Oct 20, 20261h 1mS7
SUMMARY In this episode of Owners at Work , we sit down with Liza Shifrin, researcher at the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), to discuss the findings of NCEO's first Recruitment and Retention Survey, which...
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Owners at Work
Hosted by Ohio Employee Ownership Center · business · EN
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Interviews leading experts on issues pertaining to employee ownership including building an ownership culture, management practices, succession planning, economic development, and so much more.
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What is Owners at Work about?
Interviews leading experts on issues pertaining to employee ownership including building an ownership culture, management practices, succession planning, economic development, and so much more.
Who hosts Owners at Work?
Owners at Work is hosted by Ohio Employee Ownership Center. The show has published 62 episodes to date.
What has Owners at Work covered recently?
Recent episodes include "What 433 ESOP Companies Tell Us About Recruitment and Retention" (20 October 2026, 61 minutes), "Worker Coops, ESOPs, and Unions: New Research on Worker Ownership with William Foley" (30 September 2026, 47 minutes), and "Inside CoRise Capital: A New Investment Model for Employee Ownership" (8 September 2026, 60 minutes).
How often does Owners at Work publish?
Owners at Work publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 44 minutes across 62 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Owners at Work?
Booking probability for Owners at Work is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Owners at Work requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Owners at Work's contact route on record: verified email.
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Ohio Employee Ownership Center hosts Owners at Work, a business podcast with 62 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Sep 30, 202647 minS7
SUMMARY: In this episode, we sit down with William Foley, a Ph.D. candidate at Rutgers University and fellow at the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. We explore two of his research...
Sep 8, 20261 hourS7SUMMARY: Drew Larson and Brittany Brown of CoRise Capital join the Owners at Work podcast to break down their new investment fund's innovative approach to employee ownership: acquiring promising companies through...
May 12, 20261h 6mS7SUMMARY: In this episode of Owners at Work, we talk with Michael Darger, an economic development specialist with the University of Minnesota Extension, about business succession planning, ownership transition, and the...
- Nov 21, 202537 minS6
SUMMARY: In this episode of Owners at Work, we talk with Mike Brady of 40 Million Owners about how the firm helps ESOP companies grow through strategic, values -aligned acquisitions. Mike explains how their three-phase...
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- Sep 4, 202547 minS6
SUMMARY: In this episode of Owners at Work, we sit down with Zoe Schlag of Common Trust and Mark Hand of the Purpose Trust Ownership Network (PTON) to explore the growing momentum behind Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs)...
- Aug 1, 202559 minS6
SUMMARY: In this episode of Owners at Work , we sit down with Todd Leverette and Kyle Chin-How of Apis & Heritage Capital Partners (A&H)—the 2025 recipient of the John Logue Award in Employee Ownership, which we present...
- May 5, 202537 minS6
Guests : Danny Massey, Head of Strategy and Communications at Expanding ESOPs SUMMARY: In this episode of the Owners at Work podcast, we speak with Danny from Expanding ESOPs, a new national initiative focused on...
- Feb 13, 202534 minS6
SUMMARY: In this episode Chris Cooper sits down with Jim O'Brien founder and current President of Go2Partners, a 100% ESOP Company. We talk about the interesting way in which Go2Partners was founded and funded by the...
Episode #6
How Direct Employee Ownership Created the Right Succession Plan, and Company Culture, at Cargas
Sep 12, 202449 minS5SUMMARY: One of the exciting happenings in the world of employee ownership today is the proliferation of different models and methods for bringing employees into the ownership of a company. In this episode we discuss...
Episode #5
The State of Sector: Worker Cooperatives
Aug 16, 202451 minS5Guest s : Olga Prushinskaya and Jamie Pockrandt , Democracy at Work Institute Summary: The second most common form of employee ownership in the United States is the worker cooperative where workers participate in both...
- Jul 10, 202455 minS5
Guest : Campbell McDonald, Ownership Works SUMMARY: Much of the work for raising awareness and advocating for supportive policies for further expansion relies on data collection. When making the case for employee...
- Jun 11, 202432 minS5
Guest : Gina Schaefer SUMMARY: For 38 years, the OEOC has gathered hundreds of people from across the employee ownership community at our Annual Conference and every year, we invite a keynote speaker to address those in...
- Jun 7, 202435 minS5
SUMMARY: When we think about expanding awareness about employee ownership, we often think of the United States and how much more work we have to do. However, the movement to expand the prevalence and awareness of...
- Mar 22, 202458 minS5
SUMMARY: When we look into the field of employee ownership three major models come to mind, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), worker cooperatives, and employee-owned trusts. But practitioners are always looking to...
Oct 10, 202325 minS4SUMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely . One of those areas was employee ownership and the...
Oct 10, 202323 minS4SUMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely . One of those areas was employee ownership and the...
Oct 10, 202317 minS4S UMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely . One of those areas was employee ownership and the...
Oct 10, 202330 minS4SUMMARY Back in 2018 the Kendeda Fund, a philanthropic foundation based in Atlanta, decided to make a series of big bets in areas that were both critical and timely . One of those areas was employee ownership and the...
Owners at Work
Cooperatives at Work with George Cheney
Sep 7, 20231 hourSUMMARY: For too long, cooperatives have been cast to the margins of our economy and discussions around economic development and community building. Yet, there are numerous examples throughout the US and across the...
Recent guests
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William Foley
Ph.D. candidate, Johnson Space Center
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Brittany Brown
Senior Director of Talent and Retention, Canadian dietitian and lactation consultant
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Gina Schaefer
founder of multiple hardware stores, author of Recovery Hardware, A Few Cool Hardware Stores
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Dr. Brett Jones
longtime Director of Education for StrongFirst, The Source Chiropractic
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