Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide, an Elgin, Ill., company led by the fifth generation, emphasizes six family business values: passion, action, reinvention, endurance, relationships and generosity. “The business has always been operated under these principles,” says Linda Wisdom, the company’s vice president of operations.
The company, founded by Phillip Wisdom in 1875, developed a hexagonal graphic image to illustrate these key principle and to help the company’s stakeholders remember them.
To commemorate the company’s 140th anniversary, Wisdom Adhesives’ non-family chief operating and technical officer, Tom Rolando, wrote a book, entitled The Wisdom Way, that highlights the six principles.
For more information on how Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide celebrated its 140th anniversary, see the November/December 2015 issue of Family Business Magazine.