Category Archives: Mark Haeussler

Mark Haeussler and Peter Myers Leadership Presence Slide Show from NWCUA

If you missed it at the NWCUA Conference last week here is Deedee and Mike’s Succession Planning Slide Show: Leadership Presence The Critical Missing Ingredient NWCUA 2012.

Assumptions and Diplomacy in CEO/Board Communication

Promoting the quality of the relationship between the board of directors and CEO is one of the most challenging things in the business of credit unions. The quality of any relationship directly correlates with the quality of conversation among the people in … Continue reading

“Just so glad you’re here.”

An athletic woman came up to the first aid station tent of the Medical Reserve Corps and asked, “I need some advice.” She looked somewhat pained. She was at one of the public events at the USA Pro Cycling race … Continue reading

Coachable Moments: Leading the Conversation From any Chair

Leadership is not defined by roles, titles, longevity, or hash-marks on a sleeve. Leadership is recognizing, in a moment, that we can make a difference, and then stepping into leadership in that moment. We lead from any chair. We lead … Continue reading

This week…

This week, after I helped the kids on the school bus, the temperature already was 99 degrees at 8:12am.  Yikes!, I knew the temperature would soar that day.  Later, I found myself at the store in 116 degree, intense sun, … Continue reading

Useless Directions

I travel a lot. I am so grateful of GPS units and when someone else volunteers to drive and my responsibility it merely to navigate. Jennifer was driving one day in greater Los Angeles and I was dutifully calling out … Continue reading

On the Edge

I arrived at the Grand Canyon the afternoon before my planned one-day down and up of the Canyon. It’s a 17-mile down and up, a mile deep, so that means two miles down and up of elevation. The Canyon is … Continue reading