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Engineering Professionals
Learn the Language of Business

"At Parametrix we have a strong ownership culture that we want to sustain and grow. As part of this we expect employees to learn of the language of business," says Darlene Brown, Parametrix Chief Financial Officer, an employee-owned planning, engineering, and environmental consulting firm. The company’s business owner training program supports their strategic goal to help each employee-owner reach his/her full potential, and enhance share value by creating a deeper understanding of key business indicators like project multipliers, billings and collections. The business owner training program makes "the numbers" come alive for employees who may not have a financial focus.

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Deal or No Deal?
An Unspoken ESOP Question

If you’re yearning for people to appreciate the full benefits of being employee owned, consider how you can link your communications to a pop-culture phenomenon. Fun, learning events based on game shows like “Jeopardy”, “Deal or No Deal” and “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?” have provided our ESOP clients with rich opportunities to teach people about risk, reward, and the real meaning of “taking ownership.”

Our clients often ask us to develop presentations that will engage employees and focus people on thinking and acting like owners. Surprisingly game show themes – though ‘low brow’ and ‘a bit silly’ --have been a great backdrop for the kind of in-depth ownership thinking our clients want to develop.

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