How millennials can overcome imposter syndrome
You’ve worked your whole life to lead up to this moment. You’ve put in the hours, studied your heart out, and visualized this achievement again and again. Ane now, you've landed a big [...]
Posts Tagged ‘culture’
Networking: The table full of credit union employees doesn’t generate more business
You’ve likely been to at least one networking event in the past 6 months that included a meal, or at least tables where folks sit down for a program of some sort. Usually this [...]
Beyond relief: Why Project Storm Break matters
180,000 homes. 30,000 buildings. 150,000 lives. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 will forever be a day Haitians remember with a sense of sorrow. Members throughout Haiti’s credit union movement were hurting. Their [...]
Service never goes out of style
When you’ve been in business for over 40 years, you learn a number of things about change. Business, society, technology, and people evolve. Forty years ago we didn’t have cell phones, the Walkman [...]
Why culture matters
In today’s marketplace, one of your greatest competitive advantages is your company culture. It speaks volumes about you. Culture tells employees what it’s like to work with you, and culture tells members what [...]
The CUInsight Experience podcast: Bob Trunzo – Pushing and driving change (#32)
Welcome to episode 32 of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com. On this episode, Randy is chatting with Bob Trunzo the president and CEO of CUNA Mutual [...]
The CUInsight Experience podcast: Adrian Johnson – Culture of caring (#28)
Welcome to episode 28 of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com. Today’s guest is Adrian Johnson the senior vice president and chief financial officer of MECU [...]
3 ways to win the war for board talent
There’s an old adage that if you want to get something done, find someone busy to do it. And there’s a limited supply of those busy people. Put those two ideas together and [...]
The power of monthly giving—to you and credit unions
The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions is rolling out a new feature to ensure everyone across our movement has an opportunity to #DoGlobalGood for members everywhere—a Monthly Giving Program. A monthly giving program is [...]
Executive compensation in a merger
The success of credit union mergers is largely dependent upon CEOs' perceptions of the process. There are typically many unknowns when a credit union is first approached as a merger partner. Of course, human nature [...]
How to make your sales culture work for everyone
“We are a pride of lions,” the Chief People Officer said. “Everyone participates in the hunt. We run down our prey together.” He was proudly describing the new work culture senior leadership was trying to [...]
How to build your human capital
It’s Back – The War On Talent! The challenge to find and build a great team. Unemployment is reaching new lows, and for now this economy is rockin’. While that is good news, it means [...]
Why culture is critical to your success
No one wants to work in a bad office environment. As the leader of your organization, you set the tone and expectations for other managers and employees to follow. And even if you feel confident [...]
Why would a good executive leave a seat at the table?
In 2015, Leslie Miley was Twitter’s only black lead engineer. Upon his separation from Twitter, he published a post on Medium discussing the conflicted environment he worked in: On one hand, Twitter was a [...]
Your strategic execution depends on your culture
Your credit union’s culture has its foundation in the simple rules or norms that influence the thoughts, emotions and behaviors of your employees in various workplace situations. Norms can become established unconsciously or consciously, [...]