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Obran Cooperative

Social CEOs

Obran Cooperative

Program · About 6 months of matching, then a full-time role · For: Owners / executives

A leadership pipeline, not a course: Obran recruits and places CEOs for businesses it converts to worker ownership. It shows a concrete model for how a co-op holding company supplies leadership to the businesses it buys. Relevant to executives thinking about running an employee-owned company.

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Problems it helps with

  • I've run companies and want my next role to build wealth for workers
  • I don't know what it's like to answer to worker-owners
  • How do you lead a company you don't own and can't sell?

What it covers

  • Six-step process from application to joining a business
  • About six months assessing acquisition opportunities with Obran's corporate development team
  • Shared services (accounting, HR, tech, marketing) backing each Social CEO
  • Leading for growth and for the worker-owners' long-term value

Topics: Community and collective governance · Ownership models · Strategy