What happens when you separate leadership from ownership In first-generation privately-owned businesses, the people who run the company are invariably the people who own the company. As a business grows,…
When Skin In The Game Goes Wrong
Posted on 17th February 2022
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When You Have A Hammer, Everything Looks Like A Nail
Posted on 13th January 2022
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The business I sold a majority of to an EOT was Ovation Finance, a financial planning firm. When a client receives financial advice, a basic requirement is that the advice…
Good Practice For EOT Trustees: Part 2
Posted on 16th December 2021
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The trustees are affectively the shareholders, responsible for holding the board to account and representing the interests of the employees as indirect owners. Furthermore, the owner will only relinquish control…
Good Practice For EOT Trustees: Part 1
Posted on 10th December 2021
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When I do talks on the EOT (and I do a lot of talks on the EOT!), I play a little game of bingo in my head. I have spoken…