CBLD Policy Template for Startups
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Sep, 2014
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May, 2021
GM Development Program
Leaders in the co-op industry have long identified the challenge of finding General Managers with the skills to successfully lead a co-op. Even the best candidate in a board’s qualified candidate pool likely lacks some of the skills necessary to lead and manage a successful food co-op. Columinate’s experienced team of grocery retail experts is well qualified to address [...]
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Apr, 2022
Mighty Community Markets Grocery Bootcamp
Mighty Community Markets receives national award for Cooperative Innovation & Achievement. Read more >> NEW for 2024 Mighty Community Markets Intensives INTENSIVES Offer a deeper dive into an additional topic area. These are supplemental courses covering material not included in the Boot Camp designed for stores who are [...]
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Apr, 2021
Columinate Job Board
It can be challenging to find the right place to post your job openings and attract qualified candidates. The new Columinate Job Board will make it easy to post and fill all positions. Columinate Job Board Visit the Columinate Job Board Post once, Post far! Job listings submitted through the [...]
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Apr, 2021
Retail Grocery
Columinate’s roots are in helping people be successful in retail grocery. We grew up with food co-ops and natural foods independent retailers and we have a top-tier set of experts who know what it takes to run successful grocery stores. Our consultants are teachers as well as experts and understand that the store’s management and staff will be the ones to create [...]
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Oct, 2016
Policy Register Template Users’ Guide
Co-op boards that use Policy Governance® write policies as a way to codify their agreements for how they will work together, how they will delegate responsibility to management, and what authority they will then actually delegate. Our CBLD team of consultants created this set of template policies based on what we saw does or doesn’t work for most food co-op boards, and we periodically [...]
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Nov, 2020
HR Surveys
"Employees are facing innumerable challenges, offering them a moment to give voice to their challenges and triumphs feels like the right thing to do" No matter how closely you work with your staff, there are some things that aren’t openly discussed. Regularly conducting well designed employee surveys is an effective way to bring these aspects to light and hear directly from [...]
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Aug, 2021
Board Self-Evaluation: Monitoring your Board’s Policies
Boards that want to provide the best leadership possible will regularly evaluate their own performance to highlight successes and areas needing improvement. Using your board’s stated policy agreements as the basis of your assessment offers one straightforward approach to self-evaluation.
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Jul, 2019
Cooperative Board Leadership Development Program (CBLD)
It’s Time to Enroll in CBLD 2024! Early Bird Enrollment Now Open Our Cooperative Board Leadership Development (CBLD) team is looking ahead to another great year of supporting your organization’s success through our award-winning CBLD program. Now in its 20th year, CBLD provides an annual program of board support that includes monthly consulting, facilitated board retreats, a wealth of online webinars [...]
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Mar, 2019
Training & Events
COVID-19 NOTICE: Columinate is monitoring continued developments concerning the COVID-19 virus. Continue to check this space for new development and learning opportunities. Columinate offers education and training solutions in key competency areas tailored to your organizational needs We recognize that learning is critical for attaining success and development for your communities. We can cater a training program to [...]