News & Stories
Every shared ownership program starts with a decision to do business differently — and that’s a story worth telling. Read about the employee-owners and business leaders showing what’s possible when more workers have a stake in the success they help create.
Explore original stories, announcements, media coverage, and other updates highlighting Ownership Works and the growing impact of employee ownership.
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Spectris Launches Global Employee Ownership Program
More than 7,000 Spectris employees around the world now share in the value they help create through employee ownership. Watch them celebrate the launch of Owners@Spectris and hear what it means to have a stake in the company's future.
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Business Insider: “KKR shared profits from a big sale with employees. Here’s what they’re doing with the windfall.”
At Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), employee-owners used their ownership payouts to pursue homeownership, build financial security, and create new possibilities for their families.
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Harvard Business Review: “Equity Can Motivate Frontline Employees—If They See Their Impact on the Bottom Line”
September 21, 2026 - News & Media, Reports & InsightsA new study reveals concrete guidance linking actions such as safety and efficiency to equity growth reduced employee turnover by 13 percentage points compared with broad values-based messaging.
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Ownership Works Welcomes Allyson Tucker and Scott Chan to Board of Directors
June 15, 2026 - AnnouncementsOwnership Works welcomes Allyson Tucker of the Washington State Investment Board and Scott Chan of CalSTRS to its Board of Directors as investor support for shared ownership continues to grow.
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CoolIT’s Tete Ester Francis on What Employee Ownership Means for Her Family
May 26, 2026 - Partner & Company Features, Worker StoriesTete Ester Francis built a new life and career in Canada one step at a time, becoming a mechanical assembler and employee-owner at CoolIT. Watch her share what her ownership payout means for her family as her children prepare for college.
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CoolIT’s Jyoti Verma on Achieving Her Homeowner Dreams Through Employee Ownership
May 26, 2026 - Partner & Company Features, Worker StoriesAfter moving from India to Calgary, Jyoti Verma found a new career — and a true sense of ownership — at CoolIT Systems. Watch how her employee ownership payout helped make her dream of buying a home possible.
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CoolIT Employees Receive Payouts Averaging $240,000 From Employee Ownership Plan
May 26, 2026 - Partner & Company FeaturesWhen CoolIT Systems was acquired, 650 employee-owners shared in the value they helped create, receiving average payouts of $240,000. Watch them celebrate OwnIT and hear what ownership means to them.
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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth: “What happens when workers own what they create?”
May 20, 2026 - News & Media, Partner & Company FeaturesPete Stavros and Shamina Singh discuss how Ownership Works and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth are partnering to translate employee ownership into real financial wellbeing data, and how an ownership culture drives engagement and retention.
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ITA Group Deepens Support of Ownership Works Through Premier Sponsorship of CEO & Executive Convening
April 21, 2026 - AnnouncementsITA Group, a 100% employee-owned company, deepens its support for Ownership Works as a Premier Sponsor of the 2026 CEO & Executive Convening.
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Fortune: “Ingersoll Rand CEO: Employee ownership helped drive more than 8x enterprise value growth”
April 11, 2026 - News & Media, Partner & Company FeaturesIngersoll Rand CEO Vicente Reynal on why, when done properly, employee ownership aligns incentives and drives value for businesses, benefiting both investors and employees.
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Landscape Workshop Launches New Employee Ownership Program
April 7, 2026 - Partner & Company FeaturesThe people who help build Landscape Workshop now have the chance in the company's success. Hear from employee-owners at Landscape Workshop about what employee ownership means to them.
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Fortune: “How frontline workers walked away with checks averaging $240,000”
March 29, 2026 - News & Media, Partner & Company FeaturesAt CoolIT Systems, more than 600 employees shared in the value they helped create through the company's employee ownership program, with payouts averaging $240,000.
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