Paulette LaDouceur

Paulette LaDouceur is the General Manager of Capital Homecare Cooperative, a worker-owned homecare cooperative in Olympia, Washington. She joined the cooperative as a caregiver in 2021 and later served as a member-owner, board chair, and care coordinator before moving into leadership. She speaks from firsthand experience about worker ownership and caregiving.

Employee Ownership Takes Hold Through Transparency, Voice, and Shared Responsibility

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program’s report *What Employee Ownership Means to Workers* finds that a legal stake alone does not make employees feel like owners. Drawing on focus groups with 85 workers at 12 companies, it argues that ownership becomes meaningful when employees can understand the business, share in its financial outcomes and help shape decisions. The report also finds that how those opportunities work depends on the ownership model and the practices companies build around it.

The Aspen InstituteNov 3, 202614 min read