The latest from Chad Helminak

Jul 8, 2024 - by Chad Helminak, CUES

Choosing trust over fear

Over your career, who is a leader that had an impact on you? What lessons did you learn from them? How do you carry those lessons with you? In considering ...

Jan 6, 2023 - by Chad Helminak, National Credit Union Foundation (The Foundation)

Supercharging your top talent in 2023

Credit unions were established to ensure everyone has access to safe, affordable financial services. Today, more than 176 million people in America are financially unhealthy, and all signs point to ...

May 12, 2022 - by Chad Helminak, National Credit Union Foundation (The Foundation)

Tradition is the albatross around the neck of progress

May 2nd was a big day for the National Credit Union Foundation because it was the start of our first in-person Development Education (DE) program since 2019. It was thrilling ...

Dec 7, 2021 - by Chad Helminak, National Credit Union Foundation (The Foundation)

This holiday season celebrate your purpose, not promotions

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This infamous passage from The New Colossus is inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty ...

Aug 10, 2021 - by Chad Helminak, National Credit Union Foundation (The Foundation)

Avoid burnout by reinforcing purpose

Austrian author and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl once said, “When we are no longer able to change the situation, we change ourselves.” The global pandemic forced substantial changes in how ...

Feb 8, 2021 - by Chad Helminak, National Credit Union Foundation (The Foundation)

What does President Biden have to do with the Foundation’s DE program?

It’s a new year, a fresh start and we’re looking forward to celebrating our 39th year of offering the Credit Union Development Education (DE) Program! We also look ...

Apr 30, 2020 - by Chad Helminak, National Credit Union Foundation (The Foundation)

How food insecurity is spreading during COVID-19 pandemic, and what CUs should do about it

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified many of the vulnerabilities that exist in communities across the country. Food insecurity is atop this list as more Americans are looking for ways to ...

Feb 25, 2015 - by Chad Helminak, CUES

Bringing life to new ideas through credit union partnerships

“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves ...