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Huawei: A Case Study of When Profit Sharing Works

Harvard Business Review

At Huawei’s inception, Zhengfei designed the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The structure of the ESOP is based on two important premises. Overtime projects that do not reveal direct positive consequences for customers are not rewarded. Huawei’s ESOP can satisfy both human needs.

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More than One Way to Organize a Business

Thin Difference

Instead of operating top-down, power is distributed throughout the organization, giving individuals and teams more freedom to self-manage, while staying aligned to the organization’s purpose. More information is available at the Democracy at Work Institute and the International Co-operative Alliance. Key Elements of Holacracy.