Episode 36: Sustaining a Century-Old Seafood Business | Entrepreneurship-Driven Performance | Stewardship, Humanity and Compounding
In this episode, Michael LaVecchia, vice president, operations at fourth-generation LaMonica Fine Foods, and Danielle Rauso, his niece and sales manager at LaMonica, trace their family seafood busines...
3 Feb 38min
Episode 35: Building a Brand as Brothers | A Succession Plan With Purpose | Ask Us Anything
In this episode, brothers John and Joe Gaither, second-generation leaders of premium performance sock maker Feetures, reflect on building a brand out of a legacy of family entrepreneurship. This episo...
20 Jan 35min
Episode 34: Stewardship From the Ground Up | A 'Field-First' Mindset | Why Advocacy Matters
In this episode, Port Blakely’s newly installed CEO Mike Warjone and his cousin, Chairman and outgoing CEO René Ancinas, discuss the carefully planned leadership transition at the company that became ...
6 Jan 39min
Episode 33: A 'Day-One Mindset' at 108 Years | Building an Emotionally Safe Workplace | Values Before Valuations
In this episode, we sit down with Matthew Powell, fourth-generation CEO of safety and security service provider Century Companies. Matthew talks about what stewardship means to him, navigating success...
16 Dec 202534min
Episode 32: Siblings Stewarding a 133-Year-Old Legacy | Growing Into the Role You Were Meant For | Making Values Real, Not Ritual
In this episode of the “Family Business/Business Family” podcast, Jeannie Cullen Schultz and George Cullen, siblings and fifth-generation co-presidents of 133-year-old construction firm JP Cullen, ref...
9 Dec 202545min
Episode 31: Finding Your Family’s Governance Fit | Leaning Into Legacy Building | Choosing Purpose Over Fear
In this episode, we sit down with Corinne Burton, G2 president of Teacher Created Materials, who shares how her family built a global company rooted in a love of learning, balancing innovation with tr...
25 Nov 202541min
Episode 30: Turning Loss Into Leadership | Polishing a Founder’s Vision | Clarity and Co-Leadership
In this episode, Jessica Johnson-Cope, CEO of Johnson Security Bureau, shares how she turned tragedy into purpose, guiding and growing her family's business beyond its 50-year milestone. Ryan Berg, co...
11 Nov 202543min
Episode 29: 3 Generations of Jazzercise | Lessons from Lane Bryant | Life After the Family Business
In this episode, Judi Sheppard Missett, founder and executive chair of Jazzercise, talks creating a family enterprise built on movement, joy and connection. Also, Michael Kaplan, whose family founded ...
28 Okt 202539min
