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With 300 employees across 5 companies, the holdco that Chris Fredericks is building has an uncommon feature at its core.
Topics in Chris’s interview:
- What is an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)?
- Finding purpose and meaning at work
- Concept of dignity at work
- What ESOP employees do and don’t vote on
- Using an internal podcast to communicate about employee ownership
- Mitigating risks in ESOPs
- Employee reactions to being acquired
- Selling employees on the ESOP concept
- His role as investor, not operator
- Keeping a bad hire for too long
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron