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.
Partner & Company Features
Aspen Institute: What Employee Ownership Means to Workers
October 14, 2026 - Partner & Company Features, Reports & InsightsWhat does it actually feel like to be an employee-owner? A new Aspen Institute report goes straight to the source, sharing the perspectives of workers at employee-owned companies across the United States.
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Broad-Based Employee Ownership: When Teams Row Together, Performance Follows, Even in Turbulent Times
October 5, 2026 - Partner & Company Features, Reports & InsightsAs portfolio companies navigate disruption and longer hold periods, AlixPartners and Ownership Works explore how employee ownership can engage the workforce and strengthen value creation.
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Manulife Investment Management: Strengthening financial resilience for workers and unlocking value creation for investors
October 2, 2026 - Partner & Company Features, Reports & InsightsAs Americans live longer, Manulife Investment Management explores how shared ownership can help workers build wealth while driving better business outcomes for companies and investors.
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Last Year, The Parking Spot Made Every Staff Member an Owner: Here’s One Employee-Owner’s Experience
October 1, 2026 - Partner & Company Features, Worker StoriesOnce a restaurant owner who felt like a team of one, Area Manager Angelique Ford is now one of 2,000 employee-owners at The Parking Spot. Read her story, and how she's using employee ownership to take her team's owner mindset to the next level.
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Employee Ownership Month 2026: Meet the Leaders Bringing Shared Ownership to Life
October 1, 2026 - Partner & Company FeaturesWhat drives leaders to bring shared ownership to their companies? Hear from members of the Ownership Works Coalition about why employee ownership matters to them.
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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.”
August 9, 2026 - News & Media, Partner & Company FeaturesAt 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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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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