How to pitch your 2020 professional development plan
It’s a great time right now, as many credit unions develop their budgets for 2020, to plan what you (and your team members) want to learn next year. It’...
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3 ways to win the war for board talent
There’s an old adage that if you want to get something done, find someone busy to do it. And there’s a limited supply of those busy people. Put ...
How to attract top talent on a credit union-sized budget
Some financial organizations that compete with credit unions for talent can say to candidates, “If you come here and work out, you’ll be a millionaire before you’re 30”—...
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 ...
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 ...