Employee Ownership & The Future Of Capitalism

Employee ownership works. Companies perform better and employees end up with substantially more wealth. But employee ownership is still the exception. Share plans in the UK aim to replicate USA Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), but, unlike in the USA model, employee ownership trusts in the UK are not set up so that employees typically benefit from the growth in share value in their accounts over time. The model in the USA encourages focus on long-term growth; the UK model focuses on short-term dividend payouts. This webinar will look into what can be done to move employee ownership forward, what lessons can be learned from ESOPs in the USA, and what companies can do to make their own employee ownership plans more effective. Speakers:   Corey Rosen is the founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership, a private, nonprofit membership, information, and research organization in Oakland, CA. The NCEO is widely considered to be the authoritative source on broad-based employee ownership plans. He cofounded the NCEO in 1981 after working five years as a professional staff member in the U.S. Senate, where he helped draft legislation on employee ownership plans. Prior to that, he taught political science at Ripon College. He is the author or co-author of over 100 articles and numerous books on employee ownership, and co-author (with John Case and Martin Staubus) of Equity: Why Employee Ownership is Good for Business (Harvard Business School Press, 2005). He has appeared frequently on CNN, PBS, NPR, MSNBC, and other network programs; and is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and other leading publications. He has lectured on employee ownership on six continents.