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- by Deedee Myers, DDJ Myers

What’s going on with mergers post-pandemic?

COVID-19 was the pervasive consideration dominating virtually all short-term and many long-term business decisions in 2020. Among the questions that many credit unions asked during the early months of the ...

- by Deedee Myers, DDJ Myers

How the pandemic has impacted merger rationales

Economies of scale have always represented a strong reason for credit unions to pursue mergers, and since the emergence of COVID-19, the rationale for achieving cost efficiency has become an ...

- by Deedee Myers, DDJ Myers

Realigning the board after a merger

Of all the major decisions that loom in the wake of a credit union merger, perhaps none is fraught with more political and interpersonal ramifications than what the board of ...

- by Deedee Myers, DDJ Myers

Stuck between gears

A couple of weeks ago, I pulled my bike off the garage wall, checked the tires, and started for a leisurely ride without a chartered destination. My goal was to ...

- by Deedee Myers, DDJ Myers

Interviewing in a box: Weird and necessary

Interviewing for a CEO job is not something you do every day. Even before the pandemic, interviewing for a CEO role created anxious moments for both candidates and board members. ...

- by Deedee Myers, DDJ Myers

The world as our school

The best of learning involves no school at all; “the world is school enough,” says George Leonard, a Zen philosopher and expert in Aikido. Our world today is opportunistic in ...