Advancing women in the credit union industry

View content about financial freedom for women, leadership and volunteering insights, and the tight rope that female leaders often walk.

What do you want from your life? Personally? Professionally? Financially? In the latest issue of Advancing Women, we bring you a video from  Bridget Grimes, CFP, founder of WealthChoice, who discusses financial freedom and what stops women from achieving it.

For professional fulfillment, check out our feature article about finding a leadership style within yourself. And then read about creating a credit union culture in which women can better learn and develop professionally.

If your goal is for more personal fulfillment through volunteering, read what several credit union board chairs and directors say about their involvement in the industry and how you could translate that to any kind of volunteering.

It’s been 10 years since the Global Women’s Leadership Network was formed. GWLN Chair Susan Mitchell looks back on the progress made and talks about what’s to come in 2020. I had the great pleasure of attending my first Sister Society meeting this past spring and it felt wonderful to be in a room with other smart, capable women looking to lean on and learn from each other. I highly encourage joining the network and finding a local chapter.

 

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