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May 15, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Liz Santos |Sean Martin |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring
What happens after implementing an executive benefits plan has a big impact on the success of your program. Once you’ve made the strategic decision and investment to make retention a priority with an executive benefits program, it’s important your benefits partner offers comprehensive support to effectively service your plan.
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May 13, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | Art Chamberlain |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring |Diane Franklin
There’s now a greater appreciation for flexible work schedules, which has emerged stronger post-pandemic. These changes have improved performance evaluation, benefiting working parents and promoting fairness in career advancement. CUES member Carrie Langgard, president/CEO of $665 million Sooper Credit Union, Arvada, Colorado, reflects on the obstacles women face in rising through the ranks.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
cumanagement.com | John Sheehy |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring |Richard Gallagher
Ogie Sheehy, global CIO and interim CEO of ViClarity, explains why risk management and creating and maintaining a risk register are critical for boards. Sheehy also describes the top three compliance and risk management pain points often experienced by smaller credit unions, which ViClarity has teamed up with Inclusiv to address. Inclusiv member credit unions can learn more at the Inclusiv Conference, May 7-9 in New York. Download a transcript of the audio. Does your board have a risk register?
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Stephanie Schwenn Sebring |Jim Nussle |Gigi Hyland
Creating a corporate culture that mirrors your mission and values is crucial to credit unions—and indeed, any employer—today.Employee resource groups are emerging as pivotal platforms for fostering diversity, inclusivity and employee engagement. The Great Place to Work Institute describes ERGs as “voluntary, employee-led groups whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with the organizations they serve.” When implemented strategically, they can become much more than that.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Richard H. Gamble |Morris Morrison |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring |Lesley Sears
3 minutes How does your climate measure up? Last month, I described how to measure your success using the first five of the nine dimensions of organizational climate—the environment that everyone experiences when they come to work. Today I’ll describe the remaining four. Taking stock in the nine dimensions of climate can help you decide where to invest resources in your efforts to build an effective people strategy and a healthy working environment. How does your climate measure up?
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Richard H. Gamble |Morris Morrison |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring
4 minutes CU SoCal’s journey to enhanced member experiences while driving revenue and lending growth In the current economic landscape, financial institutions face a minefield of challenges like market volatility, shifting consumer behaviors and the increasing need for digital transformation. Though these challenges have created a complex environment for FIs, including credit unions, these factors also present opportunities for improvements and valuable partnerships.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Richard H. Gamble |Morris Morrison |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring
4 minutes Boards still have work to do to support their female directors and wider DEI&B efforts. Gender politics, like all politics, can be polarizing. At the risk of taking a polarizing position, I can't ignore a string of recent encounters that prompt the question: Would that have happened if I (or she) was a man? If you’ve read my posts before, you may know I regret that as a society we still need a publication entitled Advancing Women, but I’ve come to realize that it’s an imperative.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Richard H. Gamble |Morris Morrison |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring
4 minutes Boards still have work to do to support their female directors and wider DEI&B efforts. Gender politics, like all politics, can be polarizing. At the risk of taking a polarizing position, I can't ignore a string of recent encounters that prompt the question: Would that have happened if I (or she) was a man? If you’ve read my posts before, you may know I regret that as a society we still need a publication entitled Advancing Women, but I’ve come to realize that it’s an imperative.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Richard H. Gamble |Morris Morrison |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring
6 minutes Foresight, a clear sense of where she wanted to go and a determination to inspire confidence at every level of her career all combined to make Maria Martinez straight to the top. Maria J. Martinez, president/CEO of Border Federal Credit Union, believes in the power of mentorship, advising women who want to rise up through the ranks while seeking guidance from mentors and others. But this doesn’t have to be a formal arrangement.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
cumanagement.com | Richard H. Gamble |Morris Morrison |Stephanie Schwenn Sebring |Michael Edwards
5 minutes The details of the new rule that’s set to go into effect Aug. 25 will likely be sorted out during litigation. The National Credit Union Administration Board in July 2023 issued a final rule updating the federal credit union bylaws to implement the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2022’s new option allowing boards of directors of federal credit unions to expel members “for cause” by a two-thirds vote.
