The cultural shift that comes with employee ownership may be the most underrated competitive advantage in the industry.

Oklahoma City's Kimray, a manufacturer of oil and gas control equipment, has transitioned to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

When a company is contemplating a transaction involving an employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”), there are a lot of considerations regarding structure, including how to retain, incentivize and ...

Editor’s note: Corey Rosen is the founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership in California, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing authoritative information on broad-based employee ...

What if, instead of working toward an exit strategy, we built companies for longevity? That’s the question at the heart of employee ownership. It’s not just a perk to lure talent. It’s a fundamentally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. It’s commonly thought that employee ownership and employee stock ...

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety’s new Achieving Lasting Legacy Incentive (ALL In) employee ownership program marks a defining moment in the company’s journey to reach the next level, says CEO Bart ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. As we fire up our grills and celebrate the achievements of American ...

Worker ownership is when employees have an equity stake in the company where they work. This is a way that workers can share in the wealth generated by the company and participate in decision-making.

Toward the end of last year, Shane Riley and his coworkers at Haverford Systems in Downingtown learned that the company’s founders might sell the business. “You start hearing little things here and ...

OGARAJETS CEO Johnny Foster rejected private equity to transition the 46-year aircraft broker into an employee stock ...

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 ...