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- by Meridith Elliott Powell, MotionFirst

5 shocking succession planning statistics

Competitive, challenging and constantly changing – that is today’s marketplace. As a leader, there is so little you can control, so many shifts happening that can negatively impact your ability ...

- by Meridith Elliott Powell, MotionFirst

How to lead your team through uncertainty

I just stepped off stage in Philadelphia PA, I was speaking to an audience of about 250 CEOs, all concerned, understandably, about the uncertainty in the marketplace. We closed the ...

- by Meridith Elliott Powell, MotionFirst

4 reasons the great resignation may be over

Last year, more than 4 million people left their jobs voluntarily each month, making it so difficult for credit union leaders today to find and more so retain talent. If ...

- by Meridith Elliott Powell, MotionFirst

How to build a culture of succession

Far too often we think about succession planning as a C-Suite problem or opportunity. We think it is a smart strategy to have our board of directors and CEO focus ...

- by Meridith Elliott Powell, MotionFirst

Recession changes everything

Okay, I know some of you don’t want to talk recession. And I get it, I mean there is this feeling out there that if you just don’t ...

- by Meridith Elliott Powell, MotionFirst

5 innovative strategies to drive fee income

So here we go again!  Rising interest rates, threat of inflation, and consumer demand and spending starting to decline. You know what that means? Yes, it is time once again ...