Selling to an ESOP Improves Corporate Performance

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We recently discussed how Selling to an ESOP Provides Greater Employment Stability and Increases Job Satisfaction.  It is important to note that job satisfaction is not signficantly impacted by employee ownership alone. Job satisfaction and employee engagement are driven by having a meaningful ownership stake AND active participation in the decision making process. The NCEO's Research on Employee Ownership and Corporate Performance reiterates the formula of OWNERSHIP + PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT = OWNERSHIP CULTURE: 

Over the years, the NCEO has conducted and reported on research on employee ownership and corporate performance. The research comes to a very definite conclusion: the combination of ownership and participative management is a powerful competitive tool. Neither ownership nor participation alone, however, accomplishes very much...Researchers now agree that "the case is closed" on employee ownership and corporate performance. Findings this consistent are very unusual. We can say with certainty that when ownership and participative management are combined, substantial gains result.