The Beginning

Greetings to all of you as you visit this blog for the first time.  This blog was created to spread the news about ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan).  ESOPs offer the owners an exit strategy, the employees an opportunity to become owners, and the company an opportunity to conduct business in different ways that creates more value.  Sounds too good to be true - not at all.  I will guarantee that it will be hard work, as anything successful is!

This blog will expand, explain, and converse on the topics of company culture, leadership, teamwork, participation, communication and how this can drive company performance - maybe even change the world a bit.  It will touch on technical issues of ESOPs at times, but for most of this technical conversation I will redirect you to others for this sage information.

So who am I?  I am the mad doctor, the shaman of change, the challenger of the status quo, but mainly I am just Victor.  A person who has owned his own business, led an ESOP company, worked at a YMCA camp for 13 years, held numerous other positions,  and believes in the power of people.

So without a lot of noise, a very exciting event has begun.  I encourage you to come back, post your questions, throw out new ideas, and join in this wonderful conversation about employee ownership through ESOPs.