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May 30, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Pamela Mills-Senn |Jim Devine |Peter Myers
Ask Google for the “top business books of all time” and you’ll get some great titles: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Good to Great by Jim Collins and many others. While a lot of good has come to people and organizations who’ve read these books and applied the authors’ ideas, there’s a problem with leading only with the advice of the latest best-sellers, excellent as they may be.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Sam Plester |Rebecca M. Riordan |Jim Devine
3 minutes Teaching managers how to do their jobs better is often overlooked—but shouldn’t be. At CUES we’ve been talking a lot lately about the pressure credit union managers feel between the performance focus of leadership and the day-to-day needs of their direct reports. We’ve considered how managers’ development is often overlooked, especially when high-performing individual contributors are promoted to management but not trained in the success skills required for that new role.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Sam Plester |Rebecca M. Riordan |Jim Devine
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Sam Plester |Rebecca M. Riordan |Jim Devine
6 minutes Leaves of absence can be complex; read on to avoid issues in these areas when administering FMLA or other types of leaves. This article is reprinted with permission from Trüpp. Read the original blog post here. If you have ever administered a leave of absence, you probably understand how complicated the procedures and timelines can be. Details such as employee count, type of leave or employee location can impact the leave administration process.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Sam Plester |Rebecca M. Riordan |Jim Devine
5 minutes While you can’t control how others receive your message, you can boost your chances of a positive outcome by being clear, curious and calm. It seems like there are innumerable tough conversations to be had in the workplace—for situations like mediocre performance reviews, cancelled projects, peer feedback and so on. The five tips below will help you prepare ahead of time, so you’re positioned for better outcomes more often.
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Apr 24, 2023 | 
cuinsight.com | Jim Devine
In March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a new rule that will require lenders to collect and report key data points about their small-business lending, including information about business loan pricing, loan denials, business owner demographics, and minority- and women-owned business enterprise status. CFPB’s chief concern is addressing lending practices that discriminate against women-owned, ethnic minority-owned and LGBTQ+-owned businesses.
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Apr 24, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Angela Robinson |Kathleen Peters |Laurie Maddalena |Jim Devine
4 minutes It means doubling down on helping your business members become better at what they do. In March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a new rule that will require lenders to collect and report key data points about their small-business lending, including information about business loan pricing, loan denials, business owner demographics, and minority- and women-owned business enterprise status.
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Apr 17, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Angela Robinson |Kathleen Peters |Jim Devine
5 minutes Stories are powerful sense-making devices leaders can use to draw others into the point they’re making. How are you using them to boost your culture? As I have shared from time to time with my readers and followers, I really enjoy writing. It’s said that writers write about what they know; I write about what I’m experiencing daily as a lending executive. I have a passion for lending, and I have a passion for helping my peers in the credit union movement.
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Apr 17, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Angela Robinson |Kathleen Peters |Jim Devine
Skip to main content 5 minutes First look inward at your own operations, then look around. Financial institutions have a vital role in expediting to play in the shift to a green economy. Credit unions, with their strong ties to members and local communities, are uniquely positioned to drive positive change and enhance their reputations as outstanding corporate citizens.
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Apr 14, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Angela Robinson |Kathleen Peters |Jim Devine
4 minutes Members of the credit union’s affinity groups and their allies support one another and the community. 2020 was a pivotal moment, and not only because of the pandemic. The murder of George Floyd sparked many to recognize the inequities that exist across this country, including within financial institutions. To help address this and foster a culture of inclusion, Kinecta Federal Credit Union established its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council.
