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:

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


