The Messy Business of Family, and Why It's Full of Purpose: Chris Herschend

Family IN Business Podcast Series 2 #1

 
October 2021
Herschend Family Entertainment has a trademark: "Creating Memories Worth Repeating." As the largest family-owned themed-entertainment company in the United States, you might think running the business is all fun and games. But as Chris Herschend explains, working cooperatively and productively with family can be difficult.

Is it worth it? Absolutely. Through working out conflict and building bridges, Chris, his siblings, and his cousins have been able to define both the family's and the enterprise's purpose. How have they cultivated the grace, courage, and shared purpose to overcome the obstacles all too common in family enterprise? Listen as he tells his story - and points to what we are "wired to do." We are also joined by expert Jennifer Pendergast with thoughts on the relationship between individual freedom and shared purpose.