When an ESOP is Sold
My biz alma mater, New Belgium Brewing, just announced a sale. A quick, superficial glance at Twitter…
A Model for Employee Ownership
When companies become employee-owned, new facets of leadership behaviors come to mind: decision making, collaboration, inclusivity, financial…
Servant Leadership- a practitioner’s perspective on what it is and how to interview for it
One of the key ingredients for success in any company and community is leadership. We know this;…
Is It Time For Change At the Top? The New Chief Executive Office
Several years ago I researched the idea of Co-CEO’s. In most of my literature review, the extent…
Developing Employee Communication Skills – where to start
The communication soapbox is one I’ve climbed on many-a-time. As an HR pro and organizational diagnostician,…
Live Values, Set Norms
Norms are something I have become acutely aware of related to company culture. In short – they…
Using the Voice of the Worker in the Employee Owned Company
Employee ownership (EO) is a business ownership model, but the best EO companies take this structure and…
A Labor Day Gift – Building a Better World of Work
Who knew that Labor Day could be one of those gift getting holidays! Last week I received…
Why Financial Literacy Isn’t Complicated
The goal of broad-based financial and business literacy isn’t to build a bunch of accountants or economists.…
How Open and Transparent Should My Business Be?
What do you think of when you hear about transparent organizations? Open book management? It can be…
Check-ins are the new feedback
It’s time to rethink feedback processes. We started using check-ins as a more frequent scenario over feedback…
Rights and Responsibilities – a mental model for developing critical thinking
Rights & Responsibilities, Participation & Influence This idea of rights and responsibilities is broad and has…
