November 2020

Menke Client Graham Company Reflects on Three Years of 100% Employee Ownership

In 2017, the Menke Group had the distinct pleasure of helping Philadelphia-based insurance brokers and consultants Graham Company buck industry trends by converting to 100% employee ownership. Now, in a terrific new article published on Property Casualty 360, Graham’s VP of Human Resources Karen Boyle looks back on their first three years as an ESOP…

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Upcoming Webinar: How an ESOP Can Provide Corporate and Shareholder Liquidity During the COVID-19 era

Thursday, January 14, 2020 (1:00PM – 3:00PM EST) This 2-hour web seminar is free-of-charge and will show how ESOPs can be structured to accomplish these and other objectives that may be essential to the sustainability of your company in navigating through this difficult period. The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have a financial impact on most…

Rutgers Employee Stock Ownership Plan study
ESOP Companies Outperform Other Firms During COVID-19 Pandemic

Companies with Employee Stock Ownership Plans have “drastically outperformed” traditionally owned businesses at retaining jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic by a rate of 4 to 1, according to a new report released by the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing in partnership with the Employee Ownership Foundation. This report, which…