It’s time to enroll in CBLD 09!

CBLD (Cooperative Board Leadership Development, most easily pronounced C-Build) is a program to support the continual improvement of your food co-op board.

The program’s features are designed to help your board continually improve.

CBLD is a calendar-year program with an annual fee. The enrollment process runs from mid-October through mid-December for the following year.

More than 60 co-ops participated in the program in 2008.
Program features include:

  • Planning and facilitation of your board retreat
  • Onoing customizable consulting hours
  • CBL101 (Cooperative Board Leadership 101)
  • Online recorded workshops
  • New for CBLD 09: The Field Guide to Effective Governance

An evaluation of CBLD was recently ­conducted with about 100 responses from 58 co-ops. Responses were received from general managers, board leaders and board members.

Ninety-eight percent would recommend the program to another co-op board, with the following breakout:

Pie chart showing 32% already have, 55% definitely would, 11% probably would

Don’t have a CBLD 09 input and ­enrollment packet?

E-mail or call Mark Goehring to receive yours! MarkGoehring@cdsconsulting.coop, 802-380-3824

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