Looks at the reasons employee-owned companies succeed and fail, describes various ownership plans, and assesses the impact on the American economy

Employee Ownership in America: The Equity Solution (Issues in Organization and Management Series)

Business & Money

Rosen, Corey

Young, Karen M.

Klein, Katherine J.

Management & Leadership

Lexington Books

Do you understand what stock is and how stock options work? Or how stock value is created? Do you understand the tax, exercise, and financial planning issues for stock options? If you're like most people, at least some of these issues are perplexing for you. Until now, though, there has not been a book that puts this all together for the everyday employee. The Employee's Guide to Stock Options puts it all in one place in an easy-to-understand format.

The Employee's Guide to Stock Options

Investing

The National Center for Employee Ownership

More than ever before, a company's most important asset is its people. The ideas and information employees can contribute every day distinguish innovative, dynamic, and successful businesses from their more plodding peers. To encourage employees to get more involved, more and more companies ask employees to "think and act like owners," even if they don't share actual ownership. Others do share ownership but still treat people as "just employees." However, research and experience show it is the combination of involvement and ownership that really creates winners. It's not an easy task, however; ownership management requires constant attention every day. This book draws on the National Center for Employee Ownership's over 20 years of experience in this field, and, more importantly, the experience of the leading employee ownership companies. It provides concrete, specific ideas on how to structure plans, share information, get employees involved in decisions, and even have fun.

Ownership Management: Building a Culture of Lasting Innovation

Carberry, Ed

Economics

National Center for Employee Ownership

Employee ownership creates stronger companies, helps workers build wealth, and fosters a fairer, more stable society. In this book, two leading experts show how it works—and how it can be greatly expanded.\nWages don’t cover the bills. Wealth inequality is growing. Social trust is eroding. There are endless debates about what to do, but one key factor is inexplicably left out: who owns the companies that drive the economy?\nOwnership matters. Ownership by a few means benefits for a few. But if you spread ownership around, you spread the benefits of capitalism around. Employee ownership lets workers build real wealth, not just pick up a paycheck. And it’s a piece of the puzzle that’s in plain sight. As Corey Rosen and John Case point out, there are already thousands of prosperous employee-owned companies.\nRosen and Case explain why so many companies end up being owned by Wall Street shareholders or private equity firms—and why that kind of ownership encourages a focus on short-term profits rather than the long-term sustainability needed by employees, communities, and the environment. They show the limits of reform efforts that don’t address the essential issue of who owns what.\nBut the heart of the book is a deep dive into how employee ownership originated, how it works now, and what needs to be done to expand it. The book looks at how the idea is growing, both in the United States and around the world—and why all sides of the political spectrum support it.\nRosen and Case offer a vivid portrait of a form of ownership that results in more prosperous workers, more responsible companies, and a fairer, more stable society.

Ownership: Reinventing Companies, Capitalism, and Who Owns What

Case, John

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

This book reveals dozens of companies in which employee ownership is simply the way they do business. Shows how and where these companies do things differently from traditional companies. Shows that this approach enables companies to grow faster and more profitably than others.

Equity: Why Employee Ownership Is Good For Business

Staubus, Martin

Harvard Business Review Press

So, You've Got a Story to SellLearn how to tell a good story with The Best Story Ever Told . Jam-packed with some of the best storytelling strategies, this manual gives creatives the confidence bump they need to make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress their date. The following is (not) a work of fiction. We've all got stories to tell-but how do you make your story the best story? In The Best Story Ever Told, Moth veteran and master teacher, Corey Rosen, inspires you to get on stage and tell your story. Using the best storytelling techniques from improvisational theatre, Rosen designs an accessible guide for all ages and skill levels. Crafted to help ordinary people tell extraordinary stories, this laugh out loud handbook covers everything from how to tell a good story to going off script. Spontaneous stories to tell. The best storytelling uses improvisation to enthrall, entertain, and keep audiences on edge. Laugh along with tales of performance triumphs (and disasters) and explore ways to tell your story with confidence and spontaneity. From brainstorming and development to performance and memorization techniques, you'll learn how to tell a good story with: * A variety of structures and editing approaches that bring out your best story * Broadly-tested improv exercises to stimulate creativity without feeling foolish * Quick and easy lessons on building stories to tell * Resources for putting on a showcase to tell your storyIf you're ready to sell the story straight or enjoyed books like Stories That Stick, Long Story Short, or Storyworthy, then you'll love The Best Story Ever Told .

Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience (How To Sell Yourself)

TMA Press

This book describes the full spectrum of equity compensation plans (such as stock options, stock purchase plans, stock grants, restricted stock, phantom stock, and stock appreciation rights) available to private and public companies as well as LLCs. Unlike most books on equity compensation, it focuses on helping decision-makers decide what kinds of equity to choose, and who should get how much and when. In the second edition, every existing chapter has been revised and updated, and new chapters on performance awards and limited liability companies have been added.

The Decision-Maker's Guide to Equity Compensation, 2nd Ed

Rodrick, Scott

Janich, Daniel

Walter, Dan

Chernoff, Pam

Dodge, Elizabeth

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

A leveraged ESOP borrows money to buy shares in the sponsoring company in order to buy a major part or even all of the company. It can be used to purchase shares from retiring owners in private firms, buy out entire companies, or finance new capital. With leveraging comes additional cost and complexity. This book discusses how ESOPs work and explains those complexities, providing comprehensive converage of ESOP financing plus chapters on accounting, legal rules, valuation, M&amp;A, and the tax-deferred ESOP "rollover." In the sixth edition, the book has been extensively updated and enhanced. It now features vastly expanded coverage of the intricacies of ESOP transaction financing (including seller financing), plus updates and additions to existing material on legal, valuation, and accounting issues.

Leveraged ESOPs and Employee Buyouts, 6th Ed

Josephs, Mary

Gordy, Vaughn

Hawkins, Neal

Merten, William

Solimine, John

Miller, Rebecca

Finance

An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) is a powerful tool that can greatly benefit both employees and their employer. When an ESOP owns an S corporation, it is partially or wholly exempt from federal income taxation (and possibly state taxation, depending on the state), making it an even more powerful tool in many cases. With the tax-planning possibilities offered by the S corporation ESOP structure, many companies investigate ESOPs and S corporate status. But there are many issues to deal with along the way, ranging from valuation issues to matters that arise when making the S corporation election (if the company is not already an S corporation) to dealing with the unavailability of the tax-deferred ESOP "rollover" for S corporation owners. Most importantly, however, it is imperative for any company considering or maintaining an S corporation ESOP to test its compliance with the strict anti-abuse rules for S corporation ESOPs. 
 This book deals with all these issues and more in a clear and understandable style. This fourth edition has been updated throughout, with every chapter either being updated or (in the case of chapter 7) replaced. Additionally, a new chapter at the end of the book addresses the increasingly important and much-discussed topic of creating a sustainable ESOP company.

S Corporation ESOPs, 4th Ed

Aschwald, Kathryn

Clough, Barbara

Hector, Brian

Keene, Matthew

Roback Jr., Thomas

Walker, Donna

Zimmerman, Carolyn

For many years, the most common advice on sharing equity with employees in a limited liability company (LLC) has been "switch to S corporation status instead." The argument was that it was too complicated to share equity in an LLC. Yet many LLC leaders want to share equity with employees and have very good reasons for retaining their company's status as an LLC. When we at the NCEO asked experts in employee ownership law if it were possible to share equity in an LLC, the usual response was "yes, but it is complicated." No one seemed to want to go into too much detail about just what these complications were, however. 
 This book finally makes detailed material available on equity compensation in LLCs. It not only explains all the issues around LLC equity compensation but also includes a chapter on considerations in drafting a plan. 
 In the third edition, the book has been substantially revised and expanded. The main chapter, on equity interests in LLCs (chapter 3), was replaced by a new chapter from a team of experienced attorneys. Another new chapter (chapter 4) discusses how to allow LLC equity interest holders to be treated as employees. The plan documents in previous editions have been replaced by a new chapter that discusses drafting considerations for LLC equity plans. Finally, the existing chapters on LLCs, designing equity incentives, accounting, sharing equity with employees, and communicating have been updated.

Equity Compensation for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), 3rd Ed

Nadel, Alan

August, Casey

Bryant, Samuel

Kelly, Amy Pocino

Miller, Wells

Randolph-Williams, Erin

Business

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