Leadership & Culture End of Year Motto: Finish Well While visiting with family recently and reliving memories, I was talking to my niece about a one-mile fun run she participated in back when she was nine. There were a few practice sessions to help the kids prepare for the final race, and she started out really enjoying the race
Leadership & Culture Are we "Trick or Treating" Ourselves? It’s almost Halloween! This is the time of the year where we embrace all things spooky and get to take on a new identity. Pirates, ghosts, princesses, superheroes and all kinds of creative characters appear! For one night (or maybe more if you’re a real thrills and chills
Leadership & Culture I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again: Lessons in Resilience Does the phrase Tubthumping sound familiar at all? You might know it better from the lyrics “I get knocked down, but I get up again!” Tubthumping is a song written by the British rock band, Chumbawumba (how fun is that name!!), released in 1997 and somewhat of an anthem for
Leadership & Culture Tea, a Drink with German Bread: How Miscommunication Made Me a Better Communicator Do you recognize this line? Julie Andrews made it famous in the equally famous movie, The Sound of Music. I am chastised frequently by my friends for never having seen the movie AND equally chastised for not knowing the right words to the song. For many years, I would try
Leadership & Culture So, You Want to be a Great Manager? In February, you saw part one of our "So, You Want to be a..." series on how to be a great teammate. Now, we present to you part two on what a great manager looks like through the eyes of your employees. Enjoy! Many times, the best advice we get
Leadership & Culture The Onboarding Road: Which Path Will Your Credit Union Take? Two roads diverged in a yellow wood… We’ve all heard the next line in this famous poem by Robert Frost, but what you may not realize is how it could potentially relate to your employee onboarding program. While there are many different paths you can take when developing an
