Developing your beta version
A colleague recently shared an article with me titled, “A Nudge for Learners to Stay in a Continuous Beta State,” by Damodar Padhi. In it, Padhi writes about how we ...
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Apply the rigor of financial management to talent development
Credit unions spend a lot of time and effort managing their financial capital. I think the time is near when they will manage human capital with equal rigor—and benefit ...
Growth or recession? 4 ways to become ambidextrous
Some people—about 1 percent of the population—can use their right and left hands equally well. Right now, credit union leaders must learn to be similarly ambidextrous—prepared to ...
Talent management is tough, but there’s reason for optimism
The war for talent can feel like an overused buzzword these days, yet the battles you face in the hiring and retention trenches are real. U.S. unemployment is the ...
Talent and technology top 2019 worry list
I regularly travel to visit credit union leaders and I always ask them: “What’s keeping you up at night?” Looking ahead to 2019, I’m not at all surprised ...
Get more from mentorship
This column is adapted from the foreword to CUES Guide to Effective Mentorship, a benefit of all levels of CUES membership. Mentorship is an important tool in the leadership development ...
Chase perfection to catch excellence in talent development
In a recent episode of the CUES Podcast, host James Lenz asked me if there might be a quote I try to live by professionally. James, our manager of professional ...
Chance and choice in talent development
In Ali: A Life, author Jonathan Eig tells an interesting story about world-class boxer Muhammad Ali as an adolescent. One day Ali and his friends were out bicycling when it ...