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Writings

Bob Chapman started documenting his leadership insight and stories on his Truly Human Leadership blog in 2012, shortly after giving his seminal TEDx talk at Scott Air Force Base. Those early writings became the backbone of his bestselling 2015 book, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, co-written with Raj Sisodia. Later posts would inform the 2025 revised and expanded edition. Through the years, the Truly Human Leadership blog grew to feature other thought leaders, a podcast and other multimedia content. Bob continued to write until his death in 2026. This page is an archive of all of Bob’s blog writings for continued education and inspiration.

Bob Chapman signing Everybody Matters
Building a Better World
The Way We Lead Impacts the Way People Live
As a Leader, Do You Have Courageous Patience?
Is Leadership Really About Getting the Right People on The Bus?
What a High School Football Coach Taught Me About Leadership in Business
How Should Leaders Look at the Engine and the Fuel of Their Business?
Want to Be a Truly Human Leader? Start Here.
Layoffs—Not a Strategy But a Symptom
What is the Difference Between a Manager and a Leader?
The Unexpected ROI of Caring for the People in Your Business
Here’s a Simple Phrase That Can Completely Change the Way You Lead
From Father to Son: Ensuring a Legacy
What's the One Thing You Were Never Taught About How to Lead in Business?
Everybody Matters 10th Anniversary Revised and Expanded Edition
People Matter. Words Matter.
Leading With Purpose to Mend The Great Detachment
Re-imagining the Pursuit of Happiness: From Me to We
Sharing our Message: Kyle Chapman on the Family Business Podcast
Creating a More Caring World: Teaching Human Skills in Primary and Secondary Education
Building a Better Leader: Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute
David Brooks, Glad to Have You on Board!
The Dirt on Good Leadership
The Business Value You Can't Afford To Ignore
Making Labor Day More Meaningful
Bringing Truly Human Leadership to Business Education
Sharing Our Message: Gaur Gopal Das
A PRME Opportunity for Truly Human Leadership
The Powerful Impact of Empathetic Listening
The Premium Fuel in the Engine of Business
Do You Understand the Impact of Your Leadership?
The Cascading Impact of the Way We Lead
Why You Are a Leader
Embracing the Profound Responsibility of Leadership in Every Season
Better Workplaces. Better World.
Bringing Truly Human Leadership to the UN
Amplifying Our Message
Putting the Care Back in Healthcare
Reconnecting to and Reimagining Recognition and Celebration
The What and Whys of Recognition
Lifting Up The Good Even Higher
Mending the (Dis)Connection
Bringing Humanity to Business Education
Killing it with Customer Care
Who Bears the Cost of Poor Leadership?
INSPIRED: Daniel Platschek
The Higher Calling for Caring in Business
Shine Your Light
All in the Family
A New Deal for the Great Resignation
Time to SHINE
Sharing our Message: Kyle Chapman
Leadership Lesson: Hubert Joly
Continuing the Mission
A Legacy of Leadership
Be Like Mike
Thanks for Listening This Thanksgiving
Feeding the Hunger for Dignity
Elect to Be a Better Listener
Sharing Our Message: Forbes
Ending the Poverty of Dignity
INSPIRED: Susan Conrad
Painting a Picture of Service
A Bit of Optimism
INSPIRED: Ilaria Alleva
Listen for a Change
A Virtual Commencement
We Are the New World
INSPIRED: Jay Gopinath
Positivity and Perspective from a Truly Human Leader
Everybody Matters, Especially In a Crisis
Truly Human Leadership in Uncertain Times
Sharing Our Message: THL World Tour
A Truly Human Leadership World Tour!
An Epidemic of Anguish
A Purposeful New Year
A Season of Giving, Year-Round
¡Todo el Mundo es Importante!
Start Your Startup With Caring Leadership
Sharing Our Message: St. Norbert College
Who Heals the Healers?
The Ultimate Classroom!
Sharing Our Message: Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute
An Open Letter to the CEOs of Business Roundtable
TEDxClayton: Shaping the Human Experience
The Slow Burn of Poor Leadership
A Truly Human Book Club
Planting Seeds of Change
“Care is the Cure”
INSPIRED: Kyle Gisburne
Sharing the Privilege of Leadership
Out of Sight!
Leadership Lesson: Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines
Battling Your Inner Scrooge
INSPIRED: Bernard McDowell
Watering the Tree of Thanks
Let’s Start a Human Revolution in Business
INSPIRED: Christie Williams
INSPIRED: Jorge del Cid
Looking Forward by Looking Back
The Ties That Bind
Not Just a Goofy Grandfather Anymore
A Charge for the Recent Graduate
Sharing our Message: Morgane Michael
INSPIRED: Will Schreiner
Are You “Dying for a Paycheck?”
wellbeing@work: The Power of the Pause
Adoptions 101: How a Growing Family Taught Us To Lead
The Impact of Feeling Valued
A Nose for Caring
Managers Are Unnecessary, But Leaders Are Essential
Will the FBI be present at your Thanksgiving dinner?
Wellness and Work: What's the ROI of Caring?
Once Upon a Hill
Celebrate Manufacturing, Today and Everyday
wellbeing@work: Sarah and Ben Guptill of Accraply
Transforming Lives, Inside and Out
The Privilege of Speaking on the Privilege of Leadership
wellbeing@work: Chris Schroeder of PCMC
Can You Feel Your Purpose?
