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Oct 25, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Paul Bouvier |Jennifer Geis
7 minutes Your employees can be your best defense Remember the days when IT departments took full responsibility for cybersecurity? Back then, we worked at centralized facilities using company-owned computers and hard-wired phones, and IT had strict control over gateways, firewalls and networks. That’s just no longer the case.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Paul Bouvier |David Israelson |Art Chamberlain
4 minutes Due to the current volume of mergers and acquisitions, the number of credit unions continues to decrease, so it may only be a matter of time before your credit union engages in a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) conversation. For credit unions that have undertaken a merger or acquisition before, they may have developed a routine based on lessons learned.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Chad Helminak |Laurie Maddalena |Paul Bouvier
While facilitating a leadership session focused on personal and professional success habits a few months ago, I shared that one of the most important elements of success in life is to take action. Having a vision, goals, and intentions are important, but often the gap of where you are and where you want to be comes down to taking consistent action on your goals and plans.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Chad Helminak |Laurie Maddalena |Paul Bouvier
2 minutes Explore how personalized executive benefits can attract diverse talent by aligning with individual retirement goals and values. One person’s vision of retirement may be quite different from another’s. As credit union leaders design executive benefits packages to attract and retain diverse talent, it’s important to keep this in mind. Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all retirement plans that fail to recognize the distinctive needs and preferences of individual executives.
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May 16, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Michael Daigneault |Lauren Paradise |Paul Bouvier
3 minutes 3 strategies for better connecting your members with your financial resources As pervasive as it is in our everyday lives, finance is deeply personal, stressful and often taboo to discuss.
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May 1, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Paul Bouvier |Jimese Harkley |Dee Sicklesteel
6 minutes If credit unions want to compete with digital banks, they need to provide an easy and elegant experience. At the top of credit unions’ new system replacement list for the fifth straight year? Digital account origination systems, according to Cornerstone Advisors’ 2024 “What’s Going On In Banking” report. Why?
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May 1, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Paul Bouvier |Jimese Harkley |Dee Sicklesteel
3 minutes Expert shares how credit unions can use AI to improve operations. It wasn’t too long ago that artificial intelligence seemed like technology of the distant future. AI was for science fiction tales and movies set in the next millennium. But now AI is everywhere—even at your local credit union. And that’s a good thing for credit unions and their members. That’s because AI can drive growth, improve the employee experience and enhance member service.
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May 1, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Paul Bouvier |Jimese Harkley |Dee Sicklesteel
2 minutes From the Editor This month, we’re bringing you an in-depth resource about company culture.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Paul Bouvier |Theresa Witham |Keith Kasmire
4 minutes Based on collaboration and with a focus on community, collective leadership aligns with our industry values. Sponsored by CUES Supplier member Envisant. Change is not only inevitable but also happening more rapidly than ever. A leadership approach that addresses the uncertainty and complexities of change is needed for credit unions to thrive within this fast-paced environment.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Halah Flynn |Paul Bouvier |Pamela Mills-Senn
8 minutes What credit union execs, HR and managers can do to make M&A transition. Sponsored by CUES Supplier member Lattice. While mergers and acquisitions (M&As) can represent a new opportunity for growth at a credit union, they typically create more fear than enthusiasm at the employee level. From the executive team to the tellers, employees will wonder what their place will be in the changing organization—or if they’ll even have a job going forward.
