When it comes to bank or credit union leadership … no cheat days allowed!

You might be starting a fitness journey this year. And even these regimens allow for cheat days – days where you can ditch the kale shakes and enjoy some delectable donuts or french fries. Better yet, these treats don’t damage your progress too much if you limit cheat days.

Community bank and credit union leadership is not like a fitness program. It’s actually a lot harder because there are absolutely no cheat days!

What does that mean? Let’s take a look.

The endless treadmill

Community bank and credit union leadership is a treadmill without a pause button. It’s always going. Sometimes faster. Sometimes slower. But always going nonetheless. It’s tiring, it’s rewarding and it’s hard to do without some serious motivation.

 

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