The Company Killers
BY MARC A. BRINGMAN When an ousted CEO is invited back to address the corporate decline since his departure, he poses a straight-to-the-point challenge to…...
Category Archives: Leaders
Executive Compensation – Let’s Talk Member Impact!
By: Clinton Koker, Koker Nelson Gregoire & Co Jerry Nelson, Koker Nelson Gregoire & Co John Gregoire, Koker Nelson…...
Conflicting Messages Create Poor Employee Morale
BY CLINTON KOKER There’s a fine line between boosting employee morale with excellent reviews and staying within budget when it comes to rewarding such excellence…....
The Mistake
BY MARC A. BRINGMAN When a failed recovery effort lands a young team leader outside the general manager’s office all he can do is sweat bullets and contemplate…...
Is your CEO’s Compensation Justifiable?
BY CLINTON KOKER Not long ago the Omaha Herald published a series of articles on the executive compensation practices of the CEO of Goodwill Industries, a non-profit…...
What CEOs Want and Deserve
BY JOHN GREGOIRE CEO reviews have a tendency to be anything but straightforward. Inconsistent comments and scores impede clarity. Worse, some CEOs are reluctant to…...
High-performance Programming
BY MICHAEL G. WINSTON, PH.D. Your credit union’s leadership is the lynchpin to its overall success. But how do you build leadership in the wake…...
Celebrate Uncertainty!
BY JIM BOUCHARD If there is one thing that’s certain for credit union leaders it’s that they will encounter uncertainty. It’s okay to view uncertain…...
Two Ways to Hedge Mortgage Servicing Rights
BY HAFIZAN HAMZAH Does your credit union service mortgage loans? If so, you’re probably familiar with the price volatility involved with mortgage servicing rights assets…....
Leadership Team Development – CUs that Learn Together Maximize Their Successes
BY CHRIS HOWARD Credit union leaders are facing a more complicated future than ever before. Paving the way to a brighter tomorrow now requires a…...
Putting Core Values to Work
BY SCOTT MCCLYMONDS The application of core values is vital to credit unions’ championship status, but what does the term “core value” mean anyway? And…...
5 Ways CUs Can Help Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
BY SCOTT MCCLYMONDS Is your credit union capitalizing on the dissatisfaction small and medium-sized businesses tend to display toward banks? Seizing such an opportunity and…...