Atlanta Flooring Design, which has 15 locations in 6 states, recently announced a major transformation. It has become an employee-owned company. That means its 425 employees will now have a direct financial stake in the company's success. Here, we speak with Donnie Phillips, who started the company in 1990 and Frank Winter, executive vice president, who joined in 1998. The leaders share why they chose to use an employee stock ownership plan as their plan for succession.