Summer reading for credit union leaders

by CUES Skybox

by. Heidi Overman

One of the things I look at when choosing speakers for big CUES events is what books potential presenters have written. Here are three-sentence summaries of books by upcoming presenters that I thought were neat. Hope you’ll agree, and add them to your summer reading list–then consider hearing the speakers in person at a CUES event.


Leading Change by John P. Kotter

Change is inevitable for survival (think “Darwin”), but change can often be difficult, painful and slow. This is often due to the interconnectedness of things. (When you change one thing in a system, it impacts others things). Thus, change usually means changing everything (that’s why everyone needs to be involved), and it’s more than likely that you will never get complete or perfect change.

Tom Flick, leadership and change expert for Kotter International, the company John Kotter founded to arm leaders to tackle the challenges of change in today’s world, will provide the opening keynote at CEO/Executive Team Network, slated for Nov. 2-5 in Amelia Island, Fla.

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