The latest from Julie R Ferguson

Sep 9, 2022 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

Hold out your hand: Lessons from Brandi Carlile

Many of us in the Pacific Northwest have known and loved Brandi Carlile for years. When she won big at the 2019 Grammys and stole the show with her stunning ...

Mar 10, 2022 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

How CEOs can help support business development

Dear CEOs, Business development can be effective without CEO involvement but your support can help in opening more doors. Business development is a team sport and you are the coaches ...

Sep 28, 2021 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

Financial wellness begins with your employees

A couple weeks ago I was collaborating with a business development leader at a credit union about different ways to go about creating a financial wellness educational program that can ...

Jun 1, 2021 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

Business development: Reflecting on relationships

Are your SEG and community contacts more likely to take your call, join you for a quick virtual meeting or ghost you? This past year has decidedly confirmed the belief ...

Mar 22, 2021 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

A missing link

On the surface, our business partners and SEG HR leaders understand the value a credit union partnership offers their employees and business, but there is a missing link – the impact ...

Dec 3, 2020 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

Business development needs branch managers

Dear Branch Managers: Business development is a team sport that needs your active participation to be on top of its game.  Influencers in your branch market area, local organizations/associations, ...

Jun 18, 2020 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

Lifestyle education creates business development opportunities

For the past two months I have been going on socially distant walks with my neighbor, Shannon Quimby. She is an international salvage DIY luminary, photo stylist for magazines like ...

Mar 17, 2020 - by Julie R Ferguson, JRF Consulting

Business development from a distance

We business development professionals thrive on interacting, helping people face to face, being in our communities and at our SEGs. But now, during these unprecedented times, we are being challenged ...