Steve Gund, third-generation CEO of The Gund Company, shares his leadership journey shaped by family legacy, humility, and a deep commitment to people-centric culture. With a focus on servant leadership, Steve highlights how trust, intentionality, and developmental systems drive remarkable business outcomes. He speaks candidly about coaching with compassion, transforming company culture through acquisitions, and aligning leadership with human flourishing.

Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family

By Bob Chapman

Start with Why 15th Anniversary Edition: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

By Simon Sinek

Josh Block is a Michigan native, husband, father of two, company president, leadership advocate, and author of People Matter @ Work, a new book that reimagines how workplaces can become the most transformative communities in our lives. As President of Block Imaging, a global medical imaging company, and founder of Cube Mobile Imaging, Josh leads with a simple but radical conviction: when people matter at work, everything changes — businesses grow, families thrive, and lives are transformed. His message is shaped not by theory, but by three decades of rolling up his sleeves across every level of work, from flipping burgers and selling strawberries door-to-door to leading a company through seasons of change and growth from $30M to $215M in revenue.

Josh's Book: People Matter at Work: Fostering a Culture Where Team Members Thrive and Everyone Wins

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https://peoplematteratwork.com/

Jose’s impressive, two-decade long career includes learning and development executive positions at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman. Most recently, Jose led the learning and development effort at Barnes & Noble, America’s Bookstore, spanning over 23,000 book sellers across the country. In addition to his professional experience across all business sectors, Jose holds a Bachelor of Arts in industrial-organizational psychology from the City University of New York, and is certified in MBTI, SLII, 360 and HOGAN assessment.

As the SVP of Learning Development and Diversity, Jose creates and leads Forrest Solutions’ world class learning and development program that is the backbone of the company’s market leading Workplace Experience (WPX) service as well as the company’s impactful Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program.