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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 School's case study on KKR and C.H.I. Overhead Doors shows how extending employee ownership to the factory floor reshaped culture and financial wellbeing for 800 workers.

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CBS News examines how KKR's employee ownership model at C.H.I. Overhead Doors delivered roughly $175K average payouts and a genuine ownership culture to hundreds of workers.

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Ingersoll Rand employees around the world are owners. Hear employee-owners share what having a stake in the company’s future means to them.

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How can broad-based employee ownership create wealth for workers at scale? Ownership Works Founder Pete Stavros explains the opportunity — and why private equity plays a pivotal role.

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Minnesota Rubber & Plastics employees helped reduce scrap, save money, and grow the business. Watch them learn how they would share in that success.

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Darren Walker and Pete Stavros make the case that shared ownership can restore the promise of the American dream by giving more workers a stake in the value they help create.

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Pete Stavros argues that giving employees a stake in the companies they help build can make work fairer and businesses stronger.

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C.H.I. Overhead Doors employees helped build a stronger company. Watch them learn they would share in its success through payouts of up to 6.5 times their annual pay.

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Wall Street is taking employee ownership seriously. This Forbes piece looks at why — and what that could mean for workers.

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Watch this panel recorded live at The Milken Institute Global Conference, where leading voices from major financial firms make the case for employee ownership as a bold fix for wealth inequality, boosting financial wellbeing and workforce engagement

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