Member Services for Employee Owned Businesses

Do you know how to communicate the value of employee ownership to every single person at your company? Are all your employee-owners engaged, or are there certain groups that just don't get it? Even companies that have been employee-owned for decades can have trouble messaging EO to younger employees, new employees, and the front line. This webinar will help you tailor your messaging so that you can reach every last employee-owner at your company. Specifically, we will discuss how to frame employee ownership with new vs. tenured employee-owners, younger vs. older people, and leadership vs. the line.

The #1 best practice for building a culture of ownership is having a great EO Communications Committee. There is no substitute for a dedicated group of champions driving engagement with employee ownership. This webinar will cover everything you need to know about how you can be a part of a successful committee by being a great advocate for EO within your company.

While employee ownership represents a better approach to business and an incredible opportunity for your employee-owners, one of the most common issues mentioned by EO companies is a difficulty getting a diverse and/or distributed workforce excited about employee ownership.

A new year means a fresh chance to engage your employee-owners. Do you have a plan to drive consistent EO communications in 2022? This webinar will help you create (or refresh) a communications plan for building ownership culture in the coming year. We will discuss popular educational themes, help you identify major touchpoints, and share best practices for direct contact so that you can increase employee engagement in 2022.

This interactive webinar explores how three conditions for rapid engagement - motivation, opportunity, and skill - work together to encourage the kind of meaningful participation that can give employee-owned companies a competitive advantage. It will be led by our partner Praxis Consulting Group, an organizational development firm that works with employee-owned companies and non-profit organizations to align leadership, culture, and strategy.

For the month of March we will be featuring two 30-minute webinars discussing two key EO financial tools: the Certified EO Wealth Calculator and the Annual Statement. In the first of this series we will be discussing how to read your Annual Statement and best practices for discussing it with your employee-owners.

What is different about being a manager at an employee-owned business? While making employees owners can change lives, at the day-to-day level many of the normal rules of business still apply. This webinar will help managers at employee-owned companies understand what’s different, what’s still the same, and how they can help employee-owners move past common misconceptions to maximize engagement.

For the month of March we will be featuring two 30-minute webinars discussing two key EO financial tools: the Certified EO Wealth Calculator and the Annual Statement. In the second webinar, we will be discussing how to customize your wealth calculator and best practices for discussing it with your employee-owners.

2020 was a year unlike any other. Due to the uncertainty and economic hardship of some industries, many employee-owned businesses may be faced with communicating a drop in share price at this year's annual meeting. This 30 -minute webinar will discuss strategies to clearly communicate a lower share price with your employee-owners, while providing ideas for positive messaging surrounding next steps and actionable items.

While employee ownership represents a better approach to business and an incredible opportunity for your employee-owners, one of the most common issues mentioned by EO companies is a difficulty getting a diverse and/or distributed workforce excited about employee ownership. One solution is celebrating individual and company milestones. This webinar will walk through several opportunities and ideas for celebrating your unique ownership model.

The # 1 best practice for building a culture of ownership is having a great EO Communications Committee. There is no substitute for a dedicated group of champions driving engagement with employee ownership. However, committees face particular challenges that can hinder their success. This 30-minute webinar will address the most common committee pitfalls and how to avoid them.

There’s a lot at stake with employee ownership. The investment is large, the benefit is long-term, and if you're a new employee-owned business it may feel very overwhelming. Given limited time and resources, what are the most important things to say? What are the essential activities? What are the must-have handouts? In this 30-minute webinar, we will walk through a timeline of the first five years to begin your EO journey successfully.