Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Mission & Vision OR Why We Do What We Do

Sometimes it pays to repeat ourselves.   Our Vision   We believe that employee ownership improves American competitiveness…that it increases productivity through greater employee participation in the workplace…that it strengthens our free enterprise economy and creates a broader distribution of wealth…and that it maximizes human potential by enhancing the self-worth, dignity, and well-being of our people.   Therefore, we envision an America where employee...

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Nice News for a Change

After a week of negative news articles about ESOPs, we thought we would pass along a more positive piece that appeared in Axiom News, a news agency in Canada. Unlike most of the recent articles on ESOPs, this one is well balanced and shows employee ownership through an ESOP in a positive light.    Does becoming an ESOP naturally promote better business practices? President of the ESOP Association shares his views on why the model can promote greater participation and productivity...

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Company to company meetings - How do you get the most out of the experience?

This post is a follow-up to one last week about reaching out to other ESOP companies.    We are going to conduct an informal poll here on the blog and we want to know – If you’ve hosted a company to company meeting or have taken part in one through an ESOP Association Chapter event, what made it so special? What did you learn as part of the experience?   There are so many ways to share the ESOP experience with other companies and we want to hear from you. We...

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Reaching out to other ESOP companies – Do you do it?

One of the great benefits of the AACE Awards (Annual Awards for Communications Excellence, more info here - http://www.esopassociation.org/resources/resources_AACE.asp) is that they provide ideas and examples of communications practices taking place in the ESOP community.    Several companies this year included in their entries information about company to company events they held as part of their ongoing communications efforts. They reached out to ESOP companies in their area...

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