Webinars - Disruption Series

Hancock Lumber president and CEO Kevin Hancock discusses the social and economic benefits of creating an employee-centric company. The first mission of work should be enhancing the lives of the people who do it. Hancock explains how starting the flywheel of corporate success with the employee experience creates enhanced results for customers, communities and corporations. In this presentation, Hancock revisits and reclassifies several long-standing assumptions about business.

In this Strategic Series webinar, we’ll talk about how COVID-19 has impacted business in 2020 and what we can expect for the upcoming yearsDo it Best president and CEO Dan Starr talks with NHPA executive vice president Dan Tratensek about the future of the industry and the opportunities that are available for independents to innovate, compete and win in their markets. In this exclusive presentation, attendees will understand the value that the independent model brings to the industry and how the most successful retailers stay relevant through disruption..

In this panel, learn about the ins and outs of successfully passing down a family operation. Hear both sides of the story, with insights from fathers who passed the business to their daughters, and find out the new operators are carrying the business through the next generation. Find out what they might do differently and how they ensured a smooth transition.

Each year, NHPA honors some of the industry’s top performers with the Top Gun Award. At this session, find out how these innovative retailers are succeeding through disruption in the retail channel, growing their operations and serving their communities.

This presentation begins with a brief historical vignette of the hardware store—because hardware stores are reflections of our values and our communities, both past and present. Thompson will share his own personal journey and discuss outcomes of the unconscious bias training he spearheaded at Taft Law. As a labor lawyer, he will provide guidelines for hiring, training and retaining diverse personnel (gender and race), and he will demonstrate the positive long-term outcomes of doing so.

The culture in your store has a direct impact on both employee and customer satisfaction, which then has a direct impact on the bottom line. In this session, NHPA retail consultant Kim Peffley will discuss several tools that can make an immediate impact on your operation, and she will suggest tools to add to your strategic planning to further develop and improve your company culture.

Selling or transitioning your business can be overwhelming and complicated. Most business owners are not sure where to begin when considering the sale of their own company. In this presentation, Gary Pittsford, president and CEO of Castle Wealth Advisors, will provide an outline of ideas for increasing business value, selling strategies and saving taxes when it’s time to sell the company. The presentation will not only address where and how to begin, but will also talk about ways to prepare for the transition, including six critical areas of concern where all business owners should focus their attention while developing their succession and retirement plans.