How Employee Ownership Helps Our Committees Work Better, with Bret Boudreaux
From Human Capital Leadership by Jonathan H. Westover, PhD
April 22, 2026 · 22 min · Episode 423
About this episode
Dr. Jonathan H. Westover discusses with Bret Boudreaux how employee ownership enhances the effectiveness of committees.
In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Bret Boudreaux about How Employee Ownership Helps Our Committees Work Better. Bret Boudreaux Director of Recruitment and Retention at BL Companies — a multi-disciplinary, employee-owned firm offering services related to architecture, engineering, environmental, and land surveying. In his role, Bret oversees the sourcing, recruiting and hiring of Engineers, Architects, Environmental Scientists and Surveyors for all of BL's 19 locations, and works closely with the firm's Employee Owners on their own professional development and company-wide professional development programming. Bret is Chair of BL's Technical Development Committee and Past-Chair of the ESOP Communications Committee. He is also VP of Programming for the New England Chapter of The ESOP Association. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Jonathan H. Westover
Guest: Bret Boudreaux
Topics covered
- employee ownership
- committees
- professional development
- recruitment
- retention
Keywords
- employee ownership
- committees
- professional development
- recruitment
- retention
- BL Companies
- ESOP
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BL Companies, The ESOP Association
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