Beyster Institute Leading Companies Online Magazine April 2008

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April 2008: Special Employee Ownership Edition
With our Annual Employee Ownership Conference beginning April 2, our focus on employee ownership inspired us to share some fresh thoughts on the topic, along with the best of the best from past conferences.

Lessons Learned from Conference Keynotes

Employee Ownership: It's Good for Business – and for the Soul

Martin Staubus Beyster Institute Director of Consulting

By Martin Staubus, Beyster Institute Staff

In anticipation of the 2008 Employee Ownership Conference, consider what we can learn from previous conferences, especially from the gifted leaders who have addressed us as keynote speakers. What stands out from this review, remarkably, is the special power of employee ownership to speak to our human desire to contribute to something that makes the world a better place for others.

Book Review

Employee Financial Participation: An International Survey

Debra Sherman Beyster Institute Director of Marketing

By David Binns
Reviewed by Debra Sherman, Beyster Institute Staff

This new book provides an overview of key international trends in employee ownership, pension reform, equity compensation, privatization, and employee financial participation in over 30 countries.

From Our Executive Director

Happiness & Employee Ownership

By Ray Smilor
Beyster Institute Executive Director

At our annual conference in Chicago this year, three entrepreneurs will open the program and demonstrate how employee ownership has resulted in increased happiness – through eudaimonic well-being for themselves and their employee-owners.

Innovations in Employee Ownership

A Look at Past Award Winners

By Emily Meyertholen, Beyster Institute Staff

As we look forward to learning about the winners of this year's Innovations in Employee Ownership awards, here’s a review of what made the past winners worthy of this increasingly sought-after honor.

Employee Ownership Management

Maximizing the Quality and Quantity of Employee Effort

By Martin Staubus, Beyster Institute Staff

History reveals the roots of organizational management's fundamental challenges, but a good employee ownership program can revive the old-fashioned, direct relationship between an individual's motivation and success.

Case Study

How the Employee Ownership Conference Has Benefited One Company Over the Years

By Emily Meyertholen, Beyster Institute Staff

Each year around 700 business owners, managers, employee owners and experts attend the Employee Ownership Conference to learn, network and keep up to date on this powerful business strategy. Find out what keeps n-Link employees coming back since 1998.

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