We previously discussed ownership culture, employee participation programs, and employee communications committees in ESOP Communications Committee, Ownership Culture. The latest Employee Ownership Blog post, Do You Manage Your Culture?, asks whether an ownership culture should be managed:

"You'll probably find many different answers to this question. Many will tell you that yes, like all aspects of the business, the ownership culture will need to be managed to make sure it stays on track, while others will say that it comes about naturally and will be ever changing thus trying to manage it in a traditional sense is not possible. Obviously, it's the nature of the company and its employee owners that make the culture and if there is not a "buy in" by either, than attempts at trying to create a culture will not happen."