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RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS Tel 01772 885999 | Fax 01772 887336 | [email protected] Seminar 5: Linking employee ownership to reward and performance 10.123 Ownership, performance and reward at RCU - what works for us Gordon Aitken, Director RCU

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Tel 01772 885999 | Fax 01772 887336 | [email protected]

Seminar 5: Linking employee ownership to reward and performance 10.123

Ownership, performance and reward at RCU - what works for us

Gordon Aitken, Director RCU

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RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS

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About us – briefly!

Customer surveys; staff surveys; market analysis; data mining; labour market info;stakeholder perceptions; income generation; customer relations management.

Colleges and training companies

Private sector clients

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Previous Model (2002-April 2009)

• Managing Director

• Deputy Director

• EBT nominee

• 2 Non-Execs

• Right to attend

for all other staff

• Salary bonus (equal for all staff)• EBT group benefits (caravan, events)• Reinvestment

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Current Model (April 2009 onwards)

• Managing Director

• 3 Exec Directors

(Elected A shareholders)

• 3 NEDs

• Right to attend for all

other staff

• Dividend (equal for all staff)• Staff Benefits Budget (group benefits)• Reinvestment

Share Ownership

•17 voting shares awarded

after 1 year’s service.

• 6745 capital owning shares

(and 900 options) – 60 per

year of service.

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So what’s changed? This is what colleagues say

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Remuneration Structure

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Benefits and (Potential) Problems

• Collective enterprise• Motivation/innovation• Cost control• Self-adjusting remun.• Peer group impact• Reduced mgt cost• Recruitment• Transparency• Development spur• Longer perspective

• Initial legal/tax cost• Slower decision-making• Risk of “free riders”• Disenchanted “top

performers”• Small company model –

James Meade (1975)

“employee-shareholder

enterprises” c30?

Benefits Potential Problems

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Final thought

No structure works without genuine employee involvement

... but most structures will work with it.