Cooperative Management Certificate from Co-op Cincy

12-week course on the power of cooperative businesses

Offered in partnership with Xavier Leadership Center

At a time when our world confronts climate crisis, rising inequality, and withering institutions, we have to rethink the way we do business, including how we organize companies.

In this certificate program, we explore the power of cooperative structures to align incentives and make our businesses profoundly accountable to workers, environments, and communities. We also discuss mindsets, techniques, and processes to unleash the collective wisdom of employees and enable companies to be high-performing, resilient workplaces that negotiate uncertainty and complexity in an ever-changing world.

Participants acquire a detailed understanding of how to structure and run businesses that implement cooperative and democratic organizational models, from worker cooperatives to companies with Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).

Subjects covered include:

• Basics of cooperative businesses models

• Intro to democratic workplaces

• Case studies of cooperative businesses

• Organizational development

• Participatory and cooperative management practices

• Open book management and the Great Game of Business

• Business and financial models

• Team development

Readings and other resources will be provided. Classes may include guest speakers.

More at the link:

https://coopcincy.org/certificate