30 years of timber framing<\/a> and an improved offering, of timber engineering, commercial framing, residential framing and local turnkey. \u00a0Community housing and UK turnkey projects are also on the horizon.<\/span><\/p>\nIn November, seven members of the Carpenter Oak team were fortunate enough to spend two days attending the Employee Owners Association Conference 2017 at the Hilton, Birmingham Metropole NEC. \u00a0Surrounded by businesses who are Employee Owned, and others looking to become Employee Owned, they were immersed in everything good and meaningful that Employee Ownership has to share.<\/span><\/p>\nEmployee Owned companies work hard to communicate and engage with their staff, each run to their own set of values. Through employing great people with a strong set of shared values, they are able to produce quality products and services to their customers. In turn their employees benefit from the revenue that brings.<\/span><\/p>\nWhilst attending presentations from guest speakers and breakout sessions by companies well into their journey of employee ownership, it became clear that these businesses have one common theme running through them: \u00a0Their core values, strong ethics and morals have helped determine the direction of their business. \u00a0Some companies already had these values, others didn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\nCarpenter Oak has been running with a strong set of values, ethics and morals for many years. \u00a0They are the ones that run through each employee\u2019s veins, but are not displayed for all to see. \u00a0Carpenter Oak\u2019s values make it unique, sets it apart from it\u2019s competitors\u00a0 <\/span>and makes it strong. \u00a0They unite Carpenter Oak with their employees and customers. \u00a0Carpenter Oak share a belief in a greater good, that theirs is a fairer way of doing business, where everyone can share in the wealth that it brings. \u00a0Employees have a voice that informs the leaders of the business, they contribute to the way in which the wealth and profits of the company are distributed. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDoors are open, opinions and feedback are seen as a gifts not challenges, ideas are accepted, nurtured and grown. People don\u2019t feel threatened by other\u2019s innovation, they are inspired to facilitate it.<\/span><\/p>\nAll of the Employee Owned Businesses attending the conference stand true to their values, they do not falter or question them but immerse every decision they make in them. \u00a0From doing and having faith in what they believe is right and good, they prosper. \u00a0They do not look towards their competitors, they lead to a brighter and better future by sticking to their own values.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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