The latest from Chary Krout

Mar 27, 2024 - by Chary Krout, Cultivate

Ensuring successful change adaptation when it’s needed the most

It isn’t unusual in times of significant change – like a merger, a new CEO hire, or member program changes – for leaders to want to wait until ALL details are ...

Jun 23, 2023 - by Chary Krout, Cultivate

Is cohort training a silver bullet?

Early on in my career, I remember attending an all-day new manager training. It was in-person, hosted by a big-name provider, and the course description assured my employer that I’...

Oct 3, 2022 - by Chary Krout, Cultivate

The most critical component of 2023 planning

Gallup’s 2022 State of the Global Workplace Report stated that 60% of people are emotionally detached at work and 19% are miserable. A quick review of the CUInsight Weekly ...

Mar 31, 2022 - by Chary Krout, Cultivate

Attraction and retention metrics: Go deeper to drive change and employee engagement

No one wants to become a casualty of the Great Resignation. But utilizing traditional people metrics alone won’t provide the insights needed to create higher employee engagement levels. By ...

May 19, 2021 - by Chary Krout, Cultivate

Organizational design: Is your CU set up to support your strategy?

The world is evolving quicker than ever and financial services is not exempt from these market changes. Through these changing times, credit unions have helped members find new ways to ...

Nov 9, 2020 - by Chary Krout, Cultivate

How to grow employee resilience

There’s no doubt that the unprecedented change and struggle this year has challenged us all to build and maintain resilience. Resiliency, commonly defined as the ability to quickly recover ...

May 18, 2020 - by Chary Krout, Cultivate

Leadership will impact employee experience now more than ever


How we return our people to our offices and branches will be one of the most important employee engagement activities this year. Not only will our re-entry impact the bottom ...