This September, Kevin Hancock visited the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota to speak with a room-full of professionals at the Family Business Breakfast Event. The St. Thomas Family Business Center is a leader in family business education, connection and support. Their learning community is built of family businesses, for family businesses. Kevin…

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This September, Kevin Hancock guest-lectured to a class of MBA candidates at the University of Maine Business School. Kevin Hancock is a distinguished leader, author and business owner and his lecture covers broad topics of employee engagement, shared leadership and finding your authentic voice.

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In October, Kevin Hancock took the stage at the LBM Strategies Conference as their keynote speaker, which had a record turnout. A captivated audience listened to him share how a few key ideas have helped transform Hancock Lumber’s culture over the last decade and lead to transformative results. Attendees came away with numerous insights and…

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In October 2022, Kevin Hancock was the keynote speaker at the Next-gen Family Business Retreat. With record-breaking numbers of attendees, it was an extremely successful event. “Kevin gave me a lot to think about on the way home specifically. He talked big picture, purpose, and I think at the end of the day when you…

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In September 2022, Kevin Hancock was the keynote speaker for the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership (GBMP) Northeast Lean Conference. He spoke about his book The Seventh Power and how that amplifies leading, enabling, and nurturing (LEAN) through the collaboration effect. Kevin shared his journey to finding the shared leadership model, as well as what it has…

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Kevin Hancock recently keynoted the 2022 NHPA All-Industry Conference, co-located at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas, part of a 3-day event featuring speakers and panels from industry experts and top-performing retailers. Attendees came away with numerous insights and best practices they can implement in their own businesses, including from Kevin Hancock’s keynote titled, “Employees First: Disrupting Assumptions…

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In this keynote interview, Kevin Hancock speaks with Shannon Zur of the Vogel Consulting Group. The theme of the Transitions Spring 2022 conference was “Strong Family, Strong Business.”

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  “Kevin spoke at our annual conference in Tampa – and hoo-boy, it is not a speech anyone will forget. His story is gripping. He is compelling. He gives a lot of himself and he give the audience a lot to think about. At the end of his talk, the entire audience erupted into a…

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In this video, Kevin Hancock speaks with Deliberate Directions host Allison Dunn about shared leadership and dispersed power. They discuss what prompted his leadership philosophy to change and how the company has benefitted from these changes. He discusses Hancock Lumber’s participation in the Best Places to Work in Maine surveys, as well as the outcome…

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In this podcast, Kevin Hancock speaks to Being Human host Richard Atherton about his book The Seventh Power. They start by talking about how Kevin lost his voice and the journey that he undertook to Pine Ridge to find inner balance. He explains how this journey led him to the realization that other people’s voices are…

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In this video, Kevin Hancock speaks with Kerry O’Shea Gorgone. Kerry talks with Kevin about his experience of the partial loss of his own voice, while initially considered to be a hindrance, was eventually seen as a gift – an invitation and a calling to lead differently, and to lift up others’ voices. They also…

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In this video, Kevin Hancock is the keynote speaker at the Citrix Northeast Conference. Kevin speaks the shared leadership model, dispersed power, and respecting all voices. Kevin’s ideas on these topics have an immeasurable change on workplace happiness, employee engagement, and the work/life balance. “Work should enhance life – otherwise, what’s the point?” – Kevin…

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In this podcast, Kevin speaks to host Joel Fleischman about Kevin’s story of finding the power of shared leadership. Kevin explains how he struggled with losing his voice and the journey he started to gain inner acceptance and balance, as well as ways he could continue to lead his family’s company. He also speaks with…

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In this video, Kevin Hancock speaks to ACE Virtual Breakfast Program Series hosts Jerry Johnson and Tom Renehan about how businesses can enhance the lives of their employees. Kevin gives ideas on how this can be done, and what he has done to change the culture of Hancock Lumber to become one that fosters shared…

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In this podcast, Kevin Hancock speaks to The Bregman Leadership Podcast host Peter Bregman about his new book The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the Business of Shared Leadership and the leadership style he adopted from his findings. Kevin has integrated an employee-centric culture into Hancock Lumber, highlighted by the importance of everybody partaking in…

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Kevin Hancock shares a keynote speech with the ProDealer Industry Summit in October 2020. In this presentation, Kevin highlights the importance of culture in the workplace, stressing that it is what makes the difference between companies and performance. The ProDealer Industry Summit is an exclusive three-day educational forum designed to promote the growth of lumber…

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I wanted to take a moment to share a recent podcast I participated in on The Inventions Show with host Tack Lee. Here is his excerpt from our chat: Live with your heart not just your head with Kevin Hancock, a sixth-generation family CEO of Hancock Lumber, one of the oldest companies in America which…

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In this video, Kevin speaks to The Inventions Show host Tack Lee about how he reinvented the way leadership is dispersed and shared at Hancock Lumber. Kevin and Tack discuss how he came to this leadership model in depth, as well as what it means for the employees, the customers, and the company. By dispersing…

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In this video series, Kevin Hancock speaks to Fire It Up With CJ host CJ Liu about his journey to a business culture where everybody leads, managing a business through the COVID pandemic, and his new book The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the Business of Shared Leadership. They discuss the sustainability of an…

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In this video, Kevin Hancock speaks with Power Lunch Live host Rhett Power about his book The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the Business of Shared Leadership. He shares the lessons he learned and how he implemented them into a new leadership style. By dispersing power and leadership throughout the company, Kevin found that employees became…

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