That's the message from the Foundation for Enterprise Development, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping companies use employee ownership and equity compensation to motivate workers and spur company achievement. The FED site is awash in information for companies at all stages of the employee-ownership process. Beginners can test their knowledge with an employee-ownership quiz, and experts can search a resource library for insight on knotty topics such as shareholder liquidity and phantom stocks. This section is home to three useful tools for businesses new to equity sharing. The Employee Ownership Quiz asks participants a series of 10 questions to gauge their employee-ownership smarts.
Participants then receive recommendations for building their knowledge.
VIC , the Virtual Interactive Consultant, gathers basic data about a company's size, industry, goals, etc., and spits out a customized report on the business's employee-ownership options. The Interactive Ownership Dilution Model is a slightly more information-intensive tool that calculates how much ownership a company is willing to give to employees. This is a great resource for companies in the throes of developing an equity-sharing plan. This online magazine is an excellent resource for people who have a keen interest in equity sharing. Go to Netopia's DSL Center HROne the number one source for all your HR needs.