Jude David on The Secret to Great Teamwork: Compassion, Empathy, and Patience
In this heartfelt clip, Jude David shares how the keys to great teamwork, at home and in business, aren’t tactics or tools. They’re character traits.
Jude reflects on the dynamic between him and his wife Ashley, both entrepreneurs, and how understanding each other’s strengths, weaknesses, and motivations has helped them thrive in work and in marriage. While she leads with enthusiasm and creativity, he brings structure and analysis and they’ve learned to respect and support each other’s styles.
This conversation is a reminder that whether you’re building a team, a marriage, or a business, the secret is always the same: compassion, empathy, and patience.
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Jude David – Managing Partner, FA Mergers
Website: https://www.famergers.com
Email: jude@famergers.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jude-david-jd-dcl-mba-172a6a76/
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Jude: And just like anything else, if you have compassion and empathy and patience you can really do some great stuff together. I know that. My strengths might be her weaknesses, but her strengths are my weaknesses as well. Like she is outgoing and bubbly and fun and just an exciting person to be around.
And I like spreadsheets, so it's a good balance and we can find ways to work really well together.
Joshua Wilson: Yeah. I we're definitely gonna get you some brownie points in this interview. Yeah we definitely experienced that in, in part one of our conversation. Ashley, when it comes to, moving from, my dream was to be a stay at home mom.
Yeah. To now deal maker buying a business, running a business, learning e-comm, and influencer marketing and wholesaling and there's many different aspects of the vendor relationships when it comes to. Doing that within the house, how would you navigate that if you had to do it, you, let's just say you built and sold this one and you were to do it again.
How would you navigate that differently?
Ashley: I think I would be, more respectful to listen to his opinion more maybe. Yeah. You're welcome, honey. He's been there. He's done it. I, like you said, I have no, no schooling in this at all. My school is just YouTube. And and asking Jude that.
Is definitely something that I would be a little bit more open to knowing like, Hey, he's been here, he's done that. He can provide a lot more, clarity and guidance in, in things.
Jude David
Managing Partner / JD / DCL / MBA
Jude David, JD, DCL, MBA
Jude made investment banking his primary focus after practicing for 12 years as a successful M&A attorney. From lower mid-market family-owned companies to multi-billion dollar corporate behemoths, Jude has advised sellers and buyers on over 200 transactions totaling billions in enterprise value.
Jude has leveraged his M&A experience to start a self-funded company in the building materials sector. Since its inception, the business has grown via acquisitions to over 400 employees across the USA.
Jude and his wife Ashley have six beautiful children and are very active in their community. Jude’s favorite pastime is taking the family to their fishing lodge on the beautiful Gulf Coast.