A respected colleague of mine from the Co-op Professionals Guild has just released a FREE two-part webinar series on how to create an employee-owned/ cooperative hybrid.
(They had previously come out with Part One, but it sounds like it’s been enough of a success that they’ve made a series.)
ESOPs and employee-owned cooperatives share many similarities as well as differences, and each model can provide a distinct set of features for a business and their employees. Some businesses have found that each model has not been “enough”, and have taken parts of each to create something new – the “ESOP-operative”.
So how would such a hybrid work? This two-part webinar series will help outline how its done, what to look for, and watch out for, as well as a case study from a company that has made it work for them.
This webinar is co-sponsored by the Groban Olson Law Firm; the Center for Community Based Enterprise (C2BE); the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State University (with support from the USDA’s Rural Cooperative Development Program); Horizon Trust & Investment Management; and Once Again Nut Butter Collective, Inc.
These webinars are provided free of charge with support from the USDA’s Rural Cooperative Development Program. If you would like to support the OEOC’s continued work in this area, you can do so here.