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April 2026 Blog: Balance Principle – How It Protects Our Wealth and Legacy
In this blog, we’ll be diving into the Balance principle. This blog talks about why it’s important in both creating and maintaining success for employee owners throughout the organization.
Episode 41: Stories of HB Global with Greg Ellis: From Skeptic to Advocate
In this month’s episode, Greg Ellis is joining the podcast to talk about how he went from being an ESOP skeptic to an ESOP advocate, the benefits of leadership training, and other lessons learned along his journey.
New Book Shows How Employee Ownership Creates Wealth, Engagement, and Long-Term Business Success
HB Global CEO, Bob Whalen, releases his new book Beyond Your Ownership to further promote employee ownership.
March 2026 Blog: Partnership Principle – What It Means and How We Live It
In this blog, we’ll be diving into the Partnership principle. This blog talks about what it is, why it’s important, and behaviors that are aligned with it.
Episode 40: Scaling Culture at HB Global: Why We Developed HB Global Principles
In this month’s episode, we’re wrapping up our podcast mini-series focused on scaling culture at HB Global. In this episode, Bob and Stacy will be chatting about why we created our HB Global principles.
Episode 39: Scaling Culture at HB Global: Our Mission and Vision as a People-Centric Organization
In this month’s episode, we’re continuing our podcast mini-series focused on scaling culture at HB Global. Bob and Stacy are chatting about our mission and vision as a people-centric organization.
February 2026 Blog: Why We Created the HB Global Principles to Scale Our Culture
In this blog, we’ll be covering more about the HB Global principles and why they’re an important new addition to our cultural foundation to help us scale our business.
Episode 38: Scaling Culture at HB Global: How Being an ESOP Supports Our Mission and Vision
In this month’s episode, we’re continuing our podcast mini-series focused on scaling culture at HB Global. Bob and Stacy are chatting about how being an ESOP supports our mission and vision.
January 2026 Blog: Why We Spend So Much Time on Team at HB Global
In this blog, we’ll be covering why Team is so important to our organization, what it means to be a great teammate, and the importance of playing the long game.
Episode 37: Scaling Culture at HB Global: The Importance of Core Values Alignment
In this month’s episode, we’re kicking off a new podcast mini-series focused on scaling culture at HB Global. Bob and Stacy are chatting about the core values at HB Global, focusing specifically on Team.
December 2025 Blog: How We Share Value at HB Global Beyond the ESOP
In this blog, we’ll be covering the ways in which HB Global shares value with employee owners besides the contributions of value to ESOP accounts.
Episode 36: HB Capital: Expanding Employee Ownership and Creating Value
In this month’s episode, we’re talking with Trent Crossan and Cole Whalen about HB Capital. We’ll be discussing what it is and how it adds value to HB Global.