C. William 'Bill' Pollard is Chairman of Fairwyn Investment Company, a private investment firm, and for over a twenty-five year period, Bill participated in the leadership of The ServiceMaster Company serving not once but twice as its Chief Executive Officer. Bill has also served as a director of several public companies and a number of charitable, religious, and educational organizations, including Wheaton College and the Billy Graham Evangelical Association. He is the author of several books including the best seller The Soul of the Firm and his most recent book The Tides of Life. A native of the Chicago area, Bill and his wife, Judy, have been married for over 57 years and have been blessed with four children, fifteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
The collection includes speeches given by Bill Pollard on topics related to work and faith including: ethics; profit; mission and values; leadership; vocation; and management. Types of materials include speech scripts, handwritten notes, and articles.
View all the digitized papers below by year, or browse by the following seven categories assigned by Pollard:
Submissions from 2005
Globalization and the Human Condition, C. William Pollard
Go Where the Fish Are, C. William Pollard
Leadership in Turbulent Times (Kansas City, MO), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 2004
A Season of Hope, C. William Pollard
Bridging the Gulf Between Faith and Work (Memphis, TN), C. William Pollard
Knowing What is Right and Doing It (Chicago), C. William Pollard
Knowing What is Right and Doing It (Wheaton, IL), C. William Pollard
Leadership (Memo), C. William Pollard
Letter from C. William Pollard to His Son, Dr. Charles W. Pollard, C. William Pollard
Making a Difference, C. William Pollard
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (Chicago), C. William Pollard
Speech at Walworth County Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard
Surviving Selfishness, C. William Pollard
The Priority of a Productive Life, C. William Pollard
Submissions from 2003
A Charge to Keep, C. William Pollard
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (London), C. William Pollard
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (River Forest, IL), C. William Pollard
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (Wausau, WI), C. William Pollard
Speech at National Association of Convenience Stores Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard
Submissions from 2002
Business Ethics - Do God and Profit Mix?, C. William Pollard
Leading in Turbulent Times, C. William Pollard
Speech at International Franchise Association Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard
The Ethics of Responsible Leadership and the Practice of Right Behavior, C. William Pollard
What's It All About? (Lake Geneva, WI), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 2001
Bridging the Gulf Between Faith and Work (Charlottesville, VA), C. William Pollard
Leadership in Changing and Turbulent Times, C. William Pollard
Leadership in Turbulent Times (Dallas), C. William Pollard
Leadership with a Purpose (Colorado Springs, CO), C. William Pollard
Management as a Liberal Art (Colorado Springs, CO), C. William Pollard
The Leader Who Serves (Colorado Springs, CO), C. William Pollard
The Leader Who Serves (Indianapolis, IN), C. William Pollard
Timeless Values in Turbulent Times (Windsor, UK), C. William Pollard
Timess Values in a New Millennium or Timeless Values in Changing, Turbulent Times, C. William Pollard
Values as a Power Factor (Long Version), C. William Pollard
Values as a Power Factor (Short Version), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 2000
I Want to Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes a Difference (Amerispec Convention), C. William Pollard
I Want to Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes a Difference (ARS-Rescue Rooter Meeting), C. William Pollard
Mission as an Organizing Principle (or A Leader's Ethical Responsibility for the People We Lead), C. William Pollard
Speech at Albany Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard
The Best and Most Admired, C. William Pollard
The Leader Who Serves (Duluth, MN), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 1999
Bridging the Gulf (London), C. William Pollard
Do Ethics and Profit Mix?, C. William Pollard
Faith and Work, C. William Pollard
How to Be a Leader for the Future, C. William Pollard
Leadership - Lessons from the Battlefield (Gettysburg), C. William Pollard
Leadership Message to Officers Re: Assuming CEO Position, C. William Pollard
Mission as an Organizing Principle, C. William Pollard
Soul of the Firm: Business as a Christian Calling, C. William Pollard
Speech at Park Ridge Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard
The Soul of the Firm (Harleysville, PA), C. William Pollard
What's It All About? (Milwaukee, WI), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 1998
A Philosophy of Life and Work, C. William Pollard
Bridging the Gulf (New Haven, CT), C. William Pollard
Built to Last - Leadership Principles That Are Timeless, C. William Pollard
Congressional Testimony - Education and Workforce Committee - House of Representatives, C. William Pollard
Leadership for the Future, C. William Pollard
Leadership That Serves - An Intangible Ingredient Found in Every Successful Ministry, C. William Pollard
Leading into the Future, C. William Pollard
Letter to the Editor of Harvard Business Review (Re: Businesses Being Dependent on People), C. William Pollard
RE: "Looking Ahead: Implications of the Present Age" by Drucker, Dyson, Handy, Saffo and Senge, C. William Pollard
Steer for Open Water, C. William Pollard
Tenure, C. William Pollard
What's It All About? (Dictated Memo), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 1997
A Common Ground in a Divided World, C. William Pollard
A Leader Who Serves, C. William Pollard
Leadership in a World of Change, C. William Pollard
Profit and Ethics, C. William Pollard
Speech at Liberty University Baccalaureate (Draft), C. William Pollard
The Leader Who Serves (Scottsdale, AZ), C. William Pollard
The Soul of the Firm (Santa Fe, NM), C. William Pollard
The Theory of the Firm, C. William Pollard
Trust and the Soul of the Firm, C. William Pollard
Submissions from 1996
Speech at Wheaton College Chapel, C. William Pollard
Strategic Planning, Church of the Nazarene, C. William Pollard
The Soul of the Firm as It Moves to the 21st Century, C. William Pollard
The Soul of the Firm (Mechanicsburg, PA), C. William Pollard
The Soul of the Firm (Nairobi, Kenya), C. William Pollard
The Tension Between Knowing and Doing, C. William Pollard
Thinking Like Jesus, C. William Pollard
Who Are You and What Do You Want? (Nairobi, Kenya), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 1995
A Fair Distribution of Results, C. William Pollard
Leading with Conviction and Purpose, C. William Pollard
Servant Leadership - A Look at Values in the Marketplace, C. William Pollard
Speech at the Moody Bible Institute Board of Directors Conference, C. William Pollard
The Leader Who Serves (Washington, D.C.), C. William Pollard
The Opportunity of Choice, C. William Pollard
The Soul of the Firm (Orlando), C. William Pollard
The Soul of the Firm (Phoenix), C. William Pollard
Who Are You and What Do You Want? (Elgin, IL), C. William Pollard
Who Owns This Place? (Elkhorn, WI), C. William Pollard
Who Owns This Place? (Schaumburg, IL), C. William Pollard
Submissions from 1994
Citation for Larry E. Dixon, C. William Pollard
Leadership (Estes Park, CO), C. William Pollard
Leadership with a Purpose (Boston), C. William Pollard
The Leader Who Serves (Minneapolis, MN), C. William Pollard
The Leader Who Serves (Windsor, UK), C. William Pollard
The Quest for the Entrepreneurial Spirit (Claremont, CA), C. William Pollard
The Servant Leader, C. William Pollard
Who Are You and What Do You Want? (Wheaton, IL), C. William Pollard