Ashleigh Walters
Change is hard even when it's necessary. Just because you have “always done it that way” doesn’t mean it is the right way or even works very well. Sometimes you need to reflect and do a gut check. Does this feel good? Am I getting the value I need or want from the effort?
Corey Rosen
A new report by the Aspen Institute, Race and Gender Wealth Equity and the Role of Employee Share Ownership, urges the adoption of a series of initiatives to use employee ownership to address race and gender inequality.
Loren Rodgers
On March 31, the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership (EFES) reported on the state of employee ownership in Europe in 2020 in its annual report on employee ownership in European countries. Author Marc Mathieu notes that “the upward trend in the number of employee shareholders continues,” but also that it may be in danger in Europe as it becomes “less and less democratic.”
Loren Rodgers
On April 16, the NCEO’s preconference sessions will give you a chance to dig in and make headway on one single employee ownership issue. You can go into more depth than in a conference sessions without devoting a whole workday. The preconference sessions are 2.5 hours, which is a quick way to get a block of continuing education credit, and each preconference includes an integrated set of presentations to move you from point A to point B, whether you are starting from scratch or are a “regular” at our conferences.
Scott Rodrick
We are pleased to announce the opening of our spring 2021 CEPI Exam Prep Course and the NCEO's participation in the upcoming 17th Annual CEPI and Silicon Valley NASPP Symposium.
Loren Rodgers
On February 25th, I sat down with Onex, Inc. President Ashleigh Walters, who shared her ESOP story. Onex, Inc. an Erie, Pennsylvania-based manufacturing company, became an ESOP in 2020. Their decision...well, I won’t give it away. Listen to Ashleigh share their decision-making process.
Loren Rodgers
The NCEO is seeking to hire a Director of Finance and Operations. The DFO is a new position, and it reports directly to the Executive Director. The DFO is responsible for the overall financial management of the organization and for managing and budgeting human resources, office management and general business operations. This is a regular, full-time exempt, at-will position. The DFO serves as an analytic partner for the Executive Director for finance, human resources and business operations.
Corey Rosen
In its report "A Job Quality Agenda for the Next Administration," the Aspen Institute, a leading nonpartisan think tank, joined the Center for American Progress, Council of Economic Advisors member Jared Bernstein, and others to “Promote employee ownership and worker cooperative models, which have been shown to have a positive association with quality jobs, by offering technical assistance and access to appropriate financing to support transitions to employee ownership, as well as new business development that includes some form of employee ownership. Funds could be made available to state employee ownership centers, experienced nonprofit organizations, and interested Small Business Development Centers to raise awareness about different employee ownership models among small- to medium-sized businesses and to extend technical assistance and facilitate financing.”
Ramona Rodriguez-Brooks
The heart of the NCEO is its members. Representing a wide variety of employee-owned companies, service providers, and other interested parties and stakeholders, we exist to serve our members and make employee ownership thrive. In an effort to better serve our members and further expand our membership offerings, we are expanding our membership team.
