Latest Workercooperatives Podcast Episodes
The European ESOP – A New Model of Employee Ownership
Owners at Work - March 22, 2024 18:31 - 57 minutesSUMMARY: When we look into the field of employee ownership three major models come to mind, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), worker cooperatives, and employee-owned trusts. But practitioners are always looking to improve existing models and in some rare cases develop new ones. In this f...
Nexus Community Partner’s Reflections on the Kendeda Fund’s Big Bet Grant
Owners at Work - October 10, 2023 14:35 - 24 minutesSUMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely. One of those areas was employee ownership and the investment made by Kendeda was historic. Over 5 years a total of $24 million...
Project Equity’s Reflections on the Kendeda Fund’s Big Bet Grant
Owners at Work - October 10, 2023 14:35 - 22 minutesSUMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely. One of those areas was employee ownership and the investment made by Kendeda was historic. Over 5 years a total of $24 million...
The Fund for Employee Ownership’s Reflections on the Kendeda Fund’s Big Bet Grant
Owners at Work - October 10, 2023 14:34 - 17 minutesSUMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely. One of those areas was employee ownership and the investment made by Kendeda was historic. Over 5 years a total of $24 milli...
ICA Group’s Reflections on the Kendeda Fund’s Big Bet Grant
Owners at Work - October 10, 2023 14:33 - 30 minutesSUMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely. One of those areas was employee ownership and the investment made by Kendeda was historic. Over 5 years a total of $24 million...
Cooperatives at Work with George Cheney
Owners at Work - September 07, 2023 14:24 - 59 minutesSUMMARY: For too long, cooperatives have been cast to the margins of our economy and discussions around economic development and community building. Yet, there are numerous examples throughout the US and across the globe demonstrating how cooperatives serve as a viable organizational form, allo...
Unpacking the Meanings of Ownership
Owners at Work - June 09, 2023 13:25 - 52 minutesSUMMARY: If one thing is true, its that the word ownership has baggage – every person has a different conception of what it means. In this episode we speak with Chris Mackin, who has worked in the employee ownership community for decades, to talk about a recent article he published on the mult...
Preparing to Sell Your Company – What You Need to Know
Owners at Work - April 13, 2023 15:53 - 33 minutesSUMMARY: In this episode Chris Cooper speaks with Eric Zaleski and Michael Rosendahl of PCE Investment Bankers, about what business owners should be thinking about, and doing, to prepare for a business succession. In many cases, business owners see succession planning as something that will ta...
Economic Outlook and What it Means for Company Valuations
Owners at Work - February 20, 2023 19:39 - 23 minutesGuest: Eric Flickinger and Matt Silla SUMMARY: In this episode we sit down with two valuation experts, Eric Flickinger and Matt Silla of Apple Growth Partners. The conversation is wide ranging and includes discussion of high level trends we saw in 2022 that will impact company valuations,...
From Family-Owned to Employee-Owned - The Hamill Manufacturing Company
Owners at Work - January 24, 2023 18:11 - 34 minutesGuest: Jeff Kelley, Hamill Manufacturing Company SUMMARY: In this episode we speak with Jeff Kelly, former CEO, selling owner, and current Chairman of Hamill Manufacturing, a Pennsylvania based precision and fabricating company which serves the defense, aerospace, and power generation indus...
Lessons from the Field: Communicating Ownership
Owners at Work - December 12, 2022 21:52 - 31 minutesIn this episode we sit down with Bina Smith who is the HR Generalist and Communication Committee chair at Palmier Donavin, a 100% employee-owned company. The interview covers a wide range of areas and draws on Bina’s 8 years of experience serving on her companies communication committee. The dis...
The EO State Centers (Owner to Owner Podcast Rebroadcast)
Owners at Work - November 21, 2022 21:03 - 55 minutesSo, what exactly are state employee ownership centers? What do they do, and why do we need more of them? This episode is a re-broadcast of an interview originally aired by Owners to Owners – another podcast that focuses on employee ownership. Jesse Tyler, the host of Owners to Owners, sits down...
Maintaining Culture Through Rapid Growth and Change
Owners at Work - November 09, 2022 19:08 - 49 minutesSUMMARY: In this episode we speak with Deanna Colombo of Butler/Till a women owned, 100% employee-owned, and Certified B Corporation marketing agency located in Rochester NY. We talk about all things culture and communication, and how both can be maintained through periods of rapid change and gr...
Reinventing Companies, Capitalism, and Who Owns What
Owners at Work - September 15, 2022 20:16 - 36 minutesSUMMARY: In this episode we speak with Corey Rosen, founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership about a his new book he co-authored with business reporter John Case. The interview is wide ranging and touches upon what is driving economic inequality today, how employee ownership is a pr...
LLC ESOPs? The Facts, Risks, and Possibilities
Owners at Work - September 09, 2022 15:29 - 33 minutesIt is common understanding that only C-corporations and S-corporations can sponsor Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). But is this indeed the case? In this episode we speak with Mike Sorice about how LLCs can indeed sponsor an ESOP and the reasons why some have chosen this option. We talk ab...
