The Employee Ownership Conference
The Employee Ownership Association 1-day Conference for co-owned businesses, companies considering employee ownership, and employee ownership experts.
Wednesday 11 November 2009 -
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International.
The Programme
10.00 – 10.30 |
Registration and coffee |
10.30 |
Chair’s introduction |
10.40 |
Plenary Keynote 1 Likely to be one of the most influential think tank papers of the year, Reinventing the Firm was commissioned by the John Lewis Partnership, and will be published in October |
11.00 |
Plenary Keynote 2 David Erdal, author, ‘Local Heroes – how Loch Fyne Oysters embraced employee ownership and business success’ Already at work on a second book to follow his acclaimed ‘Local Heroes’, David was the first managing director of the Baxi Partnership and led papermakers Tullis Russell into co-ownership |
| 11.25 – 12.15 | The Fundamentals - Choose 1 Of 4 Syndicates |
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| Syndicate A | Making The Transition To Employee Ownership |
11.25 – 12.15 |
Chair: John Alexander Case Study presentations:
Three companies describe their recent experience of moving to employee ownership – two employee buy-outs and one co-owned start-up |
| Syndicate B | Numbers Vs Values: The Employee Ownership Challenge For Leaders |
11.25 – 12.15 |
Chair: Jenny Charteris, managing director, CPCR Case Study presentations:
In-depth view on how one company has tackled this potential dilemma for any co-owned company - seen from the executive and employee representative viewpoints |
| Syndicate C | How To Give Employees A Real Voice In The Business |
11.25 – 12.15 |
Chair: Carole Leslie, partner, Baxendale Case Study presentations:
An employee owned health service social enterprise and an engineering and construction consultancy illustrate different approaches to ensuring co-owners have a meaningful voice in the business |
| Syndicate D | Recruiting For Employee Ownership: A Question Of Attitude? |
11.25 – 12.15 |
Chair: Patrick Burns, executive director, Employee Ownership Association Case Study presentations:
Recruiting and inducting managers and other staff who
will ‘fit’ your culture and ownership set-up is a vital
skill for co-owned businesses. A manufacturing and |
| 12.15-13.15 | Lunch and networking |
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Optional Lunchtime Roundtable Discussions Roughly 30 minute, facilitated topic discussions during the conference lunch-break. See Registration Form for how to opt in.
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| 13.15 | Plenary Workshop MAKING EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP REAL FOR ALL CO-OWNERS Patrick Burns, executive director, EOA |
13.35 |
Plenary Keynote 3
John Clough MBE, former chief executive, eaga plc. Download this presentation [PDF] John Clough led this energy efficiency services company from four employees in 1990 to more than three thousand partners and over £500 million turnover today |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | Key Challenges - Choose 1 Of 4 Syndicates |
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| Syndicate E | What Do The Customers Think? |
14.00 – 14.50 |
Chair: TBC Case Study presentations:
Two co-owned companies who check clients’ view of their ownership status explain how they do this, reveal the results, and highlight ways of exploiting the co-ownership advantage with customers |
| Syndicate F | Do We Really Know What The Co-owners
Think? |
14.00 – 14.50 |
Chair: Nigel Mason, policy director, Employee Ownership Association Case Study presentations:
Over 70,000 employee co-owners are covered by the staff attitude surveys conducted regularly by these three companies. Hear about each survey’s design and content; how it’s carried out; what it reveals; and how each company acts on the results |
| Syndicate G | Managing Tough Decisions, Not To Mention
Recession, in a Co-owned Firm |
14.00 – 14.50 |
Chair: Andrew Gunn, board member, Employee Ownership Association Case Study presentations:
Two employee representatives – one in a major wholesaler, the other in the school uniform business – give their perspective on what it takes, for reps and the business, to make a success of the representative role |
| Syndicate H | Employee Representatives: The Role, The Skills, The Challenges |
14.00 – 14.50 |
Chair: Andrew Harrison, partner, Baxendale Case Study presentations:
Two employee representatives – one in a major wholesaler, the other in the school uniform business – give their perspective on what it takes, for reps and the business, to make a success of the representative role |
| 14.50 – 15.10 | Break |
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| 15.10 – 16.00 | Continuous Improvement - Choose 1 Of 4 Syndicates |
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| Syndicate I | Employee Ownership Health Check –
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15.10 – 16.00 |
Chair: Patrick Burns, executive director, Employee Ownership Association Case Study presentations:
Practical guidance on how to test and improve the effectiveness of your employee ownership - based on assessment tools developed for the vibrant employee owned sector in the USA. |
| Syndicate J | Shares, Trusts And Tax Audit: |
15.10 – 16.00 |
Chair: Ann Tyler, company secretary, Employee Ownership Association Case Study presentations:
Heavyweight expert advice is on hand in this session to help you evaluate your company’s use of share plans, trusts and tax advantages, and what you might need to change |
| Syndicate K | Time To Review Governance? |
15.10 – 16.00 |
Chair: Andrew Gunn, board member, Employee Ownership Association Case Study presentations:
Employee owned papermakers Tullis Russell have just completed a major review of their longstanding governance structure, and made radical changes to it. Two company figures explain why the review happened, how it was conducted, what it decided and how changes were implemented. |
| Syndicate L | How Do You Create An Employee Ownership Culture? |
15.10 – 16.00 |
Chair: TBC Case Study presentations:
Widely respected for their culture of involvement and ownership, a manufacturing company and children’s nurseries provider explain what they do to ensure employees feel like co-owners |
16.05 – 16.30 |
The Conference Takeaway High speed plenary session to help delegates take away practical ‘how-to’ tips, do’s and don’ts, key lessons – and turn ideas into action in their own companies |
| 16.30 | Conference Ends |
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