Workplace Development Inc. (WDI) provides innovative ESOP communication, training, and ownership culture services that maximize the impact of having an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our tools and services communicate the benefits of employee ownership, build ownership thinking, eliminate confusion about ownership, and connect daily work to ESOP rewards. For more than 30 years, our principals Jim Bado and Cathy Ivancic have created cutting edge services that have become part of the landscape of the national employee ownership community. Their contributions include the first Employee Owner Retreat (1994), Certified Employee Owner (CEO) train-the-trainer programs, Roles and Responsibilities programs, ESOP Committee Development Series, the "ESOP Game" business simulation. We'll help your leaders, committee members, and other internal advocates to build enthusiasm for employee ownership to gain more of the performance benefits of sharing ownership.