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Time to Sell Your Business? An ESOP May Be the Answer

Strategy Driven

Selling one’s company to an ESOP, an employee stock ownership plan, does just that. Selling to an ESOP preserves company culture and increases productivity, which generally ensures strong future performance. How does an ESOP work? In an ESOP transaction, owners essentially sell stock, whether some or all, to employees.

ESOP 50
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Profit Sharing Boosts Employee Productivity and Satisfaction

Harvard Business Review

Since the mid-2000s, broad-based shared capitalist programs — in other words, programs where firms offer profit sharing and employee ownership to nonmanagers as well as managers — have spread to cover more employees than traditional forms of individual performance-based pay in Europe and the United States.

ESOP 8
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More than One Way to Organize a Business

Thin Difference

Holacracy is a way of structuring and running organizations that replaces the conventional management hierarchy. Instead of operating top-down, power is distributed throughout the organization, giving individuals and teams more freedom to self-manage, while staying aligned to the organization’s purpose. Key Elements of Holacracy.

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Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies

Harvard Business Review

nonprofit organizations like the Heartland Capital Strategy Institute are bringing together institutional investors, private asset managers, and worker representatives to harness some of the $13 trillion of assets in workers’ pension funds to invest in worker-friendly businesses that offer good investment returns. Already, U.S.

ESOP 13