# How Employee Financial Literacy Supports a Healthy Culture w/ Natalie Kaddas

- Show: [The Manufacturing Executive](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive)
- Published: 2026-01-20
- Length: 35m
- Episode: 293
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-01-20-how-employee-financial-literacy-supports-a-healthy-culture-w-natalie-kaddas
- Listen: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-manufacturing-executive#episode-f84f34b1-2c9c-4c85-ab02-9974ce5fb7c5

## Summary

Natalie Kaddas, CEO of Caddis Enterprises, explains how she launched a financial literacy program for her manufacturing workforce after realizing employees lacked basic budgeting skills. Partnering with Mountain America Credit Union, the company achieved a 97% participation rate, which led to dramatic improvements in retention, safety records, and quality while reducing absenteeism. Kaddas also discusses the company's 60-year history, its pivot to manufacturing bird guard products for the energy industry, and her advocacy for small businesses through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.

## Chapters

- [0:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-01-20-how-employee-financial-literacy-supports-a-healthy-culture-w-natalie-kaddas#t=34) Introduction and Company Overview
- [5:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-01-20-how-employee-financial-literacy-supports-a-healthy-culture-w-natalie-kaddas#t=325) Caddis Enterprises History and Pivot to Energy Infrastructure
- [8:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-01-20-how-employee-financial-literacy-supports-a-healthy-culture-w-natalie-kaddas#t=512) Advocacy and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program
- [16:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-01-20-how-employee-financial-literacy-supports-a-healthy-culture-w-natalie-kaddas#t=969) Identifying the Need for Financial Literacy
- [21:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-01-20-how-employee-financial-literacy-supports-a-healthy-culture-w-natalie-kaddas#t=1283) Implementing the Financial Literacy Program with Mountain America Credit Union
- [28:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-01-20-how-employee-financial-literacy-supports-a-healthy-culture-w-natalie-kaddas#t=1702) Workforce Diversity and Retention Strategies

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Caddis Enterprises (company)
- Mountain America Credit Union (company)
- Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (company)
- Gorilla 76 (company)
- bird guard (product)
- Toyota Tacoma (product)

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