About the Podcast

The Owners at Work Podcast is a continuation of the biannual Owners at Work Newsletter which ran for 19 years (1990-2019). We are hoping to continue the same conversations and focus on providing updates on everything employee ownership. We plan to interview practitioners with expertise in different facets of employee ownership, academics doing new and interesting research, and most importantly, individuals who have a personal experience with employee ownership, including current and former employee-owners, mid-level to C suite management, and selling owners.

We Want to talk to YOU!

We want to produce a show that engages with relevant questions and provides practical lessons and information. We want this podcast to include the voices of those who practice employee-ownership each and every day. To that end we want to hear from you! We want to highlight what you are doing, whatever your relationship to the  employee-ownership community is.

***Please reach out via email: oeoc@kent.edu

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Episodes

Episode 14: Employee Ownership: Reducing Inequality and Building Assets

We hear a lot about the the rising level of economic inequality in our society, the precarious nature of employment, and the difficulties of saving for retirement. What we hear about much less is the how employee ownership...More

Episode 13: The Employee Ownership Trust

In this episode of OAW we sit down with Chris Michael, an attorney and professor, to discuss a lesser known model - the employee ownership trust. We dig into the history of the model, talk about its...More

Episode 12: End of Year Considerations: Valuations and Repurchase Obligations

We’re getting to the end of year, and a general theme of our upcoming programming, as well as many of our conversations with companies and advisors alike, focuses on taking stock of what’s happened...More

Episode 11: Beyond COVID - Keeping your ESOP On Track

In this episode we speak with six experts in the field of employee ownership about how to approach 'regular' operations that all ESOPs must undertake while at the same time keeping an eye on planning for...More

Episode 10: Existing ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) in the Current Economy

It is well known within the employee ownership community that employee-owned companies do better in times of crisis compared to conventionally owned companies. However, this not a law of gravity, it is the result of...More

Episode 9: Selling Your Business to an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)

In this episode we speak with five experts in the field of employee ownership about the process of selling a business to employees via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Each interview focuses on...More

Episode 8: Measuring the Employee-Ownership Difference

In this episode we talk to Nancy Wiefek of the National Center for Employee Ownership and discuss her groundbreaking research project that highlights the difference employee ownership makes for...More

Episode 7: Can Networks of Worker Cooperatives Reduce Economic Inequality?

In this episode we sit down with Kristen Barker of Coop-Cincy and Michael Peck of One Worker One Vote, to talk about how they are working to create a network of worker cooperatives with the aim... More

POP-UP Episode: Managing the Present; Planning for the Future

In this episode, we talk with two financial experts to get their views on where we are now, and how to successfully get to...More

Episode 6: Selling Your Company to An ESOP: What you need to know

For this episode we talk with attorney Avery Chenin of SES ESOP Strategies on outlining, and demystifying, a sale to an ESOP. We discuss...More

Episode 5: Building Employee Ownership

For this episode  we talk to IntrustIT CEO (and selling owner) Tim Rettig, a new ESOP company in the Cincinnati area. Tim talks about why he chose...More

Episode 4: Employee Ownership in the Crisis and Beyond

For this episode we check in with Corey Rosen, Founder of the National Center of Employee Ownership (NCEO) and Kim Blaugher,  Executive Director of the Beyster Institute...More

Episode 3: Communication, Culture, and COVID-19

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, good strategies for building culture and facilitating communication are more important than ever...More

Episode 2: Leadership

What is leadership? How do we ensure continuity in the leadership of our company? Is a concept like leadership more important in an employee owned company? ...More

Episode 1: Value and Values

There are a lot of things that create value in an employee-owned company. Some of those things are bottom line related: sales, .... More

‍Introducing Owners at Work (Trailer)

We introduce the show and giver you a preview of what to expect.

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