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Celebrating its 10th year, this award-winning innovative program provides ongoing support to boards and general managers (GM). Cooperative Board Leadership Development (known as CBLD and pronounced C-build) provides direct support via close contact with boards, board leaders and GMs at individual co-ops, through in-person regional sessions, and by continually adding useful resources to its open access online library. CBLD support utilizes the Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance—Teaming, Accountable Empowerment, Strategic Leadership and Democracy. The Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance model (4PCG) offers directors and managers a framework for approaching their work grounded in cooperative values. Support for GMs focuses primarily on the Board/GM relationship. About 115 co-ops are enrolled in CBLD. Participating in CBLD provides support to your co-op and our community of co-ops.