Today I was invited to attend a lunch with the Board of Directors of Clayton Bank and Trust. Each Director brings a guest, each guest gets introduced and then stands up and talks about him/herself and what they do for about 2 minutes.
It’s a nice event and I apprecaite my good friend Raja Jubran, a Director at Clayton, for inviting me.
You also get a signed copy of Jim Clayton’s book, which I have already read. It’s pretty inspirational. Here’s a guy who built a company so good that Warren Buffett finally bought it. And his son, Kevin, still runs it. Good DNA.
Jim has set up this amazing model where the bank will eventually be owned by the Clayton Foundation. So the money the bank makes goes to a foundation that the spends the money to improve the communities where its banks are located. What a great model…and what a phenomenal legacy. I can’t think of anything better he could do with his money. OK, I can’t think of anything better he could do with his money that doesn’t involve giving me a bunch of it.
As if all that isn’t impressive enough, to show they walk the walk, not just talk the talk, everyone at the lunch gets a little form to fill out naming a non-profit you want to support and the Clayton Foundation sends them $500 with your name thrown in to boot.
How great is that?
And for any cynics out there, Clayton Bank and Trust is not a client, although we do proudly represent Clayton Homes.
OK…everybody back to work.
