One of the most meaningful moments with my father was just as I was beginning my career.
I had just passed the CPA exam on the first try. It had taken my father, Bill – also an accountant – three tries to pass. He was so impressed that I passed it on the first seating. I was an average student in high school, 但他看着我在商学院成为一名优秀的学生，并在普华永道(Price Waterhouse)的审计团队中表现出色.
1969年，也就是我在普华永道的第二年，父亲邀请我加入巴里-韦赫米勒. 这是我从未考虑过的事情，因为我渴望成为会计师事务所的合伙人. 20世纪60年代中期，推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜家族从韦米勒家族手中成为公司的控股人，当时公司借了资金，收回了韦米勒家族的股票. My father’s $30,000 investment represented 60% of the remaining stock.
When my father asked me to join Barry-Wehmiller, two of his executives had just tried to find someone to buy the company behind his back, which was really hard on him. As a result, my position was basically “someone he could trust.” This unique entry point allowed me to move around in roles my father felt needed attention, which gave me a good understanding of every aspect of the business. 从工程到制造，再到国际许可协议，以及最具影响力的东西, customer service.
突然之间——在我加入Barry-Wehmiller六年后，我现在是财务副总裁——我父亲去世了. The night before, he told me, “you are really running the company,” and said that he was going to promote me to Executive Vice President. 那是我和他的最后一次谈话，很有意义的是，他有机会表达他对我的尊重和信心.
我写过很多次关于在我父亲去世后如何找到自己作为领导者的立足点，以及接下来几十年的奋斗和成功. 它引导我为Barry-Wehmiller开发了一个强大的商业模式，该模式结合了我在公司的许多角色中所学到的知识，以及我经历和度过的转型挑战.
推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜在1989年制定的愿景是平衡和多样性，这将利用推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜对过去的学习. We called it the Strategy for Growth, Value and Liquidity. 它指引着推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜从一家市值2000万美元的公司成长为30亿美元的公司，并使推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的股票价值增长了10%以上, compounded for 30 years. 它经受住了2008-2009年的巨大挑战，并再次证明在2020年大流行期间具有复原力.
一路上，我也有了我的“启示”，开始了推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的“真正的人类领导力”之旅. 这些想法帮助推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜认识到，商业不仅仅是创造经济价值, but people, purpose and performance -- providing an opportunity for people to join our company, 给他们一种目标感，让他们与推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜分享他们的天赋，而推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜则为他们提供一个安全的地方, challenging and rewarding career path.
For me, 2020 will be an additional milestone in my career. Not necessarily because of its challenges, but because of what has meant to the legacy of the Chapman family in this world.
Last September, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的董事会宣布，我的儿子凯尔在担任首席财务官之后将被提升为Barry-Wehmiller的总裁.
Kyle’s path in Barry-Wehmiller was even more unique than mine, 他帮助推出了一项新的“混合股权”投资计划，该计划结合了推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜最好的战略价值驱动因素和凯尔在私募股权市场10年的经验.
About ten years ago, after he had worked at Bank of America’s private equity team, Kyle和他的同事Ryan Gable一起创立BW Forsyth Partners时加入了推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的组织. BW Forsyth Partners is the disciplined diversification investment arm of Barry-Wehmiller, 专注于利用推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜综合经验的行业/市场，并进一步改善Barry-Wehmiller集团的整体平衡和风险状况.
Now, after more than 30 acquisitions, BW Forsyth Partners is a $600 million part of our company, diversifying our company even further into the insurance services, infrastructure, medical devices and printing equipment industries.
Kyle作为BW Forsyth Partners的管理合伙人的经历也让他证明并发展了自己的领导技能，而不是我独特的经历. Over the last few years, 在2020年1月晋升为首席财务官之前，他在Barry-Wehmiller公司和集团担任了更重要的角色. His skills were a key driver in addressing the challenges of the 2020 pandemic, further earning the respect of the Barry-Wehmiller leadership team and Board.
Instead of having “revelations” to realize there was a better way to lead, Kyle has been a major contributor to our culture of Truly Human Leadership, as he has walked alongside me in this journey.
有一个故事我讲过很多次，它对推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的文化发展很重要。一天晚上吃饭时，一个团队成员问我, 15 years ago: “Bob, what is your greatest fear?”
I responded, “我最担心的是，推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜在巴里-威米勒努力打造了一些有意义的东西，但它将随着我的离去而消失。”.
这个简单的发人深省的问题和我的即席回答成为推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜组织旅程中一个清晰的时刻. Shortly thereafter, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜开始就企业的遗产展开更广泛的讨论，推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜还创办了巴里-韦赫米勒大学, our internal educational unit.
Unlike many corporate training experiences, the goal of BWU was not to “get more out of” our team members, but rather to transform them from managers to leaders, so they will have the skills and courage to care for those they have the privilege to lead. 当推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜开始教推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的领导者如何关心时，推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜很高兴地发现，90%的领导力课程反馈都是关于如何改善他们的婚姻和与孩子的关系. Along the way, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜发现，通过这种特殊培训培养的关怀精神成为推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜商业模式引擎的重要“燃料”.”
我为推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜所有的举措感到自豪，这些举措将真正的人类领导力灌输到推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜团队成员的心中，并将其带到世界上. I am very proud of what Kyle has accomplished and what he will accomplish in the future. Just like my father’s pride in my passing the CPA exam, 我相信凯尔会继承查普曼家族的遗志，照顾那些推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜有幸领导的人.
我将继续担任首席执行官和董事会主席，短期内不打算改变这一职位. 在我的旅程中还有很多工作要做，我知道推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜才刚刚开始成为一家和谐地创造人类价值和经济价值的企业!
As we enter a new year, let us take a moment to reflect on 2020. 面对许多挑战，推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜总是表现得更加坚强和坚定，当前的大流行是另一个独特的学习经验，将塑造更美好的未来.
Now, 让推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜带着目标和意愿展望2021年，继续努力，通过商业的力量让世界变得更美好.