Loren Rodgers
The November 30 article Through ‘ownership trusts,’ investors can help employees become owners and owners retire on Impact Alpha's website focused on the employee ownership trust (EOT) as a new model of employee ownership in the U.S. Although EOTs are the primary form of employee ownership in the UK, they are relatively new in the U.S.
Loren Rodgers
“The NCEO CEO Network provided a ready-made network of peers from other ESOP companies. I learned more during our discussions on governance, culture, and other issues unique to ESOPs than I did from hours and hours of reading.”
Loren Rodgers
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the 31 states that have received credit funds totaling $10 billion under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The states, in alphabetical order, are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia.
Loren Rodgers
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.
Loren Rodgers
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
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
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.
Loren Rodgers
Is employee assessment different in employee-owned companies than in traditional businesses? The NCEO’s CEO roundtable addressed tools for skills assessment in its meeting, and the results were thought-provoking.
Loren Rodgers
The NCEO is delighted to announce that, following a national job search, we have filled a new position that will oversee all of the NCEO's in-person and virtual events. The new position, our senior director of events, will be filled by Jaymie Oviedo, who is moving to this position from her prior NCEO staff role as our conference coordinator.
