Modern Management Lessons From a Hundred-Year-Old Family Business With Doug Young of Behler-Young HVAC

Modern Management Lessons From a Hundred-Year-Old Family Business With Doug Young of Behler-Young HVAC

Author: Jason Bader, Distribution Team March 29, 2023 Duration: 42:12

Not many privately-held wholesale distributorships last long enough to welcome a fourth generation into the fold. Doug Young, CEO and chairman of Behler-Young, an HVAC distributor based in Grand Rapids, MI, doesn't take that longevity or the organization's future for granted. He's landed on a formula to translate century-old core values into a roadmap for 21st-century excellence. 

Jason caught up with Doug to discuss his passion for encouraging employee development, the benefits of an outside board of directors, and the transformative power of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS).

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This episode was edited & mixed by The Creative Impostor Studios. 

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