When employees and employers share the same goals, the success of a business, then productivity increases. Employees and employers both win and the American economy wins too. No longer are stock options exclusively for the CEO and top management. Over one-fourth give options to ALL of their employees. Stock options also unite employees.
Some businesses have a stock ticker in their cafeterias.
When the price is up, all employees feel a sense of achievement. When it is down, they know they have work to do. It overcomes divisions that sometimes pit employees against employees or employees against management. It promotes a sense that all employees, from the CEO to the line worker, in all parts of the country and all parts of the globe, are part of the same team. Readiness was achieved in this country with very little disruption because both the public and private sector were able to coordinate their efforts and focus on fixing the problem instead of the blame.