CUInsight Minute with Lauren Culp – January 24, 2020
Our favorites from the week in sixty seconds.
Welcome to the CUInsight Minute, sixty seconds from our Publisher & CEO Lauren Culp with the top three of our favorite things from the week.
Mentioned this week:
Debit cards continue to be one of the safest ways to transact
by TOM CHURCH-ADAMS, CO-OP FINANCIAL SERVICES
Over the past decade, consumers have enjoyed a large and growing number of choices for making payments. Picking one for a particular transaction generally has come down to two things: user convenience and merchant acceptance. A third consideration, however, is emerging. (read more)
Burritos and Brands: Is a good branch manager worth $100,000?
by MARK ARNOLD, ON THE MARK STRATEGIES
An age-old adage of retail go something like this: “hire for attitude and train for skills.” But just how accurate is that in 2020? For decades, financial institutions have searched high and low for qualified and talented staff that could serve both the consumer-facing and back-office arenas. (read more)
The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded
by MICHAEL D WATKINS, HBR
Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. (read more)
