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Many business owners considering an ESOP are surprised and sometimes discouraged by the costs of setting up a plan. While the costs are substantial, selling to another buyer is usually even more costly—often much more.

While acquisitions are not new to ESOPs, they are an increasingly frequent topic of conversation among the ESOP community, including in what we hear from our members. This article highlights key ideas from the latest discussion with our ESOP CEO network.

To most employee-owners, the board of directors is a mysterious black box. It’s not at all clear just what it does, what it could do, and even who is on it.

This article presents key observations made in a presentation by Renee Stadtmueller of Blue Ridge Benefits and Alex Grasser of SJC Fiduciary Services at the 2022 NCEO Fall Forum.

As we have been writing here lately, there is a lot of reason to be encouraged that 2021 can be the year of employee ownership.

In the last year, there has been a revival of activity in state employee ownership legislation or executive actions. Here's how you can help make progress in your state. 

A recently published NCEO report explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ESOP and non-ESOP companies in the U.S. food production, distribution, and sales industries.

It was a pleasant surprise to hear from a longtime peer, friend, and service provider in the ESOP community recently.

Of the many takeaways attendees leave NCEO meetings with, I’m always curious to know what they have learned about team dynamics and what makes some teams more successful than others.

ESOP companies have more moving parts than other companies.