Expand & Grow Co-ops
Expand & Grow Co-ops ⇀
Are you ready?
- Orientation
- Alignment
- Structure & capacity
Is it feasible?
- Market Study
- Financial Feasibility
- Internal Readiness
- Design Feasibility
What's the plan?
- Business Planning
- Timeline Development
- Bylaws & Membership
- Owner Capitalization
- External Capitalization
- Ongoing Support
- Store Design
Let's go
- Operations
FEATURED CASE STUDY

Building a New Equity Strategy
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Develop Your Talent
Develop Your Talent ⇀
Coaching and Mentoring
- GM Success Coaching Program
- Board/GM relations
- Mentoring
- Staff problems
Build HR Systems
- Employee handbooks
- HR Audits
- Recruiting and selecting
- Compensation Analysis
- Workplace investigations
Survey employees
- Staff satisfaction survey
- Policy compliance survey
Workplace Culture
- Open Book
- Organizational capacity
- Co-op Culture
- Crucial Conversations
FEATURED CASE STUDY

Evolving a Work Culture through Participation and Training
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Improve Operations
Improve Operations ⇀
Product Management
- Sales growth
- Pricing and margins
- Benchmarks
- Training
Staff Development
- Financial training
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Hiring and Training
- Labor management
- Margin management
- Assessments
Fresh Foods
- Deli and Prepared Foods
- Produce
Front End
- Front End Services
- Cooperative Service Training
Safety and Security
- Loss prevention
- Emergency Preparedness
Marketing and Branding
- Marketing and Branding
- Brand Audits
Interim General Management
- Interim General Management
FEATURED CASE STUDY

Meat Department Sparks Reputation for Service and Quality
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Participation
Participation ⇀
Power of Participation
- POP Overview
- Owner Engagement
- Staff Training, Development and HR
- Cooperative Service Training
- Expansions, Growth and Change
- Leadership and Communication Support
- Marketing, Communication and Merchandising
- Co-op Education and Culture
FEATURED CASE STUDY

Eastside Food Co-op Builds Enthusiasm for Co-op Development
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Cooperative Governance
Cooperative Governance ⇀
Our Approach
- Our Approach
- 4 Pillars Cooperative Governance
Our Team
- Our Team
CBLD Services
- Ongoing Hours + Retreat
- In-person events
- Enrollment
- Startups
Events
- CBL 101
- Applied Governance Topics
- Co-op Cafe
- Event Logistics
Resources
- CDS CC Library
Add-ons and Extras
- Individualized Events
- Special Deals
FEATURED CASE STUDY

Outpost's "High Five"
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Start a Co-op
Start a Co-op ⇀
4 Cornerstones in 3 Stages
- 4 Cornerstones in 3 Stages
Organizing Stage
- Orientation
- Member Outreach
- Planning
Feasibility/Planning Stage
- Market study
- Financial feasibility
- Internal readiness
- Design feasibility
What’s the plan?
- Business planning
- Timeline development
- Bylaws and membership
- Capitalization
- Store design
- Governance
- Hiring
Implementation Stage
- Operations
FEATURED CASE STUDY

Benefits of 4 in 3 Model to Launch Startup
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Develop Your Talent

Mentoring

Overview

Mentoring for Department and General Managers

Even the best players benefit from supportive coaching.

Managers also need support and coaching to be successful in their job performance. Whether you are a new or experienced manager, we can help managers at any level of a retail food store – general manager, store manager, department manager. Our mentoring services will be tailored to the particular needs and experience of your managers including:

Review all key job responsibilities and skills
Receive and critique reports
Trouble shoot problems
Education and training on best practices in the industry
Provide a sounding board for discussion of any issue

Associated Consultants

Carolee Colter

Employee Surveys, Human Resources Systems, Tools and Training

Jeanie Wells

Capacity Assessment, Transitional Planning and Coaching

Melanie Reid

Employee Surveys, Human Resources Systems, Tools and Training

Sarah Dahl

Compensation Analysis, Employee Surveys, Human Resources Systems, Tools and Training

Associated Case Studies

Empowering Teams for Greater Leadership

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Upcoming Events

CBL101

7/14/18 - Buffalo, New York

9/22/18 - Minneapolis, Minnesota

9/29/18 - Sacramento, California

Cooperative Cafe

10/6/18 - Portland, Oregon

10/13/18 - Keene, New Hampshire

10/20/18 - Philadelphia, Penn.

10/27/18 - Madison, Wisconsin

Check out our open-access library!

It is a great resource for understanding all of the particulars of good governance - from agenda planning to policy templates, you can find it all in our Library.

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