Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. How far employee ownership has come and how much opportunity remains.

Some of the most important leadership work in our company doesn’t happen in the C-suite. It happens in our committees. For instance, I remember one year when our healthcare committee recommended ...

The largest employee-owned company in the United States is Publix Super Markets, which employs 260,000 workers. Other notable examples of employee-owned companies include WinCo Foods, Houchens ...

An old movement to grow employee ownership is getting new life, with the goal of shrinking wealth inequality. The concept isn’t unprecedented — not at all, really. “Collective ownership is centuries ...

Employee ownership is gaining traction and fast. Much of that momentum can be credited to KKR executive Pete Stavros and his nonprofit organization, Ownership Works. It has brought widespread ...

Company executives share their experience with the trend during La Plata Economic Development Alliance Summit IGNACIO – Companies looking to boost productivity and engagement might find the key in ...

Stephanie Silverman, CEO and President of the Employee-Owned S Corporations of America. Every generation wants to feel heard at work. But many members of Gen Z believe that sense of voice seems is ...

Nikki Maloney, director of business support for the Colorado Office of Economic Development, and Steve Storkan, executive director of the Employee Ownership Expansion Network, work the booth at the ...

Employee ownership can increase creativity, engagement and perhaps even profits, but it requires a change in culture. Successful companies educate their workers, solicit their ideas, give them agency ...

Editor’s note: Corey Rosen is the founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership in California, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing authoritative information on broad-based employee ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Employee owned companies share their employee ownership story in celebration of National Employee ...