Many of the critical issues facing our society can be addressed by employee ownership. Bret Keisling discusses data released by NCEO in 2018, and how candidates, officials, and advocates promote the concepts of EO, whether they realize it or not.

As businesses begin to re-open, returning employees may struggle with addiction, mental health, and other issues.

Matt McKenney of Hypertherm (www.hypertherm.com) discusses a Recovery Friendly Workplace (www.recoveryfriendlyworkplace.com) program that was shared last October at an ESOP Association conference.

You can download the slides for the presentation and read the full transcript of this episode on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/114-icymi-the-recovery-friendly-workplace-initiative

As the United States faces unprecedented challenges from coronavirus and nationwide protests, Bret Keisling addresses how EO and its focus on communities should play an important role moving forward.

The full linked transcript of today's podcast can be found on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/mini-cast-85-eo-and-communities

Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) spoke recently about the importance of empathy during the pandemic as well as advice on how businesses should and should not proceed.

The transcript of this episode along with links to the full video of the quoted press conference are published on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/mini-cast-84-empathy-and-employees

Project Equity co-founder Hilary Abell was an employee owner 30 years ago, which started her path to EO advocacy. She describes Project Equity's work to mainstream EO as well as an important new white paper she authored, "The Case for Employee Ownership," which you can sign up to receive here: https://www.project-equity.org/about-us/publications/

The full, linked transcript of today's episode is available on our website, here: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/113-project-equity-s-hilary-abell

Hilary Abell is a co-founder of Project Equity (www.project-equity.org), a national non-profit devoted to expanding employee ownership in all of its forms. Hilary joins Bret Keisling and shares how she came to be an EO advocate in this excerpt from an upcoming podcast.

You can read the full, linked transcript of this episode on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/mini-cast-83-sneak-peak-with-hilary-abell

Project Equity [www.project-equity.org] is a California-based national non-profit organization devoted to growing all forms of EO. Co-founder Alison Lingane discusses how Project Equity works to with businesses and municipalities to maximize economic opportunities through employee ownership.

At the 12:41 mark, we mention Project Equity's infographic on the upcoming "silver tsunami" and its potential effects on small businesses and communities. Here's the link to that information: https://www.project-equity.org/communities/small-business-closure-crisis/

The full linked transcript of this episode is available on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/112-project-equity-s-alison-lingane

Employee-owned companies are stepping up in many different ways. Recology (www.recology.com) is a 100-year old company and 100% ESOP since 1986. Project Equity's (www.project-equity.org) co-founder, Alison Lingane, shares how Recology is standing with its employee owners during the pandemic.

You can read the full transcript of today's podcast on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/mini-cast-82-eo-spotlight-on-recology

October is Employee Ownership Month (#EOMESOP) and it will be here before we know it. A great way to celebrate is by joining with other EO companies for educational or social programs. Vince Kruse of employee-owned USA Mortgage [www.usa-mortgage.com] joins Bret Keisling to describes a great ESOP Lunch and Learn series in St. Louis.

The full transcript of today's episode is available on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/111-networking-with-other-eo-companies

The Department of Labor and Wilmington Trust settled three lawsuits and 18 investigations. While not admitting any wrongdoing, Wilmington Trust agreed to pay $88 million in restitution and costs. Bret Keisling discusses the lessons to be learned and the perils of breaching the fiduciary duty to ESOP participants.