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Huawei: A Case Study of When Profit Sharing Works

Harvard Business Review

A 2014 IMF study illustrates that extreme inequality is self-defeating as it slows down economic growth and insights from behavioral economics show that it damages employee morale and productivity, while large executive bonuses have presented PR nightmares for the companies that award them. Huawei’s ESOP can satisfy both human needs.

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More than One Way to Organize a Business

Thin Difference

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. Producer: owned by producers of commodities or crafts who have joined forces to process and market their products. Key Elements of Holacracy.

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

Harvard Business Review

Agricultural cooperatives Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray have become major players in dairy production and fruit farming, earning hundreds of millions in annual revenue. Some businesses with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are converting into structures that more closely resemble worker co-ops.

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