Nona demystifies Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) from a business owner’s perspective. She breaks down what an ESOP is (and what it’s not), who can implement one, and how these plans can create ...

Employee ownership is gaining traction and fast. Much of that momentum can be credited to KKR executive Pete Stavros and his nonprofit organization, Ownership Works. It has brought widespread ...

Employees participating in an ESOP receive shares in the company. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take certain actions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. It’s certainly becoming the Decade of Employee Ownership. The ...

Speaking at the International Design Conference in Aspen in June 1983, the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder fielded a question about giving workers a stake in the company and used it to walk the ...

Editor’s note: Alison Lingane is the founder and CEO of the Ownership Capital Lab, which works to expand investment capital and finance the growth of employee ownership. A longtime advocate for worker ...

Recent surveys show that nearly half of all Americans have no retirement savings. Employee ownership is presented as a bipartisan solution to address the retirement crisis and wealth disparity. This ...

What’s an entrepreneur to do? For some, the answer could be employee ownership, a business model that aims to give workers a financial stake in the success of their employer, ideally aligning everyone ...

That’s the question at the heart of employee ownership. It’s not just a perk to lure talent. It’s a fundamentally different way of building a business, and one that might just be the key to long-term ...

Research shows that employee-owned firms do better during recessions and other crises than traditional companies. Workers are more loyal, agreeing to innovate and cut costs, while management is more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. Accept this piece of candid counsel: If you commonly hate getting out ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Employee owned companies share their employee ownership story in celebration of National Employee ...