RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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Ownership, performance and reward at RCU - what works for us
Gordon Aitken, Director RCU
RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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About us – briefly!
Customer surveys; staff surveys; market analysis; data mining; labour market info;stakeholder perceptions; income generation; customer relations management.
Colleges and training companies
Private sector clients
RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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Previous Model (2002-April 2009)
• Managing Director• Deputy Director• EBT nominee• 2 Non-Execs• Right to attend
for all other staff• Salary bonus (equal for all staff)• EBT group benefits (caravan, events)• Reinvestment
RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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Current Model (April 2009 onwards)
• Managing Director• 3 Exec Directors
(Elected A shareholders)
• 3 NEDs• Right to attend for all
other staff• Dividend (equal for all staff)• Staff Benefits Budget (group benefits)• Reinvestment
Share Ownership•17 voting shares awarded after 1 year’s service.
• 6745 capital owning shares (and 900 options) – 60 per year of service.
RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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So what’s changed? This is what colleagues say
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RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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Remuneration Structure
RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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Benefits and (Potential) Problems
• Collective enterprise• Motivation/innovation• Cost control• Self-adjusting remun.• Peer group impact• Reduced mgt cost• Recruitment• Transparency• Development spur• Longer perspective
• Initial legal/tax cost• Slower decision-making• Risk of “free riders”• Disenchanted “top
performers”• Small company model –
James Meade (1975) “employee-shareholder enterprises” c30?
Benefits Potential Problems
RCU, Buckingham House, Glovers Court, Preston, PR1 3LS
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Final thought
No structure works without genuine employee involvement
... but most structures will work with it.