Season 2: Serving Employees

Best Practices

Fivestars

How does a company explicitly committed to relationships in business handle laying people off?
Victor Ho founded Fivestars with the mission of “transforming transactions into relationships.” Then the start-up hit a rough patch and needed to lay off 50 people.  Best practices suggested handling the lay-offs with surgical precision.  Victor felt compelled to take a different approach that was consistent with the company’s values: humbly admitting his mistakes, honoring the workers’ contributions, and mobilizing the entire firm to help those being displaced.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Best Practices | Faith & Co. Film

This film is related to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

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Explores how faith shapes the way organizations engage with and manage employees.

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