Why every credit union needs a brand ambassador
Four years ago, a local financial institution came to my school to give a one-hour financial literacy workshop. The banker walked in and started droning on: “I’m from the ...
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Access to relevant, timely NCUA information more important than ever
It is now more important than ever to ensure credit unions have timely access to necessary information from NCUA, CUNA wrote to the agency Monday. NCUA issued a request for ...
February jobs report stronger than anticipated; NAFCU expects robust gains in coming months
The Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed non-farm payrolls increased by 379,000 in February, with the unemployment rate dipping to 6.2 percent. NAFCU Chief Economist and Vice President of ...
You can get grandiose results with garden-variety data
The hype around artificial intelligence and other neural technologies has spun up some pretty fantastic tall tales, a few scary enough to make a person want to drop completely off ...
Ditch doubt, dig in, and see what you can do
If Amy Nelson, president/CEO of $103 million asset Point West Credit Union, Portland, Ore., could offer her younger self some advice, it would be this: “Don’t waste time ...
What marathon training has taught me about team dynamics
COVID has left me a little stir crazy, and one way I decided to cope with that was by setting a big goal: running a marathon at the end of ...
Courageous Conversations: The challenges for women
We need courage in many different kinds of conversations. Typical examples include handling conflict, confronting a co-worker, expressing an unpopular idea on a team, asking for a favor, saying no ...
Work from home presents risk for some staff
For years, some members of our staff have lobbied for the flexibility to work from home. I have resisted because I believe a key success factor for our credit union ...