Family businesses often focus on succession planning – but what about the transitions the business itself needs to grow and evolve? In this episode of Legacy: Navigating Family Business with Anne Bauer, sixth-generation family business leader, leadership coach, and energy practitioner Anne Bauer explores how businesses hold their own energetic path – separate from the people who steward them.

Anne shares candidly from her own journey as CEO of Racket, weaving in stories of resilience through six generations, lessons from the pandemic, and the power of honoring creativity in leadership. She introduces Bruce Feiler’s framework of transition – the Long Goodbye, the Messy Middle, and the New Beginning – and shows how these phases apply not only to families, but to businesses themselves.

This episode is especially for:
✅ Family business leaders navigating change beyond succession.
✅ Women in business balancing legacy with new beginnings.
✅ Entrepreneurs seeking clarity, creativity, and courage.
✅ Anyone curious about how leadership coaching and energy work can create space for new opportunities.

Plus, Anne offers an invitation to the upcoming Legacy Women’s Retreat – a two-day experience combining community, coaching, and energy work to help women leaders step into clarity and transformation.

🔗 Learn more: thelegacyevolution.com/retreat

In this solo episode of Legacy: Navigating Family Business, Anne Bauer reflects on how travel – whether across the globe or just across town – has shaped her journey as a sixth-generation family business owner and leader.

Anne opens up about the complex emotions and conflicting responsibilities that come with travel in a family business, especially for working parents and leaders. She shares how time away, when approached with intention, can become a powerful leadership tool – not just a luxury.

You’ll learn:

• Why intentional time in your own energy is essential for clarity, creativity, and sustainability in family business leadership
• The difference between a vacation and a true retreat – and why it matters
• How shifting your physical environment can unlock new insights for your business and yourself

Plus, Anne offers a personal invitation to the upcoming Legacy Women’s Retreat, designed exclusively for women in family business leadership, happening this October.

If you're a family business owner, next-gen leader, or part of a multigenerational enterprise, this episode will inspire you to rethink how and why you take time away – and how it can help you come back stronger.

🔗 Learn more and apply for the retreat: www.thelegacyevolution.com/retreat

In this powerful episode of Legacy: Navigating Family Business, Anne Bauer sits down with sixth-generation family business owner Kevin Hancock, Chairman and Managing Owner of Hancock Lumber, one of the oldest family businesses in America. Together, they explore Kevin’s unexpected leadership journey, from aspiring college basketball coach to transformative business leader.

Kevin opens up about the life-altering moment he developed spasmodic dysphonia, a rare voice disorder, during one of the most challenging economic periods for the lumber industry. What began as a personal challenge sparked a profound shift in leadership style—one that ultimately catalyzed organizational transformation.

Listeners will hear how Kevin’s decision to lean into employee empowerment, shared leadership, and decentralized decision-making turned adversity into an opportunity for deep healing—both within himself and throughout his company. This conversation is a must-listen for family business owners, operators, and anyone interested in the intersection of human-centered leadership and business resilience.

Key themes include:

• Leading a sixth-generation family business through change
• Dispersing power and cultivating voice in a legacy-driven organization
• Turning personal adversity into company-wide transformation
• Creating employee-centric cultures in multi-generational enterprises
• Business as a force for healing and human growth

🎧 Tune in and discover how trust, shared voice, and personal growth can lead to transformative leadership in your family business.

Show notes: You can learn more about Kevin’s work & writing at https://www.thebusinessofsharedleadership.com/