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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
Hands-on ESOP Education at Software Solutions and Onex
Experience is a powerful teacher. You don’t get a driver’s license just by reading about how to drive a car; you must practice driving the car, too! That’s why understanding your ESOP doesn’t end with one-way communication of the plan rules. In Workplace Development’s ESOP Game, employee owners dive into a business simulation where they actually feel what it’s like to make tough business decisions because they make them. They see the impact of their decisions and what influences the stock value in their ESOP accounts over the course of several years. Software Solutions Inc. and Onex Inc. said the ESOP Game brought ESOP concepts to life for their employees.
Employee Owners Learn How They Grow Stock Value
Does everyday work really impact company stock value? Absolutely! But sometimes it is hard to see. That’s why MKSK, a planning, urban design and landscape architecture firm, sought a way to help its employee owners learn how everyday actions contribute to value during their annual meeting in 2021. MKSK became 100% employee-owned in September 2019. Workplace Development’s Power of One Dollar learning activity was the perfect fit to illustrate to new employee owners how everyday actions add up.
Got Game for ESOP Month?
Is it time to start thinking about how to bring some new energy to your company for ESOP month? Are you looking for a new way to convey your critically important ownership message? In October ESOP-owned businesses across the United States celebrate Employee Ownership Month.
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.
