Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place, 2nd Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 160358000X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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With added experience and research, Abrams has revised the book, renamed Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place, so that it can better serve as a primer for employee-ownership. In 1987, South Mountain Company was restructured to become employee-owned, and so began the adventure that led Abrams to write his first book, The
Most of the baby boomer generation—the owners of millions of American businesses— will retire within the next two decades. Part memoir and part examination of a new business model, the 2005 release of The Company We Keep marked the debut of an important new voice in the literature of American business. Together, these principles reveal communities of enterprise as a potent force of change that can—and will— improve the way Americans do business.. Now, in Companies We Keep, the revised and expanded edition of his 2005 work, John Abrams further develops his idea that companies flourish when they become centers of interdependence, or “communities of enterprise.”Thoroughly revised with an expanded focus on employee ownership and workplace democracy, Companies We Keep celebrates the idea that when employees share in the rewards as well as the responsibility for the decisions they make, better decisions result. Projections call for 750,000 ownership transitions in 2009. In 2001, 50,000 businesses changed hands. In 2005, that number rose to 350,000. Employee ownership—in both the philosophical and the practical sense—is gathering steam as businesses change hands, and Abrams examines some of the many ways this is done.Companies We Keep is structured around eight principles—from “Sharing Ownership&
Startup Required Reading ABuckel If only this were required reading for every Silicon Valley wannabe out there! Abrams speaks not of exits, but of optimized existence--building persistence and community into your business, and building it for the long term. Today's business media and venture capitalists admires the fast-growing unicorn monoliths & admonishes the crash and burns without questioning the validity of that whole narrative. Abrams' book proves that there is a blueprint for entrepreneurs seeking to build a legacy instead of a get rich quick scheme with. Change the world : begin at the workplace ! Guy Denutte When we are aware of all the mess we are in, it is important to be able to see some light shining at the end of the tunnel. This book shows a path, told in a passionate way by the author, in which a company has gradually been transformed into an employee-owned company, with a revolutionary new Mission : "To enrich our community through our work" ! The good news is that this experience can easily be reproduced in nearly every company in the world.South Mountain was founded by John Abrams in 1975. As years went by, the founder thou. A. Alexander said An inspiring and practical guide for all progressive minded business people. I highly recommend this book. It is a revision of Abrams' "An inspiring and practical guide for all progressive minded business people" according to A. Alexander. I highly recommend this book. It is a revision of Abrams' 2005 book, The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place, which I read when it came out. He takes you through the history of South Mountain, a An inspiring and practical guide for all progressive minded business people I highly recommend this book. It is a revision of Abrams' 2005 book, The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place, which I read when it came out. He takes you through the history of South Mountain, a 32 year old design/build company he founded and examines the eight cornerstone philosophies and practices that underpin South Mountain and any green business that wants to harness the power of employee ownership, workplace democracy and community commitment. I met Abrams at the Green Business Confer. 2 year old design/build company he founded and examines the eight cornerstone philosophies and practices that underpin South Mountain and any green business that wants to harness the power of employee ownership, workplace democracy and community commitment. I met Abrams at the Green Business Confer. 005 book, The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place, which I read when it came out. He takes you through the history of South Mountain, a An inspiring and practical guide for all progressive minded business people I highly recommend this book. It is a revision of Abrams' 2005 book, The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place, which I read when it came out. He takes you through the history of South Mountain, a 32 year old design/build company he founded and examines the eight cornerstone philosophies and practices that underpin South Mountain and any green business that wants to harness the power of employee ownership, workplace democracy and community commitment. I met Abrams at the Green Business Confer. "An inspiring and practical guide for all progressive minded business people" according to A. Alexander. I highly recommend this book. It is a revision of Abrams' 2005 book, The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place, which I read when it came out. He takes you through the history of South Mountain, a An inspiring and practical guide for all progressive minded business people I highly recommend this book. It is a revision of Abrams' 2005 book, The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place, which I read when it came out. He takes you through the history of South Mountain, a 32 year old design/build company he founded and examines the eight cornerstone philosophies and practices that underpin South Mountain and any green business that wants to harness the power of employee ownership, workplace democracy and community commitment. I met Abrams at the Green Business Confer. 2 year old design/build company he founded and examines the eight cornerstone philosophies and practices that underpin South Mountain and any green business that wants to harness the power of employee ownership, workplace democracy and community commitment. I met Abrams at the Green Business Confer. year old design/build company he founded and examines the eight cornerstone philosophies and practices that underpin South Mountain and any green business that wants to harness the power of employee ownership, workplace democracy and community commitment. I met Abrams at the Green Business Confer
We all need the South Mountain Company--and its human lessons."--Anthony Lewis, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner. "John Abrams tells a wonderful story, full of ideas about our society