Employee Ownership Blog

The Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University announced the latest scholars awarded fellowships to study employee ownership and related topics for the coming academic year.

The OWN Health captive members recently came together for their first annual member meeting in Denver, CO, to discuss captive growth, stability, and performance. The common theme was the importance of connection—from connecting with fellow OWN members and leveraging peer group support to connecting with fellow ESOP companies to share how an ESOP captive could benefit their company.

Clif Bar is being bought by Chicago-based food giant Mondelez in a transaction that will pay $580 million for the ESOP-held shares, almost double their 2020 value.

America is facing a crisis of social trust. Measure after measure confirms we increasingly don’t trust our institutions or each other.

I and my colleagues at the NCEO are big proponents of learning about something from those who have gone through it. Upcoming events feature speakers discussing the path to employee ownership at their own companies.

The NCEO's 2022 Fall ESOP Forum is back in person this year, taking place in St. Louis, MO, on September 26-28.

Following a 63-0 vote in the New York Senate, the New York State Assembly passed 

Bill now moves to Assembly

As trainers and educators, we at the OEOC spend a fair amount of time working with companies as we all try to unlock the secrets of building the ideal ownership culture.

Now that a month has passed since our annual conference in Seattle this past April, my colleagues and I have a renewed gratitude for just what it means to host these events.

The Work Act, which would create a major federal program to provide funding and support for state-level outreach and technical assistance for employee ownership, has been incorporated in the proposed RISE and SHINE Act.

The NCEO just completed a large grant-funded project examining whether and how employee ownership affected companies and employees in the U.S. food system during the COVID-19 pandemic.