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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Last Year, The Parking Spot Made Every Staff Member an Owner: Here’s One Employee-Owner’s Experience
Once 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
What 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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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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The Wall Street Journal: “KKR to Make 15 Times Its Investment With Sale of Data-Center Cooling Business”
March 25, 2026 - News & Media, Partner & Company FeaturesCoolIT Systems' 600 employees are reaping the rewards of KKR's $4.75 billion sale of data-center cooling business CoolIT to Ecolab, with average payouts of $240,000.
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“The Ultimate Win-Win”: Lori Sherwood on Building Ownership for All at Parts Town Unlimited
March 12, 2026 - Partner & Company FeaturesParts Town Unlimited CFO Lori Sherwood shares how she helped build an ownership program that lets every employee share in the company's success, with support from Ownership Works.
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ISC Employees Share in Big Payout, Showcasing the Power of Ownership
February 27, 2026 - Partner & Company FeaturesThe sale of ISC meant nearly 400 employees would share in the company’s success, with payouts ranging from three to 30 months of annual pay. Watch employee-owners react to the news and hear company leaders reflect on the company’s ownership journey.
Read MoreFrom the U.S. to Poland, Germany, and the U.K., the news was the same: every one of Vomela's 2,100 employees was now an owner, thanks to the company's new employee ownership program. This is what that moment looked like.
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“The Best Thing I Ever Did”: Why Leaders Are Betting on Employee Ownership
February 13, 2026 - AnnouncementsEvery leader makes a few decisions that define their career. For the investors and executives in this video, sharing ownership with every employee was one of them, and they call it the best decision they ever made.
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McKinsey & Company: “From principles to practice: How McKinsey is helping Ownership Works scale employee ownership”
February 12, 2026 - Partner & Company Features, Reports & InsightsMcKinsey partnered with Ownership Works to turn proven ownership principles into a scalable playbook, helping leadership teams build ownership culture, strengthen employee engagement, and support hundreds of companies on their equity journey.
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Harvard Business Review: “The Management Practices That Make Employee Ownership Pay Off”
February 2, 2026 - News & Media, Reports & InsightsPreliminary data from Ownership Works shows that employee ownership programs can drive operational improvements by "cracking the code on the ownership mindset.”
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Your Work Friends Podcast: “When All Employees Own a Piece of The Upside with Anna-Lisa Miller”
December 9, 2025 - News & MediaOwnership Works' Anna-Lisa Miller joins Your Work Friends to unpack how broad-based employee ownership turns everyday jobs into real wealth, paying off debt, buying homes, and building an ownership culture that boosts engagement.
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