Learn The Extraordinary Power Of Caring For Your People Like Family

“Everybody truly does matter. No idea could be simpler or more powerful. It is an idea that has unlimited potential, because people have unlimited potential—to surprise, delight, and elevate themselves, one another and all around the world,” profess Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia, authors of the newly expanded 10^th anniversary edition of Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power Of Caring For Your People Like Family. 

The book’s first edition, premiered in 2015 and has sold more than110,000 copies and is available in seven languages.
 

This book is about truly human leadership that creates off-the-charts morale, loyalty, creativity, and business performance. It manifests the reality that every single person matters, just like in a family. It’s not a cliché on a mission statement; it’s the bedrock of a company’s success.

 
“The startling truth, supported by research, is that your leader has a greater impact on your health than your doctor, therapist, or even your partner,” explain the authors. “Most leaders are aware of their influence during work hours, but few grasp the ripple effect their leadership has on their team members’ lives outside the workplace,” they add.
 
Chapman and Sisodia say that it’s natural for employees (and leaders) to be skeptical when you first hear about this leadership approach. However, they soon learn what it’s like to work at an exceptional company where the goal is for everyone to feel trusted and cared for—and where it’s expected that they will justify that trust by caring for one another and putting the common good first.
 
As Chapman says, “The way we lead impacts the way people live. Once you stop treating people like functions or costs, disengaged workers begin to share their gifts and talents in service of a shared future. Uninspired workers stop feeling that their jobs have no meaning. Frustrated workers stop taking their bad days out on their spouses and kids. And everyone stops counting the minutes until it’s time to go home.”

In the 2025 expanded edition of the book, Chapman and Sisodia share new statistics and analysis on the leadership crisis that continues to plague modern businesses.
 
Plus, as you read the book, you’ll learn more about: 

• Exceptional Employee Morale - prioritizing human connection, engagement, and compassion advances productivity, service, and innovation.
• Sustainable Growth – how companies achieve growth even in challenging financial cycles. I
• Transformation – how empowered team members rediscover their purpose, advancing careers and workplace satisfaction. Caring cultures report higher employee retention, lower recruitment costs, and more satisfied customers. 

One of my favorite parts of the book is the Bob Chapman list of Principles of Truly Human Leadership, which include: 

• Leadership is a privilege. Leaders need to embrace the profound responsibility for the lives entrusted to them.
• Do not think of those you lead as being within your span of control but rather your span of care.
• Caring is contagious. When people feel cared for, it inspires them to care for others.
• Essential skills of caring leadership include listening empathetically, recognizing and celebrating others, and adopting a service mind-set.  

Finally, the authors remind us that caring leadership isn’t just a moral choice; it’s a strategic advantage that can redefine an organization’s mission.
 

Chapman is the chairman of Barry-Wehmiller, a global capital equipment and engineering consulting company that combines more than 145 acquired companies across ten operating divisions worldwide and has served as CEO for 50 years. Under Chapman’s leadership, Barry‑Wehmiller grew from $20 million in revenue in 1975 to more than $3.5 billion in 2025, with some 12,000 team members at 100+ locations in 30 countries, achieving 18 percent compounded growth.
 
Chapman blogs about leadership and culture.
 
Chapman's leadership philosophy is also profiled in his TEDx Talk and a Harvard case study, now taught in more than 70 business schools.

Sisodia is a cofounder of the Conscious Capitalism movement, and pioneering voice in the global business renaissance. He is the author or coauthor of 16 books, including the New York Times bestseller Conscious Capitalism (with John P. Mackey, cofounder, and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market).
 
Sisodia serves as the FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and co-chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico. He leads Conscious Capitalism Inc., a non-profit with chapters in some 15 countries and 20 U.S. cities. He has served on the boards of several purpose-driven companies, including Mastek and The Container Store.
 
Raj has consulted with and taught at numerous companies, including AT&T, Verizon, LG, DPDHL, POSCO, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Market, Tata, Tesoro, Siemens, Sprint, Volvo, IBM, Walmart, McDonalds, and Southern California Edison.
 
Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.