Episode 8 Part 1: How a privately owned business evolved into an employee owned business and the reasons why artwork
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Episode 8 Part 1: How a privately owned business evolved into an employee owned business and the reasons why

  • S2E8
  • 27:23
  • March 18th 2021

Nicola Ryan, Director of Colleague Support from Rowlinson Knitwear in Stockport, discusses with Steve Munro, Oakridge's Senior Consultant, how their organisation worked through employee/colleague ownership of the business.

  • In this first part 1 episode -Nicola discusses the B-Corp route they took in terms of the employee mode
  • How they restructured teams to achieve what they needed to do for the business growth for all
  • How they developed an Employee Assistant Programme to generate the progress
  • How they as an organisation, improved customer support through educating employees (or colleagues as it's called at Rowlinson) on this importance

For more information about Rowlinson Knitwear and Oakridge's support please contact Natalie Griffiths - [email protected]

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