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
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
- Meat and Seafood
- Deli and Prepared Foods
- Produce
Front End
- Front End Services
Safety and Security
- Loss prevention
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
- Expansions, Growth and Change
- Leadership and Communication Support
- Marketing, Communication and Merchandising
Member owner programs
- Best Practices
More About Participation
- Cooperative Education
- Co-op Culture
- Tell Your Co-op Story
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
- Add-ons
- Enrollment
- Startups
Resources
- CDS CC Library
Events
- CBL 101
- Cooperative Cafe
- Leadership Training (Add-on)
- Online Events (NEW!)
- Event Logistics
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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Start a Co-op

Hiring

Overview

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

Hiring a General Manager

Every co-op needs good management. Hiring a General Manager is one of the most important decisions your board will make.

Our consultants can assist you with developing and implementing a good, professional process more likely to lead to a good decisions. Our services include:

Developing a process for GM hiring
Recruitment and screening
Support and consultation

Associated Consultants

Capacity Assessment, Transitional Planning and Coaching

Employee Surveys, Human Resources Systems, Tools and Training

Associated Case Studies

Upcoming Events

CBL101

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Cooperative Cafe

10/7/17 - Hood River, Oregon

10/14/17 - Arlington, Virginia

10/21/17 - Ann Arbor, Michigan

10/28/17 - Madison, Wisconsin [NEW DATE]

11/4/17 - Keene, New Hampshire [NEW DATE]

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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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