Employment and Jobs

The Ownership Advantage (Fireside Chat)

Event information
Date
Wed Apr 9, 2025
12:00pm - 12:40pm EDT
Location
US Capitol, Panel 3
Hosts
Economic Opportunities Program Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing
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Description

A depth of research shows the impacts employee ownership can have on company performance when it is combined with efforts to increase employee participation in solving company problems. Higher productivity, lower employee turnover, and greater resilience to economic downturns are all common outcomes of many employee-owned firms. However, greater employee involvement, when combined with ownership, also offers potential for other benefits, including enhanced innovation and problem-solving. The result is that some of the strongest performing and most resilient businesses in the US are employee-owned. Join this conversation with leaders from employee-owned companies as they discuss how ownership drives business success.

 

Speakers
Dion Houchins,

Houchens Industries, CEO and Chairman

Leslie Kass,

CEO, Lewis Tree Service

Mary Josephs,

Verit Advisors

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Thank you to our colleagues at the Ford Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Prudential Financial for their generous support of the 2025 Employee Ownership Ideas Forum. Rutgers University also appreciates the support of the Sorenson Impact Foundation for its support of this convening and other events in 2025.