by. Anthony Demangone Last week, I asked you this: What are the three biggest things affecting your personal performance in a negative way? Here's what you said. Here's the Here's a link to a high-density [...]
by. Erin Templer Scott Isaksen, president of Creative Problem Solving Group and a professor II of leadership and organizational behavior at the Norwegian Business School, had the CEO/chair teams attending CUES Symposium on their [...]
Seizing on the tone of the times, BayPort Credit Union staged an aggressive awareness campaign urging consumers in and around Newport News, Va., to "Ditch Your Bank"—and many of them did just that. The $[...]
by. Robin Remines Nothing is quite as important as your firewall is when it comes to your credit union’s information security efforts. It is effectively the entry point through which all things must pass. [...]
by. Henry Meier This is a story about Jack and Diane; two American kids who lost touch after a sordid affair in High School. Each of them go to college, get a job, and are [...]
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. I have always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you so let’s make the most of this beautiful day, since we’re together I might [...]
Last month we introduced part one of vintage strategies with the idea of providing mortgage lenders five ideas for a successful new year. Part one provided the first two strategies. Part two presents the remaining [...]
President Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” I offer those words of advice to the thousands of credit union officers, directors, employees and advocates who will come to Washington, D.[...]
In a couple of weeks, thousands of credit union industry representatives will be heading to Washington to attend the annual CUNA Government Affairs Conference (GAC). When folks head to Capitol Hill special consideration should be [...]
by. Amanda Brenneman This past weekend something bright, yellow and warm appeared out of nowhere here in Salem, Oregon. It was a rare sighting and something I felt faintly familiar with… After wracking my brain [...]
by. Jeff Randel Strategic thinking is not a detached process that happens once or twice each year at the all-managers meeting or your strategic planning session. Strategic thinking is a daily exercise where managers lean [...]
by. James Robert Lay We continue to share the need of a unified digital strategy for credit unions and community banks. Without one, adopting all the latest digital tools in the world from social media [...]
by. Melanie Friedrichs Fifty years ago, there was only one way to open an account: head downtown to your local bank, find a clerk, and ask him or her to help you. Today, you can [...]
by. Joe Swatek I’ve written about many of the techniques direct mail marketers use to encourage prospects to open the envelope and examine its contents. Here’s a newer version of a decades-old technique. [...]
by. Henry Meier Well, it’s all but official that no major tax reform, let alone tax reform putting the credit union tax exemption at risk, will take place this year. Not only is the [...]
