{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Visibility Podcast","title":"Built to Weather the Storm: Business, Faith & Legacy with Bill Derrick","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3075,"description":"As business owners, we're used to figuring things out.\nSomething isn't working? We change the strategy.\nRevenue is down? We look at the numbers.\nThere's a problem? We find someone who knows the answer.\nBut what happens when there isn't an answer?\nWhat happens when you're facing a storm in your business—or your life—that no amount of strategy, hard work, or Googling can fix?\nToday's episode of The Visibility Podcast is a little different.\nI'm sitting down with Bill Derrick, President of Derrick Companies in New Richmond, Wisconsin, and author of Restored by the Storm: Navigating Through Life's Unexpected Challenges.\nBill has more than 50 years of experience in the construction industry and has spent the majority of his career leading Derrick Companies.\nIn 2008, Bill helped lead the company through one of the most devastating economic downturns since the Great Depression. For five years, they navigated an incredibly difficult business climate, not knowing exactly how—or if—they would come through it.\nAnd just as the storm began to clear, Bill and his family were hit with another one.\nBill was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer.\nToday, Bill can look back at these seasons with a perspective he couldn't possibly have had while living through them.\nAnd that's what we talk about.\nThis isn't an episode filled with five-step strategies or another list of things you need to do.\nIt's a conversation about:\nLeading a business when you don't have all the answers\nWhat the 2008 recession taught Bill about leadership and perseverance\nWalking through fear and uncertainty when the outcome is beyond your control\nFaith and learning to trust when you can't understand why something is happening\nHow life's hardest storms can change the way we lead and live\nBuilding a business and reputation that lasts for generations\nSuccession and what it means to hand something you've built to the next generation\nHow Bill's definition of success has changed after more than 50...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3kS_QPnQg9J3GHriEhLsVpJvK8CXKkqRK60JvY-x4cM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZGFh/ZjczNTI5YzUzYTkz/Mzg4MzJkY2UzOGI5/ZWE5Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}