As David Potack’s two-year term as chair of TRSA winds down, we thought this month’s issue would be a good time to reflect on his (and his company’s) approach to leadership.

To do that, we recently interviewed Unitex’s family leadership team, including David, president; his brother, Rob, CEO; and their father Michael, who serves as chairman. By any measure, Unitex has grown dramatically in the period since David joined the company in 1995, expanding from six facilities then to 12, including the 67,000-square-foot Linden, NJ, plant where we met in a large conference room.

Unitex’s roots as a family business ...