Alex Moss will present Develop and Utilize Guiding Principles to Empower Employee owners to make Decisions that Support the Company's Goals and Visions with Susan Kildahl, NHS Northstar, Inc.
Learning Objectives:
Understand different frameworks for decision-making and identify which framework is encouraged at your company.
Demonstrate how principle-based decision-making creates alignment and empowers employee-owners.
Examine your own vision statement and consider examples of how principles can be drafted based on a company’s vision statement.
Ginny Vanderslice will present Culture, the Forgotten Component of Successful Acquisitions with Daniel Goldstein, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to integrate culture into acquisitions to create better outcomes.
Know who to include and when to integrate culture into acquisitions.
Leave with the start for a draft plan of how to integrate culture into your next acquisition.
Jon Sweigart will present Start Somewhere: Leadership Development in a EO Company with Kristi Briseno, Vermeer Great Plains.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will have practical ideas about how to build leadership from getting started through sustainability, including the crucial role of internal advocacy and executive commitment.
Participants will identify the essential building blocks of a leadership development and succession system.
Participants will explore how to make efficient use of leadership development resources without sacrificing long-term results.
Matt Hancock will present Helping Employees Think & Act Like Owners with Ron Scheese, Andesa Services, Inc., and Michael L. Palmieri, Ohio Employee Ownership Center.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the latest research into performance in employee-owned companies.
Learn how to use the "Building Blocks of Ownership Culture" to build/enhance ownership culture in your business.
Gain practical tips through a case study of how one ESOP used Continuous Quality Improvement to strengthen ownership culture and drive performance.
