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4 days ago | cuinsight.com | Randall Smith

There’s a moment in leadership—maybe you’ve had it—where you’re confidently steering the ship in a meeting, all eyes on you . . . and quietly whispering to yourself, “I hope I’m steering in the right direction.”If you’ve been there, you’re not alone. And more importantly, you’re doing it right. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the paradoxes we hold as leaders. Not the tidy, buttoned-up version of leadership we like to talk about in bios and board reports—but the real stuff. The both/and.

6 days ago | cuinsight.com | Kerala Taylor

Pop quiz: What are the eight cooperative principles? Hopefully you can name them, but chances are, many of your employees and members can’t. Having visited my fair share of credit union websites, I’ve found that they tend to focus disproportionately on the ways in which they are “just as good” as banks, rather than what sets them apart as cooperative financial institutions.

1 week ago | cuinsight.com | Nick Coleman

One-size-fits-all impact programs rarely meet the needs of an entire business. Consider the credit union industry: while all credit unions work on benefiting their community, the specific challenges and priorities can vary significantly based on your local footprint. For instance, a credit union in a rural area might focus on supporting agriculture families and local schools, while a credit union in a bustling urban center might prioritize addressing food insecurity and youth development programs.

1 week ago | cuinsight.com | Jenni Speth

In 2016, the National Credit Union Foundation organized its first DE Day of Service. To take place on the second Wednesday in June annually, the day is meant to encourage Credit Union Development Educators (CUDEs) across the country to work individually or collectively to complete a project to improve the lives of others.

1 week ago | cuinsight.com | Randall Smith |Greg Michlig

Welcome to episode 207 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your hosts, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com, and Jill Nowacki, President and CEO of Humanidei. This episode is sponsored by Alacriti—a leading payments fintech helping credit unions compete with challenger banks and digital wallets. Alacriti delivers seamless, real-time money movement experiences for loan payments, A2A transfers, digital disbursements, and bill pay.