Kevin Hancock is the CEO of our family business as well as an award-winning author and nationally recognized public speaker. For the last decade, Kevin’s written books, spoken nationally, and created content that fuels his website, The Business of Shared Leadership, where he invites any visitor to follow his blog for leadership inspiration. The mission of his personal […]
Everybody Leads
Kevin Hancock Honored with Leadership Award
At the end of last month during their virtual annual meeting the Maine Development Foundation (MDF) honored Kevin Hancock with the Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership Award. Each year MDF’s Leadership Maine alumni nominate candidates for the Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership Award that recognizes extraordinary achievements by Leadership Maine graduates. Governor Curtis was not only the […]
Team Windham High Five!
High Five Award in Recognition of: Team Windham Presented by: Kevin Hancock Hancock Location: Windham I spent an hour or so at your store the other day and I just wanted to tell you I left feeling GREAT about you all and the work you do. I had a chance to talk to about 10 of […]
“Best Place to Work in Maine” for 8th Consecutive Year
Congratulations to our team of 600 employees for earning the Best Place to Work in Maine accolade for the 8th consecutive year! Team Hancock’s commitment to our best place to work in Maine process directly supports our employee-centric culture and mission to have a highly engaged team and respectful work environment where every employee leads […]
Celebrating Kevin Hynes and his Amazing Career at Hancock Lumber
It’s hard to believe that today marks Kevin Hynes’ last day of work at Hancock Lumber. After an incredible 16-year career with our company, our Sawmill Division COO is retiring and moving to the west coast. Over the last couple of weeks, teams have gathered, reflected, laughed, shared, and celebrated Kevin Hynes. At our farewell […]
Hancock’s James Gigliotti Honored with ProSales Four Under Forty Award
2021 Four Under Forty Award Recipient, James Giigliotti ProSales Magazine recently announced their annual Four Under Forty award recipients, a list that included Hancock Lumber’s Commodities Purchasing Manager, James Gigliotti. While James joined Team Hancock fairly recently- in late 2019 – he’s fit into the culture and company seamlessly, bringing his lifetime of industry experience […]
Best Places to Work in Maine, 7th Consecutive Year!
Hello, Team Hancock! Today, Hancock Lumber learned it was named a Best Places to Work in Maine for the 7th consecutive year! Congratulations to our entire team of 550 people across our 14 locations–together, we have achieved this amazing accomplishment and get to celebrate another year being a Best Place to Work in Maine. It […]
Everybody Leads: Getting through this Together
A letter from Kevin Hancock on Hancock Lumber’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) March 16th, 2020: To: All Hancock Lumber Customers Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) As trying as these times have suddenly become, I have personally found it very uplifting to see and hear all the stories about our employee, supplier, and customer teams coming together to […]
Spotlight on Employee Led Innovations
Touring around the company, it’s so exciting to witness real-time, employee-led ideas and innovations being implemented every day. Whether a small change or a large scale project, each one truly makes a difference in the daily workflow of our employees, making it easier to do the work and creating a better overall experience. Here are […]
Growth Within Hancock’s Leadership Team!
A letter from Kevin Hancock | October 2019 Hello!I am writing to share some exciting news. Beginning in January 2020, Paul Wainman (our current CFO) is going to become President of Hancock Lumber. I am going to continue working as CEO and BOD Chair. I am not retiring or planning on retiring. So, this move is just additive […]