An ESOP company gives workers a stake in the performance of the organization through employee-ownership.
An ownership culture gives responsibility to front-line owner-associates.
An ownership culture provides workers with the information necessary to make good decisions while on the job.
An ownership culture builds worker-management relations on trust, mutual interest, and cooperation.
An ownership culture focuses on satisfying customers, rather than shareholders; on improving quality, not just reducing costs;
and on building an organization that adapts quickly and easily to change.
An ownership culture encourages workers to learn new skills.
An ownership culture invests in training and retraining to develop workers as critical business assets, rather than treating
them as costs to be minimized.
An ownership culture provides workers with a safe and supportive work environment.