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Creating Engaged, Informed Employee Owners
Employee ownership can bring a tremendous positive impact on performance, but only if employee owners appreciate ownership, understand their role, and know how they can make a difference.
What we can do for you
Cultivate informed employee owners
ESOP and business training that connects daily work to ESOP rewards.
Get started on the right track
Initial ESOP Communication Services that build appreciation and enhance the impact of sharing ownership.
Strengthen your ownership culture
Develop an ESOP Communication Strategy that accelerates the performance benefits of employee ownership.
Make the most of shared ownership
Our personalized services and communication tools explain complex concepts using plain language and visuals from an employee’s point of view.
Get your company leaders and committee members the training, tools and confidence to build your unique ownership culture.
Each of our associates brings a depth of experience in the challenges creating a strong employee-owned business.
We draw upon our field-tested approaches to bring the right service to each client.
We are national leaders in the employee ownership community.
Our featured blog articles
Meet Kyla Alterman, WDI’s newest team member
Kyla Alterman is the newest member of the Workplace Development team. Learn more about her in our Q&A.
Avoid the empty promise of ownership
Is your ESOP providing the promised employee motivation, enhanced customer satisfaction and improved profitability? If no, you’re not alone. It’s never too late to start or improve the tools you use to get the most out of shared ownership.
Listening to suggestions: It’s harder than we think
Receiving feedback can be a powerful tool for improving yourself, your business and ESOP stock value. But, when done incorrectly, it can be powerfully destructive. Here are some practical lessons for any employee owner from my real-world experience struggling to receive feedback on my personal project: the first employee-ownership comic book tale, Mitchell’s War.
Our leadership role
We actively support and share our expertise with the community including speaking at the ESOP Association, Gathering of Games, the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, and the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) events. We are committed to enhancing the impact of employee ownership because it sustains great companies, transforms lives, and contributes to a thriving American economy.
