstrate that trust to them, they’ll be able to transform your business. You can do this by creating a long-term vision of the company as one that values its employees and creates leaders from within. Everybody wants to feel like they matter, so it’s important for leadership to show their employees that everybody matters.

Part One: The Journey

Bob Chapman’s family bought a struggling company, Barry-Wehmiller. His father couldn’t trust the leadership team, so he asked Bob to step in and take over. He managed to turn things around at Faircraft Manufacturing Company within a few years.

Starting the acquisition journey

After his father passed away, Chapman became the CEO of a multi-million dollar company. However, he was overconfident and ran the company into debt. He learned how to manage cash flow and what matters most in business from that experience. The hardest times forced him to make tough decisions that required long hours and hard work but were ultimately worth it because he never missed a payroll. He also believes in acquisitions even when others protest because there’s no margin for error with these deals since they’re usually done on a shoestring budget; this forces companies to focus intensely on making them successful. After achieving success by bringing together two struggling companies, Chapman realized value could be brought to mature markets if you had the right inspiration. Since then, he acquired more than 74 companies, many of which were in challenging positions, and made them financially stable.

Chapman was a family man but also kept his work and personal life separate. He saw himself as someone who took care of others, especially at home, but didn’t think much about the human cost in business. However, when Chapman acquired Hayssen and traveled to South Carolina to oversee the transition period he started to see things differently. While talking with employees before their shift began he noticed how they were animatedly discussing basketball until it was time for work. Then they became more serious and deflated as if they hated their jobs. This made him wonder why people couldn’t enjoy what they did at work every day instead of dreading it like these employees did.