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2 days ago

119: Where is EO? Pt 2. ESOPs

Continues the discussion about how EO is missing from public discourse & how ESOPs are losing ground despite many positives.

6 days ago

Mini-cast 101: What's Your EO A-Ha Moment?

Many people love EO. Bret Keisling shares his "A-Ha Moment," that moment where the true positivity, power, and potential of EO.

Sep 22

118: Where is EO? Pt 1. The Problem

Bret Keisling looks at how EO is essentially absent from the public debate, and shares differences between EO and actual movements.

Sep 19

Mini-cast 100: Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership

We discuss the newly relaunched CLEO from Rutgers' Institute for the Study of EO and Profit Sharing.

Sep 15

117: Rodney North - EO, Co-ops, & Democracy

EO/Co-op Advocate Rodney North discusses the interplay between the shared tenets of democracy and employee ownership.

Sep 11

Mini-cast 99: New EO Job Board Launches

We share the new "Own Your Job Job Board" recently launched by Apis & Heritage Capital Partners and the Democracy at Work Institute.

Sep 9

ESOP Summer School 20: Michael Keeling & The ESOP Association

Our conversation with Michael Keeling, then-President and Chief Staff Officer of The ESOP Association.

Sep 5

Mini-cast 98: HR 6851 - Expanding EO

We discuss HR 6851, which would require large public companies to award shares to employees as part of COVID-19 federal relief.

Sep 1

ESOP Summer School 19: Project Equity's Hilary Abell

We talked to Project Equity co-founder Hilary Abell. She describes Project Equity's work to mainstream EO as well as an important new paper

Aug 29

Mini-cast 97: Due Diligence and the USPS

Current USPS controversies examined from the perspective of what an ESOP Trustee would want to understand about recent operational decisions

Aug 25

ESOP Summer School 18: Project Equity's Alison Lingane

Learn about Project Equity, a CA-based national non-profit organization devoted to growing all forms of EO, from co-founder Alison Lingane.

Aug 21

Mini-cast 96: Recology Revisited

Project Equity's co-founder, Alison Lingane, shares about Recology, a 100-year old company and 100% ESOP since 1986.

Aug 18

ESOP Summer School 17: Plan Administration & COVID-19

Tom Roback, CEO of Blue Ridge ESOP Associates joined host Bret Keisling for a look at ESOP Plan administration during the pandemic.

Aug 15

Mini-cast 95: We Need Masks Nationally

The connection between consumer confidence and interstate travel and why, for economy to truly recover, we need a national mask policy.

Aug 11

ESOP Summer School 16: ESOP Law & COVID-19

Mark Kossow, Esq. of Clark Hill PLC discusses many ESOP legal issues during the pandemic including pausing ESOP transaction closings...

Aug 8

Mini-cast 94: The Wawa ESOP Settlement

We discuss a recent $26.1 million settlement of a class action suit between convenience store company Wawa and its ESOP.

Aug 4

ESOP Summer School 15: COVID-19 & the Valuation Process

Welcome to our third annual EO/ESOP Podcast Summer School series. We've selected some of our favorite episodes over the past year to brin...

Jul 31

Mini-cast 93: Jennifer Krieger - The Federal ESOP Grant Act

Wecelebrate the proposed federal grant for ESOPs and discuss implications of some of the bill's language.

Jul 28

ESOP Summer School 14: EO, Premium Cigars, and Advocacy

Greg Zimmerman, Vice President of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) discusses industry advocacy an how EO faces the same challenges.

Jul 25

Mini-cast 92: Federal ESOP Legislation Proposed

Bret Keisling discusses legislation proposed by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) that would provide grants to new or expanding ESOPs. Also, a hear...

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