FSB/Winning Workplaces Best Bosses 2003

Honored Leader: Gary Erickson, CEO
Company Name: Clif Bar, Inc.
Location: Berkeley, Calif.

Nature of Business: A maker of all-natural energy and nutrition foods.
Founded: 1990
Revenue: Over $100 million
Growth Rate (2002): 20.7 percent
Number of Employees: 117
Average Tenure: 5 years

Key Workplace Traits and Programs:

• Employees in leadership roles
• Open-book management
• Accessible leader
• Employee forum
• Company-wide meetings
• Profit sharing
• Employee recognition programs
• In-house training programs
• Tuition assistance
• Subsidized external learning
• Company social events
• Diverse workplace
• Volunteer program
• Cross-department collaboration
• Flexible/seasonal scheduling
• Sabbaticals
• Concierge services
• Wellness/fitness program
• Transportation to work program
• On/offsite childcare

Erickson on leadership: "Understand, live and breathe your company mission, and keep the vision and passion alive in your leadership. For every answer you think you have, ask twice as many questions. Find the right people, infuse them with vision and then trust them to live it out."

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