Cooperative lawyer and organizer Clark Arrington recently passed away. Clark was inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame in 2021.
A pragmatic visionary, Clark Arrington used his legal training to address capital formation for worker cooperatives. From developing bylaws that established capital accounts to pioneering preferred stock that maintained democratic control, Arrington has had a foundational influence on worker cooperatives.
Bosses play no role in fostering a sense of meaningfulness at work -- but they do have the capacity to destroy it and should stay out of the way, new research shows.
The study by researchers at the University of Sussex and the University of Greenwich shows that quality of leadership receives virtually no mention when people describe meaningful moments at work, but poor management is the top destroyer of meaningfulness.
Published in MIT Sloan Management Review, the research indicates that, rather than being similar to other work-related attitudes, such as engagement or commitment, meaningfulness at work tends to be intensely personal and individual, and is often revealed to employees as they reflect on their work.
Thus what managers can do to encourage meaningfulness is limited, though what they can do to introduce meaninglessness is unfortunately of far greater capacity.
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A mainstay in the Powderhorn neighborhood of south Minneapolis has reopened under new ownership – the worker-owners who are now running it as a co-op. FOX 9’s Maury Glover has the story.
Heritage Cooperative, Inc. and Agland Co-op, Inc. announced that they have entered into negotiations to consider a possible merger of the two cooperatives. The boards of directors of both cooperatives on Tuesday entered into a letter of intent to work toward an agreement of merger.
The boards of directors of both cooperatives believe a merger provides increased opportunities to diversify risks and expand member benefits.
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Ayne-Alem
January 15, 2025, 9:10 am
I'm proud of you dad
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