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Potentia Assessments returns to the Culture Camp Podcast to talk family business, part one.
Culture Camp
July 31, 2026 | 34m
In this episode of Culture Camp: Host Jason is joined by Leigh Quinn and David Spader of Potentia Assessments for part one of a two-part conversation on the family business, from their own multi-generational stories to where they start when advising one. Here’s what you’ll hear about:
- Five generations of family business: Leigh’s story, from Boston shoe polish in 1880 to bullet-resistant glass and coatings for Callaway Golf
- A farm to thousands of businesses: David’s story, and how Dr. Michael O’Connor’s work shaped it from the very start
- The favorite part: working alongside family, and seeing the impact of what earlier generations built
- The hardest part: the tough conversation when a committed family member lacks the capacity the role needs
- Being undervalued: why loyalty, sacrifice, and dedication often go unrecognized inside a family business
- Turning it off: why the business follows you to every birthday, holiday, and Sunday dinner
- Where to start: why discovery work comes first, before any diagnosis or decision
- Include the spouses: why the family members who don’t work in the business often see it most clearly
- Fit over birth order: why roles assigned by sequence or old assumptions fail, and how the tools find the real fit
David Spader
Leigh Quinn
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And very importantly, that always includes spouses that may not work in the family business.
– David Spader
People didn’t appreciate their dedication, their commitment, their loyalty, their willingness, personal sacrifice of time, effort, and energy for the family business.
– Leigh Quinn
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