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How Ready Is Your Business for Employee Ownership?

Written by Dr Craig West | Sep 15, 2026, 1:27:36 AM

Employee Ownership Readiness Scorecard

Discover Your Employee Ownership Readiness Score in Less Than 3 Minutes

 

Business owners across Australia are facing the same challenge:

How do you retain key people, reduce succession risk, and build long-term business value without slowing growth?

Employee ownership can play an important role in succession planning, employee retention and long-term business growth. This assessment gives you a quick snapshot of where your business stands today and where employee ownership may fit into your future plans.

What You'll Discover

After completing the scorecard, you'll receive:

✅ Your Employee Ownership Readiness Score
✅ Key succession planning strengths and gaps
✅ Leadership team readiness assessment
✅ Retention and key person risk indicators
✅ Recommended ownership and succession strategies
✅ Practical next steps tailored to your score

Who Should Complete This Assessment?

This scorecard is ideal for:

•    Business owners
•    Managing Directors
•    CEOs
•    Founders
•    Family business leaders
•    Businesses considering succession planning 
•    Organisations exploring employee ownership 
•    Companies with existing ESOPs looking to benchmark their position

Why Business Owners Are Exploring Employee Ownership

Employee ownership is increasingly being used to:

Retain key people

Strengthen leadership accountability

Improve employee engagement

Support succession planning

Preserve business legacy

Build long-term enterprise value

When implemented correctly, ownership can create alignment between business performance, employee contribution and long-term growth.

 

What's Your Employee Ownership Readiness Score?

Join hundreds of business owners who are benchmarking their succession readiness and exploring what employee ownership could mean for the future of their business.

Complete the assessment and receive your personalised score today.