Building Partnerships Across Race and Class
By Jade Barker 179 July-August 2015 Cooperative grocery stores across the country are making efforts to integrate their cooperatives across race and class. How did they get into this work? What are they doing? What [...]
Video Field Guide: Tips for Facilitating Board Meetings
Michael Healy and Mark Goehring are shooting the breeze in this casual (and short) video recording featuring some great pointers for boards and meeting facilitators to help get you through your meeting agendas on target [...]
Video Field Guide: Connecting Policy Governance and the 4 Pillars
Use the Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance to increase effectiveness of the board’s work.
Video Field Guide: Four Pillars – Accountable Empowerment Part 2
Further explanation of the cycle of empowerment and accountability and how it functions on behalf of co-op owners.
Video Field Guide: Introduction to the Four Pillars
Succinct introduction to the Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance: Teaming, Accountable Empowerment, Democracy and Strategic Leadership, and how these concepts strengthen co-ops and communities. This video is a fantastic resource for board training and team-building [...]
Orienting New Directors
An effective orientation for new directors can help your board quickly integrate and benefit from the contributions of its newest members – shortening and decreasing the intensity of the naturally occurring “storming” phase that occurs [...]
