The history of employee ownership in America goes back to innovator and founding father, Benjamin Franklin. In 1733 Franklin dispatched journeymen printers to all corners of the nascent American territory with the aim of setting up printing shops. Franklin devised a start-up model which included his fronting of the set-up expenses for each shop and, [...]

Communication – the word and concept – can mean many things. The chosen outcome of our messages can vary as well. On any given day in your working life, your reason for communicating varies. Perhaps your goal is to compel action. Or, maybe, to correct performance. In other cases, there may be a need to [...]