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.

C. William Pollard

View all the digitized papers below by year, or browse by the following seven categories assigned by Pollard:

  1. Ethics/Knowing What is Right and Doing It
  2. Business as a Calling
  3. The Virtue of Profit
  4. The Awesome Responsibility of Leadership
  5. Mission as an Organizing Principle/The Value of Values
  6. The Role of the Firm as a Moral Community
  7. Management as a Liberal Art

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Submissions from 2005

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Globalization and the Human Condition, C. William Pollard

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Go Where the Fish Are, C. William Pollard

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Leadership in Turbulent Times (Kansas City, MO), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 2004

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A Season of Hope, C. William Pollard

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Bridging the Gulf Between Faith and Work (Memphis, TN), C. William Pollard

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Knowing What is Right and Doing It (Chicago), C. William Pollard

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Knowing What is Right and Doing It (Wheaton, IL), C. William Pollard

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Leadership (Memo), C. William Pollard

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Letter from C. William Pollard to His Son, Dr. Charles W. Pollard, C. William Pollard

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Making a Difference, C. William Pollard

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Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (Chicago), C. William Pollard

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Speech at Walworth County Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard

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Surviving Selfishness, C. William Pollard

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The Priority of a Productive Life, C. William Pollard

Submissions from 2003

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A Charge to Keep, C. William Pollard

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Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (London), C. William Pollard

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Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (River Forest, IL), C. William Pollard

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Responsible Leadership - The Ethic of Right Behavior (Wausau, WI), C. William Pollard

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Speech at National Association of Convenience Stores Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard

Submissions from 2002

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Business Ethics - Do God and Profit Mix?, C. William Pollard

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Leading in Turbulent Times, C. William Pollard

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Speech at International Franchise Association Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard

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The Ethics of Responsible Leadership and the Practice of Right Behavior, C. William Pollard

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What's It All About? (Lake Geneva, WI), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 2001

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Bridging the Gulf Between Faith and Work (Charlottesville, VA), C. William Pollard

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Leadership in Changing and Turbulent Times, C. William Pollard

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Leadership in Turbulent Times (Dallas), C. William Pollard

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Leadership with a Purpose (Colorado Springs, CO), C. William Pollard

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Management as a Liberal Art (Colorado Springs, CO), C. William Pollard

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The Leader Who Serves (Colorado Springs, CO), C. William Pollard

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The Leader Who Serves (Indianapolis, IN), C. William Pollard

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Timeless Values in Turbulent Times (Windsor, UK), C. William Pollard

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Timess Values in a New Millennium or Timeless Values in Changing, Turbulent Times, C. William Pollard

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Values as a Power Factor (Long Version), C. William Pollard

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Values as a Power Factor (Short Version), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 2000

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I Want to Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes a Difference (Amerispec Convention), C. William Pollard

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I Want to Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes a Difference (ARS-Rescue Rooter Meeting), C. William Pollard

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Mission as an Organizing Principle (or A Leader's Ethical Responsibility for the People We Lead), C. William Pollard

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Speech at Albany Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard

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The Best and Most Admired, C. William Pollard

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The Leader Who Serves (Duluth, MN), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 1999

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Bridging the Gulf (London), C. William Pollard

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Do Ethics and Profit Mix?, C. William Pollard

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Faith and Work, C. William Pollard

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How to Be a Leader for the Future, C. William Pollard

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Leadership - Lessons from the Battlefield (Gettysburg), C. William Pollard

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Leadership Message to Officers Re: Assuming CEO Position, C. William Pollard

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Mission as an Organizing Principle, C. William Pollard

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Soul of the Firm: Business as a Christian Calling, C. William Pollard

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Speech at Park Ridge Prayer Breakfast, C. William Pollard

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The Soul of the Firm (Harleysville, PA), C. William Pollard

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What's It All About? (Milwaukee, WI), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 1998

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A Philosophy of Life and Work, C. William Pollard

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Bridging the Gulf (New Haven, CT), C. William Pollard

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Built to Last - Leadership Principles That Are Timeless, C. William Pollard

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Congressional Testimony - Education and Workforce Committee - House of Representatives, C. William Pollard

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Leadership for the Future, C. William Pollard

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Leadership That Serves - An Intangible Ingredient Found in Every Successful Ministry, C. William Pollard

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Leading into the Future, C. William Pollard

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Letter to the Editor of Harvard Business Review (Re: Businesses Being Dependent on People), C. William Pollard

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RE: "Looking Ahead: Implications of the Present Age" by Drucker, Dyson, Handy, Saffo and Senge, C. William Pollard

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Steer for Open Water, C. William Pollard

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Tenure, C. William Pollard

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What's It All About? (Dictated Memo), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 1997

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A Common Ground in a Divided World, C. William Pollard

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A Leader Who Serves, C. William Pollard

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Leadership in a World of Change, C. William Pollard

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Profit and Ethics, C. William Pollard

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Speech at Liberty University Baccalaureate (Draft), C. William Pollard

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The Leader Who Serves (Scottsdale, AZ), C. William Pollard

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The Soul of the Firm (Santa Fe, NM), C. William Pollard

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The Theory of the Firm, C. William Pollard

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Trust and the Soul of the Firm, C. William Pollard

Submissions from 1996

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Speech at Wheaton College Chapel, C. William Pollard

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Strategic Planning, Church of the Nazarene, C. William Pollard

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The Soul of the Firm as It Moves to the 21st Century, C. William Pollard

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The Soul of the Firm (Mechanicsburg, PA), C. William Pollard

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The Soul of the Firm (Nairobi, Kenya), C. William Pollard

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The Tension Between Knowing and Doing, C. William Pollard

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Thinking Like Jesus, C. William Pollard

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Who Are You and What Do You Want? (Nairobi, Kenya), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 1995

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A Fair Distribution of Results, C. William Pollard

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Leading with Conviction and Purpose, C. William Pollard

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Servant Leadership - A Look at Values in the Marketplace, C. William Pollard

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Speech at the Moody Bible Institute Board of Directors Conference, C. William Pollard

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The Leader Who Serves (Washington, D.C.), C. William Pollard

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The Opportunity of Choice, C. William Pollard

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The Soul of the Firm (Orlando), C. William Pollard

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The Soul of the Firm (Phoenix), C. William Pollard

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Who Are You and What Do You Want? (Elgin, IL), C. William Pollard

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Who Owns This Place? (Elkhorn, WI), C. William Pollard

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Who Owns This Place? (Schaumburg, IL), C. William Pollard

Submissions from 1994

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Citation for Larry E. Dixon, C. William Pollard

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Leadership (Estes Park, CO), C. William Pollard

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Leadership with a Purpose (Boston), C. William Pollard

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The Leader Who Serves (Minneapolis, MN), C. William Pollard

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The Leader Who Serves (Windsor, UK), C. William Pollard

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The Quest for the Entrepreneurial Spirit (Claremont, CA), C. William Pollard

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The Servant Leader, C. William Pollard

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Who Are You and What Do You Want? (Wheaton, IL), C. William Pollard