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5 Reasons Your Credit Union Should Consider the Development Education (DE) Program

Credit Union Movement

5 Reasons Your Credit Union Should Consider the Development Education (DE) Program

Concern for community; cooperation among cooperatives; people helping people; education, training and information …each of these phrases mean a great deal to those of us within the credit union industry. They’re also the foundational phrases of the Development Education (DE) Program. The DE program officially launched in 1982, and

If You Dread Sunday Night, Your Job Ain’t Right

Leadership & Culture

If You Dread Sunday Night, Your Job Ain’t Right

I hated my first ‘real’ job because it was counter to how I’m wired. A little background information…I worked in loss prevention for a large regional bank. As you can probably imagine, my days were filled with deception, confrontation and a continuous flow of details. Aside from the

Investing in Young Leaders, Building Generational Wealth

Leadership & Culture

Investing in Young Leaders, Building Generational Wealth

As I put my thoughts together for this blog post, I find myself thinking back to the beginning of my career. I had just finished my first semester in college with a 1.38 GPA (not a lot of class time, but boy did I have fun!). My parents had

Let Your Employees Bloom!

Leadership & Culture

Let Your Employees Bloom!

Before spring officially sprung here in Pennsylvania, we had the pleasure of experiencing a few days of early spring. In between the gray, cold and wet days, we had one or two days of beautiful blue skies and warm sunshine. The unexpected spring gave flowers the courage to sprout from

The One Trait That Can Make or Break Your Team

Leadership & Culture

The One Trait That Can Make or Break Your Team

Do people on your team feel safe? I’m not talking about physical safety (which, of course, is supremely important). No, I’m talking about psychological safety. This term was coined and popularized in 1999 by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Business School professor, when she was researching and working with

Employee Wellness: 10 Challenges to Engage Your Workforce

Employee Benefits & HR

Employee Wellness: 10 Challenges to Engage Your Workforce

Employee wellness programs continue to move from being a nice perk to a must-have for companies looking to recruit the best talent. A healthy workplace attracts healthy employees! It is not a surprise that more companies are investing in wellness initiatives to encourage employees to stay healthy. In the constant

Are we "Trick or Treating" Ourselves?

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

3 Strategies for Managing Weaknesses in the Workplace

Leadership & Culture

3 Strategies for Managing Weaknesses in the Workplace

Whether we want to admit it or not, when it comes to work, most of us have weaknesses. These are the things that get in the way of our performance or the performance of someone else. Weaknesses can come in various forms such as not being able to complete a

Tea, a Drink with German Bread: How Miscommunication Made Me a Better Communicator

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

Confidence Rules

Leadership & Culture

Confidence Rules

In case nobody said this already, welcome to National Mentoring Month! This is the time where we celebrate the power of building relationships among leaders and their teams through mentorship. And one of the best things mentors can do is to cultivate a sense of confidence in each and every

The Onboarding Road: Which Path Will Your Credit Union Take?

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

The Conventional Wisdom of Development Plans is All Wrong

Leadership & Culture

The Conventional Wisdom of Development Plans is All Wrong

Many years ago, when I first became a manager, I was responsible for my department’s budget. I had never completed a budget, so my boss sent me to a training course. I didn’t learn much at that course, not because of the trainer or the content, but because