PaCEO Case Study: JusticeWorks and Its Employee Ownership Story
The Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership highlights JusticeWorks, a behavioral health provider and member of the 3LS family of companies, as an example of how employee ownership can carry a founder’s mission forward. The Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership (PaCEO) has released a case study on JusticeWorks, a behavioral health organization serving children, adults, and […]
The Business Journals: 5by5 Agency Leaders Share Nonprofit Strategies for the Q4 Crunch and Beyond
5by5 President Josh Miller and Chief Relationship Officer Mike Lenda spoke with The Business Journals about year-round fundraising and how nonprofits can approach mergers. As nonprofits enter the year-end giving season, Josh Miller and Mike Lenda of 5by5 Agency, part of the 3LS family of companies, sat down with The Business Journals’ national news desk. […]
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce: Shannon Litton on Purpose and Profit in Action
Award-winning Nashville CEO and entrepreneur on leadership, proving “for profit” and “for good” aren’t in competition and why your employees might be your best succession plan. Q: What did the beginning of your career look like?Vastly different from today. I was teaching English to middle schoolers and my greatest aspiration was to have summers off […]
The Tennessean: My company made me an owner. Tennessee can benefit, too | Opinion
Employee ownership changed how I think about work and showed me how local ownershipcan help keep opportunity and wealth in Tennessee. Austin Evans Guest Columnist Oct. 11, 2026, 4:09 a.m. CT October is Employee Ownership Month, a designation most Tennesseans have probably never heard of. I certainly hadn’t, until it changed my life. For most […]
The Alternative Exit: The Finish Line She Didn’t Want to Cross with Shannon Litton
5by5 co-founder and 3LS Professional Services CEO Shannon Litton shares how she chose employee ownership over a traditional sale, and what she learned taking her agency to 100% employee-owned Shannon Litton, Chief Integration Officer at 3LS, Inc. joined host Andy Farquharson on The Alternative Exit. The podcast explores employee ownership as a succession planning strategy. […]
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce: Why Every Business Leader Should Consider Employee Ownership
For Employee Ownership Month, 3LS CEO Eric Strickland makes the case for employee ownership as a way for business owners to protect their legacy In a guest column for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, published to mark October as Employee Ownership Month, 3LS Inc. President and CEO Eric Strickland urges business leaders to consider […]
Nashville Post: 3LS to relocate to Brentwood
Company names Shannon Litton its first chief integration officer as it prepares to move into a new headquarters in summer 2027 3LS Inc. will relocate its headquarters from Nashville to Brentwood in summer 2027. It has also added a new role to its leadership team, the Nashville Post reports. The company has purchased a 38,000-square-foot […]
Nashville Business Journal: 3LS Inc. snags Brentwood building for new headquarters
Employee-owned holding company purchases Maryland Farms building to serve as its flagship location, with a move planned for summer 2027 3LS Inc. is moving its headquarters from South Nashville to Williamson County. The Nashville Business Journal reports that the company has purchased a 38,000-square-foot building at 5314 Maryland Way in Brentwood’s Maryland Farms. The building […]
WVLT: Roane County EMS partners with HopeNation for daily mental health check-ins
Roane County EMS has partnered with HopeNation to send first responders daily, confidential text check-ins monitored by licensed clinicians. ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) – Roane County EMS is partnering with Tennessee-based HopeNation to provide first responders with confidential, daily mental health check-ins sent directly to their phones. See full article and video from WVLT here. […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer: Workers create corporate wealth. Let them share in it
At Cincinnati’s Intrust IT, employees don’t just collect paychecks. They own the company – and share in the wealth they help create. Op-ed originally appeared in the The Cincinnati Enquirer—subscribe to read more. By Rebecca Moix and Patrick Brewer of IntrustIT, part of the 3LS Family of Companies We read recently that workers’ share of America’s economic output […]