Winning Workplaces

While employee ownership – implementing an ESOP or other shared ownership program to turn employees into employee-owners, giving them a financial stake in the success of the business – is not essential for creating a Winning Workplace, it is often tied to the ability to do so. For example, 10 of our 15 Top Small Workplaces for 2009 share ownership with their associates.

Whether you're looking for an introduction to creating a culture of ownership in your firm, or already do so and want to hear the latest, road-tested practices that are working well for other businesses, you'll find both at the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO)/Beyster Institute Employee Ownership Conference, which will be held in Minneapolis on April 20-22, 2010.

Winning Workplaces can personally vouch for the expertise of NCEO, a California-based nonprofit membership organization that provides unbiased information and research on broad-based employee stock plans. Their Executive Director, Corey Rosen, a sought-after speaker on employee ownership, has had a presence at our annual conference the last few years. And last April, he presented a webinar for us on options for transitioning ownership to exit gracefully.

Click here to view the program for the NCEO/Beyster Institute Employee Ownership Conference. As you can see, some of the content is geared toward communications team building within the context of an ownership culture. You'll want to register here by March 19 to attend at the early bird rate.