Employee Ownership Blog

Loren Rodgers

October 03, 2022

The 2022 Fall ESOP Forum: Thank You!

The NCEO's Fall ESOP Forum was held in St. Louis last week, and we offer a huge thank-you to the people who joined us there and showed so much enthusiasm for making employee ownership thrive. It's always our fondest hope here at the NCEO that participants leave every NCEO event not simply with a new piece of information or a bunch of notes on corporate governance but instead with the ability and readiness to do something when you get home that you couldn't do before.

Timothy Garbinsky

October 03, 2022

Project Equity Receives Prestigious Heinz Award

Hilary Abell and Alison Lingane, cofounders of employee ownership advocates Project Equity, have been named co-recipients of the Heinz Award. The program was launched in 1993 to honor late U.S. Senator John Heinz by awarding and recognizing achievement in areas that were important to him. This year's award sees prizes totaling $1.5 million being awarded to seven Americans in recognition of their contributions to the arts, economy, or the environment.

Loren Rodgers

October 03, 2022

Happy Employee Ownership Month 2022!

Today is the first day of Employee Ownership Month 2022! Congratulations to all employee-owners and to all the people who make employee ownership happen. You are the reason employee ownership makes companies stronger, communities more durable, employees more secure, and our nation better.

Loren Rodgers

September 23, 2022

Employee Ownership Month: Four Tips from the Pros

The NCEO's Innovative Communication Coalition met on Monday to talk about Employee Ownership Month. Although no summary can capture the richness of the conversation, I took home four new ideas about how to get the maximum impact from Employee Ownership Month.

Loren Rodgers

September 15, 2022

The NCEO Launches the ESOP Finance Toolkit and Lender directory

Business bankers see companies of different sizes, ages, industries, and they may think there are no surprises left… until they see what an ESOP does to a company’s financials.

Corey Rosen

September 13, 2022

New NCEO Guides to State and Federal Legislation Available

The NCEO now has comprehensive guides to active and pending state and federal legislation on our website. The articles will be updated as needed. The state guide summarizes all the state bills that have become law, including creating state employee ownership centers, tax incentives for a sale to an ESOP, and allowing certain professional firms to organize as ESOP companies. The document also summarizes significant active legislative efforts. Links to the bills are provided where available.

Nancy Wiefek

September 08, 2022

2022 ESOP Executive Compensation Survey Report Now Available

The NCEO’s 2022 ESOP Executive Compensation Survey report is now available. We extend our sincere gratitude to all of our survey respondents! We encourage all respondents to use their discount codes, sent via email, to receive 75% off purchase of the report.

Chris Cooper, Michael Palmieri

September 01, 2022

Reflections on Culture: the National Employee-Owner Summit

At the National Employee-Owner Summit, we spent time with an amazing and diverse group of employee-owners from around the country. Here are three things we learned.

Dallan Guzinski

September 01, 2022

NCEO Releases 2022 Employee Ownership 100

Every year we release the Employee Ownership 100, the 100 largest companies that are majority-owned by their employees. Many are 100% employee-owned.

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