"Good communication is our way of protecting and growing the investment in the ESOP," says Suzanne Tabor Deffet, CFO for Allied Mineral Products, Inc. based [...]

If dividend checks, 20% increases in stock value, and record sales numbers are exciting business victories that put more money in your wallet, how did [...]

By the D. Davis Kenny Company ESOP Education Committee San Antonio, TX For a new ESOP Education Committee, building understanding of and enthusiasm for employee [...]

This article appeared in the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) Employee Ownership Report, September-October 2004 By Cathy Ivancic, Workplace Development, Inc. Moving from being [...]

It’s time for the annual meeting. Everyone say, ho, hum. Two hours of listless presentations followed by a rubber-chicken dinner. Instead of recharging enthusiasm, informing [...]

This article is adapted from an article by Jim Bado who appeared as a Guest Columnist for the NCEO newsletter, September 1999. Is it dangerous [...]

Employees have a tendency to "tune in" and listen when you make a change in benefits. And the frequency or station tuned into most often [...]

Navigating the challenges of your business doesn’t leave a lot of time to plan how to engage employees in thinking and acting like owners. But [...]

Time magazine’s recent cover story, "The Great Retirement Ripoff," pictured a distraught man watching winged $100 bills fly into an empty, black void. If that [...]

Providing statements to ESOP participants can become as routine as a scheduled train – coming and going without any thought to its significance. The truth [...]

In November, the Braas Company in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, celebrated its newest employees becoming “Certified Employee Owners” (CEOs). They also cheered the veteran employees who [...]

If employees are unclear about roles in an ESOP-owned company, they are draining energy that could be focused on company success. Eliminating the misperceptions about [...]