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22nd Aug, 2022

Cooperative Board Leadership Development: Mid-Year Report

By |2023-05-05T20:04:56-04:00August 22nd, 2022|

The Columinate Cooperative Board Leadership Development (CBLD) program provides annual board support that includes monthly consulting, facilitated board retreats, board training, and resource development. CBLD helps boards take advantage of their collective knowledge and talents, identify their annual goals, and connect with specific resources for their challenges of the moment. The program is run and staffed by industry professionals with experience and expertise in a variety of areas, and it can help to broaden the knowledge base each co-op has to draw upon to meet their goals.

26th May, 2022

General Manager Development Program Supports New and Veteran GMs

By |2023-05-05T20:05:09-04:00May 26th, 2022|

Managing a food co-op takes a large and varied set of skills, some of which even a highly talented general manager might need help developing. With an updated curriculum and a roster of talented instructors, the GM Development Program provides both new and veteran GMs with the support and the tools they need to successfully manage and lead their food co-op.

18th Jan, 2022

CBLD Resource Spotlight: Updated Policy Register Template

By |2023-05-05T20:05:25-04:00January 18th, 2022|

The new year is a time for reflection and revision, and co-op boards are no exception. Whether your board has just decided to implement Policy Governance® or your board wants to refresh existing policies, the updated 2021 Policy Register Template provides a great opportunity to start these conversations.

30th Dec, 2021

The Co-op Cafe: Looking Back at 2021 and What to Expect in 2022

By |2023-05-05T20:05:30-04:00December 30th, 2021|

For nearly a decade, the Columinate Co-op Cafe has been a way for workers, directors, consumer-owners, and leaders in the cooperative movement to gather, connect, learn, and tackle relevant issues. Although the Co-op Cafe looked a bit different in 2021, the event survived and, in some ways, even thrived in the face of adversity.

22nd May, 2020

Virtual CBL 101 Resource Guide

By |2023-05-05T20:05:57-04:00May 22nd, 2020|

Download the CBL 101 Reader History, Principles, and Values “Cooperative Principles Updated,” by Ann Hoyt, available on p. 14 in the Reader. “Rochdale Pioneers and the Cooperative Principles,” by Brett Fairbairn. From The Meaning of Rochdale: the Rochdale Pioneers and the co-operative principles, (Canada: Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan), 1994. Collective Courage: [...]

26th Feb, 2020

Co-op Cafe 2020 Resources

By |2023-03-24T18:10:39-04:00February 26th, 2020|

A Handful of Resources (among many possibilities) Video Postcards -- COMING SOON! CE Pugh - CEO - National Co+op Grocers Alissa Van Nort - Facilitator, Consultant, Mediator, Workshop Leader - Seewalk Group Leslie Watson - Governance, Startup Strategist - Columinate Cynefin framework: Cultivating Leadership’s video explainer on cynefin: “A Leader’s Framework for Decision-Making,” by David Snowden & Mary Boone, Harvard Business [...]

25th Jan, 2018

Is An Owner Capital Campaign Right For Your Co-op?

By |2023-05-05T20:05:49-04:00January 25th, 2018|

It seems like many co-ops are either in the middle of, just finished, or are about to start a project. And all of those projects need adequate capital to be successful. Raising money from co-op owners has become a standard component of project capitalization and the amounts co-ops are raising has been growing.

11th Jan, 2018

Telling Stories with Intention

By |2023-05-05T20:05:50-04:00January 11th, 2018|

In our digitally-connected universe, there has been an explosion of stories—and many of them come to us like processed food. Quick, canned, too many empty calories. So much of what people encounter in the form of news or stories about organizations or individuals feels inconsequential or insincere. All of us have experienced what that feels like, wading through an information overload to try to [...]

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