Third Party Administrators - The Who, What, When, and Why
Owners at Work - August 16, 2022 14:20 - 38 minutesSUMMARY: In this episode we speak with Pete Shuler of Blue Ridge ESOP Associates and go into the mechanics of ESOP administration and talk about Third Party Administrators (TPAs) – what they are and do, why they do it, and how you as a plan administrator in your company can take steps to ensure ...
New Research: How Employee-Owned Companies Weathered Covid-19
Owners at Work - May 26, 2022 15:10 - 57 minutesSUMMARY: A growing body of research shows that employee-owned companies outperform traditional companies on a range of measures, especially during economic downturns – but is has this pattern continued through covid-19? On this episode we speak with Nancy Wiefek and Nathan Nicholson of the NCE...
Cooperative Development in Ohio: Reports from the Field
Owners at Work - April 11, 2022 17:39 - 26 minutesIn this episode we speak with Jonathan Welle of Cleveland Owns and Ellen Vera of Co-op Cincy – two Ohio-based nonprofits that are working around cooperative development and community wealth building. We dig into how both Jonathan and Ellen began working on cooperative development, mission of visi...
State of the State Centers
Owners at Work - February 18, 2022 14:24 - 31 minutesOwners at Work is back for season 3! In our first episode of this season we speak with Steve Storkan, Executive Director of the Employee Ownership Expansion Network (EOX) - a national nonprofit focused on establishing and supporting a network of independent nonprofit State Centers for Employee ...
Growing Employee Ownership Through Acquisitions
Owners at Work - December 21, 2021 20:00 - 1 hourSUPPORT THE SHOW: We make all episodes of Owners at Work free and never place them behind a paywall. But, they take time and money to produce. Consider making a DONATION today to help keep our work going 2022 Annual Conference - https://www.oeockent.org/resources-events/annual-ohio-employee-o...
Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Employee Ownership Updates
Owners at Work - November 04, 2021 16:34 - 49 minutesSUPPORT THE SHOW: We make all episodes of Owners at Work free and never place them behind a paywall. But, they take time and money to produce. Consider making a DONATION today to help keep our work going SUMMARY: In this episode we take stock of employee ownership developments in Ohio and dis...
How Wise Consulting Maintained its Ownership Culture Through Covid
Owners at Work - October 12, 2021 12:33 - 38 minutesSUPPORT THE SHOW: We make all episodes of Owners at Work free and never place them behind a paywall. But, they take time and money to produce. Consider making a DONATION today to help keep our work going OEOC UPCOMING PROGRAMS Southwest Forum Communication Roundtables SUMMARY: In this e...
Building Community: How A Few Cool Hardware Stores Transitioned to Employee Ownership
Owners at Work - September 23, 2021 14:47 - 43 minutesSUPPORT THE SHOW: We make all episodes of Owners at Work free and never place them behind a paywall. But, they take time and money to produce. Consider making a DONATION today to help keep our work going SUMMARY: Sometimes companies transition to employee ownership to help spark a transformat...
Rethinking Your ESOP Company's Repurchase Obligations
Owners at Work - August 25, 2021 17:10 - 25 minutesRepurchase obligations are a major component of ESOP administration and the main way in which employee-owners benefit from owning a financial stake in the companies they worked for. Yet, these obligations are often seen as a burden, and in some cases, can lead to the freezing or termination of t...
Preserving Beacons of Hope, Reducing the Racial Wealth Gap Through Employee Ownership
Owners at Work - August 09, 2021 16:19 - 47 minutesIn the world of employee ownership, agreement has begun to crystalize around the idea that broad-based models of employee ownership, like ESOPs, worker cooperatives, or employee-owned trusts are powerful tools in the fight to reduce the enormous racial wealth gap in the United States. But exactl...
Preparing for and Executing a Sale to an ESOP - The Douglas Company
Owners at Work - July 08, 2021 22:30 - 30 minutesIn this episode we speak with President Pete Douglas and Executive VP Finance and Administration, David Brockbader of the The Douglas Company about their recent transition to employee ownership via an ESOP. The interview also includes Franco Silva, Director, Prairie Capital Advisors who was one ...
Are Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Ownership Values?
Owners at Work - June 03, 2021 16:51 - 48 minutesDiversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is something we hear a lot about, but what exactly do these terms mean, and what do they look like in an employee owned company? In this episode we sit down with Dr. Joy and Ty Miller of Carver & Associates to talk about some of the preconceived notions that...
New Loan Funds for Employee Ownership
Owners at Work - March 30, 2021 23:17 - 54 minutesSmall businesses account for nearly half of all jobs in the US economy, and nearly half of all small businesses are owned by Baby Boomers who will retire in the next few decades in what has been termed the "silver tsunami". These businesses are integral to local communities, and there continued ...
Getting to the Other Side
Owners at Work - March 08, 2021 18:10 - 39 minutesResearch consistently shows that employee owned companies whether economic downturns better than their conventional counterparts, but we rarely get an 'inside view' of this outcome is achieved. In this episode, we sit down with Bernie Murphy, President of the Ohio based ESOP company Jones Hamilt...
[TEASER] - Getting to the Other Side
Owners at Work - March 05, 2021 18:55 - 1 minuteResearch consistently shows that employee owned companies whether economic downturns better than their conventional counterparts, but we rarely get an 'inside view' of this outcome is achieved. In this episode, we sit down with Bernie Murphy, President of the Ohio based ESOP company Jones Hamilt...
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