From Founder to Future: by John Abrams
This is a book about cooperative models that can show magical ways to do business. How to transition leadership, implement shared ownership, and preserve your organization's core values to thrive for generations to come. How when employees are empowered to be active owners in the business of which they’re a part, both they and the business do better. And how, five transitions, namely, leadership, mission, management, and impact can make this happen.
The first part of the book explains the process of building a company that is mission-driven and demonstrate the meaning of the five transitions, taking examples from author's own experience. In part II, the book looks at the intricacies of the different forms of employee ownership, like the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), or the employee ownership trust (EOT). The last part is about the nuts and bolts of all this, where practical issues of ownership conversion, next-generation leadership, and participatory democratic management practices are discussed. An insight-driven book.
