The Culture Thesis Arcamed

Do the pressures of being a publicly owned company affect the culture of the business? We kick off our 3 part series of organizational structure by first discussing publicly owned companies. We are first joined by one of our own team members Katie, to talk about her experience prior to Arcamed when she was working for a publicly owned company. Later we hear from Jeff Smulyan who took his radio company public, and we learn what it takes to keep a strong culture when taking a company public. 

It's said great teams are like family, but what happens when the team is really family? On our 2nd episode of the organizational structure series, we break down what it's like at a family-owned organization. First, we hear from Derek Arcamed's Operations Manager, who also helps run "Their business Name"  with his wife. Next, we will be joined by Steve Walker the CEO of WALKER. WALKER was started by Steve's grandmother and now has its 4th generation of the family in the business. Steve gives us great insight into how his family has handled balancing family and business.     

To end our 3 part series we take a dive into what it's like to be part of an employee-owned organization. We will be joined by Mike Parrett who was the SVP CFO at Herff Jones and is now a board member for several ESOP's. Mike gives us great insight into what it's like inside of an ESOP and how the structure impacts the employees.   

If you were meant to talk more than listen you'd have two mouths and one ear. Listening can be one of the hardest skills but is vital for the success of any organization. We are first joined by our intern Gavin to talk about a time listening played a role in his academics. We will then be joined by Paul Ashley a Senior VP and Advisor for First Person. Paul helps us understand how listening can play a huge role in interactions with clients and people within your own organization. 
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Today we bring back the wonderful Lindsay Boccardo to continue our discussion about the generational gap. Lindsay helps us understand that there is more to the gap than just when you were born and shares her slide deck that helps how organizations better understand the differences within their organization. After we put Lindsay's slide deck to the test with two of our Gen Z interns, Gavin Stein and Taylor Miller.

Many labels have been thrown around to describe an organization, but what is the correct one. That is if there even is a correct label. Today we are joined by Mike Bensi Consultant and Founder at Bensi & Company to debate the topic.  To find out more about Mike you can visit his website here: Culture | Leadership | Bensi & Company (mikebensi.com)