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Robots Won't Save the American Dream
Time To Turn Up the Volume!
wellbeing@work: DJ Ojo of Barry-Wehmiller
A Tribute to My Mother
wellbeing@work: Pam Washbon of Barry-Wehmiller International
The Millennial Question Has a Surprisingly Simple Answer
wellbeing@work: Laura Zarro of Design Group
The Kind of Giving That Keeps on Giving
Leadership Lesson: Sergio Casella
11 Holiday Gift Ideas That Can Help Change the World
The One Thing You Should Keep In Mind This Thanksgiving
Get A Whiff of Inspiration
Everybody Matters at the Movies!
Leadership Lesson: The One Thing Guaranteed to Make Your Business Better
The Virtuous Cycle of Caring
Teamwork on an Olympian Scale
Imagine a Better Future
From Boot Camp to Business
The “I’s” Have It!
Sharing Our Message: WSJ.com
A Salute to Two Special Dads
A New Leadership Revolution In Russia
Real Advice For The Real World
Everybody Matters: From Page To Screen
My Biggest Fan
Are You Really Listening?
How to Be a “Winning” Leader
Good Leadership: Why Leave It To Chance?
Sharing Our Message: Servant Leadership Summit
The Moral of the Story
Everybody Matters Live!
Trust: Better To Give Than Receive
Sharing Our Message: Charlie Brennan
Seven Reasons to Design a Wellness Program Centered on Caring, Not Cost
TGIM!
#EverybodyMattersEverywhere
The Power of the Perfect Question
Where Care Begins
Rebuilding the Dream
And We’re Off!
A Most Momentous Day
Sharing Our Message: Anna Russell
Faces of Everybody Matters: Jenny Copanos
Sharing Our Message: Dan Rockwell
Faces of Everybody Matters: Sarah Beth Settle
Sharing Our Message: Jacob Stoller and Fred Kiel
Deepening the Conversation
Lead The Way To Good Health
Today’s Cleaners, Tomorrow’s Leaders
Leadership Lesson: Tim Noonan
Sharing Our Message: BW Leadership Institute
Is Your Business Millennial Ready?
Sharing Our Message: Everybody Matters
Our New Podcast: Everybody Matters
The Cost of Safety
Yes or No?
Building An Army
Changing Minds, Changing Lives
Portrait of a Better World: Greg Myer
A Bridge of Trust
Sharing Our Message: The Future of Work Podcast
Forget the Bat, Choose the Knee
A Picture of Fulfillment
Portrait of a Better World: Stefania Sforzi
The Spark of True Accountability
Portrait of a Better World: Gene Cornelius
Inspiring A Listening Revolution
Portrait of a Better World: Ron Hefley
Moving the Needle
Maid To Lead
The Heart of Our Message
A Direction to Move Toward
“I Didn’t Believe It Existed”
Teaching a Teacher to Listen
Putting Joy To Work
Are Our Workplaces Worthy of Our Children?
These Pictures Paint a Thousand Words
Free to Be My Best Me
The Ripple Effect Revealed
From Possibility to Reality
The Circle of Our Success
Sharing Our Message: Inc. Magazine
From Vision Comes Intention
We’ve Made a Commitment to Being Unconventional
Mistakes Can’t Be Found in Our Company Dictionary
Celebrating Sales Success
Love the Ones You’re With – At Work!
When Listening Isn’t a Good Thing
Sharing Our Message: Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last
An Uplifting Chairlift
Happiness is Hard Work
The Tools of Trust
Sharing Our Message: Institute for Healthcare Consumerism
The Human Litmus Test
The Magic of Your Silence
Be Patient With Stormtroopers
Like Father, Like Leader
We’re a Bunch of Show-Offs
Sharing Our Message: Srikumar Rao
Reflect, Recharge, Resume
Rx to Improve Your Company Wellbeing: Listen
Kind Advice For All of Us
Leadership Lesson: Tim Sullivan
Don’t Confuse Your Why With Your What
Is Your Leadership An Inside Job?
Sharing Our Message: Simon Sinek
Our Joyful Journey
Is Your Leadership Making People Lazy?
Is Your Leadership Due For a Checkup?
An Evolutionary Fresh Start
A Mountain of Hope
My Favorite Dinner Guest (With Whom I Never Actually Dined!)
From Hearts to Hands
Breaking The Habit of Always
A Lesson From The Bunker
We Build Great Moms
Is Your Business Designed to Deliver Value?
How a Family Shared a Burden
The Value of Identifying Values
A Life Defined in Six Words
The Ability to Unleash Ability
Enriching Our Community: NORC
The March Madness of Business
From Robot to Leader
Manufacturing a Renaissance
Capitalism’s Comeback
Decoding Our Cultural DNA
How to Change Your Life in Three Days
A New School of Thought
Bridging the B-School Gap: Teaching Leaders to Lead
An Even Brighter Future on the Horizon
Igniting a Renaissance in American Manufacturing
Rocky Mountain Revelations
Where There’s a Will, There’s an Anyway
Deck The Halls With Donations
A Gift That Truly Keeps On Giving
Listen to The Wizard Within
Walk Your Talk
Food for Thought
Sharing Our Message: Harvey Mackay
Leadership: Not a Ballot Initiative
The Power of Thanks
Who Gives This Child?
Wanted: Hands, Heads and Hearts
Take It Easy On the Ice Cream
Wise Words to Change the World
Driven to Celebrate
Heeding My Call
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