Travis Hansen is the founder and CEO of Tesani Companies.  Travis is a former basketball player for Brigham Young University, the Atlanta Hawks and the EuroLeague, founded Tesani in 2007 as Tesani Capital, a real estate investment firm.

Travis Hansen is the founder and CEO of Tesani Companies.  Travis is a former basketball player for Brigham Young University, the Atlanta Hawks and the EuroLeague, founded Tesani in 2007 as Tesani Capital, a real estate investment firm.

Hansen said he sees his employees more like family than anything else. Creating a business culture where people genuinely connect as friends may be difficult, but Tesani employees come together around food — just like a family might do.

As BYU students graduate and move into the workforce, they are among a population of millennials that expects more benefits than companies offered even a few years ago. Not only have the types of jobs changed with advances in technology and innovation, but what millennials look for in jobs has also shifted.

As a child, Karli Sue VerHoef was a quadriplegic. At the time, she was told she always would be. She came to appreciate how she depended on others for help. When she recovered, she considered it such a gift that she has devoted her life to serving children.

When we survey employees for the annual Best Companies to Work For program, we ask them their attitudes about four categories: benefits, leadership and management, opportunities for growth, and company culture. To make the list, companies must be strong, if not exceptional, in all of those categories.