ESOP Association Awards
TEA has unique opportunities for employee owned companies, professionals, and devoted advocates to highlight their excellent works and accomplishments throughout the year. Awards are presented at TEA national conferences in the spring and fall.
AACE COMPETITION
The Annual Awards for Communications Excellence (AACE) Competition identifies companies that excel at communicating with employee owners and the larger community about ESOPs.
Categories for the 2023 competition are:
- Video
- Print Materials
- Intranets
- Community Engagement
- Single Event
- Series of Events
- Total Communications
Each category allows for entries from a Small (under 250 employee owners) and Large (250 employee owners or more) ESOP Company
EOM POSTER CONTEST
Every October, The ESOP Association and its member companies celebrate Employee Ownership Month (EOM) -- a terrific celebration of the spirit of employee ownership.
A big part of Employee Ownership Month is the annual poster competition, which highlights the poster that best embodies and exemplifies employee ownership and ESOP culture.
To generate an entry for the Employee Ownership Month (EOM) Poster competition, some members create an internal contest that is both fun and educational for the entire organization.
ESOP Luminaries
The ESOP Company of the Year and Employee Owner of the Year are selected annually from winners at our 19 chapters and exemplify the spirit and practice of employee ownership.
The ESOP Company of the Year excels at engaging its employee owners and educating them about the ESOP and company culture. This company also excels at engaging its elected officials, to ensure continued support for ESOPs, and is active in its local chapter.
The Employee Owner of the Year demonstrates a passion and commitment to sharing information and insights about ESOPs with fellow employee owners, colleagues in other ESOP companies, fellow chapter members, and the public.
AWARDS
TEA Lifetime Service Award
Honoring a member of the ESOP Community dedicated to Employee Ownership
Silver ESOP Awards
Recognizing corporate members of TEA that have celebrated 25 years of ESOP operation.
Chapter of the Year Awards
Given annually to the chapter that recruits and converts the most ESOPs.
Outstanding Chapter Officer
Honoring a member of chapter leadership who does the most to advance ESOPs.
Member Recruitment Award
Awarded annually to a professional member of TEA for outstanding member recruitment.
PAST AACE VIDEO ENTRIES
Wright Service Corp
Employee ownership at Wright Service Corp.
Air Tractor
Founder Leland Snow created Air Tractor’s ESOP to honor the employees who helped build the company.
Syracuse Label & Surround Printing
Of all the benefits offered at Syracuse Label and Surround Printing—and there are quite a few, including dental, medical, and 401(k)
Wiley|Wilson Ownership Culture
What is ownership culture? Why do employee-owned companies thrive?
