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Five Steps to Resolving Conflicts

Five Steps to Resolving Conflicts

How to Keep Your Side on Your Side or Five Steps to Resolving Conflicts Pretend you’re the leader of a group. You all know what the mission is. You may even have specific plans to accomplish specific things. And then conflict breaks out. People are arguing. Others are taking

INFRA Co-op Profile: Prairie Food Co-op

The National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a business services cooperative with over 160 member co-ops that it supports. Not every co-op however is a member of NCG. The Independent Natural Foods Retailers Association (INFRA) is also a cooperative that supports 300 independent grocers with over 520 storefronts. Co-ops such

Board Presidents' Roundtable: Why It Works

Board Presidents' Roundtable: Why It Works

After attending the Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) 2025 conference in Duluth, Minnesota, I came home energized. I was inspired by the people I met, the ideas exchanged, and, perhaps most importantly, the realization that so many of us are grappling with similar challenges. I didn’t want that spark