Best Board Member Behavior: 15 Common Sense Pieces of Low Hanging Fruit
First published by CUInsight.com Recently I had the honor of facilitating a group conversation for 80 board members. The topic was how to be seen as an engaged, committed, and high-performing board member. The organizing principle used as the...
Empty Your Cup: Time To Unlearn Entrenched Habits
Posted on CBInsight and CUInsight I have to pause and brag a bit because I am so amazed at what the younger generation does to advance its leadership skills. Our household has been busy the past several weeks. Five of my children test this...
Beyond Basic Succession Planning
Posted on CUES Website February 2016 – Vol: 39 No. 2 by Laura Lynch Many boards undergo CEO succession planning at its most basic level, what Peter Myers, MSC, PCC, calls the “regulator satisfier” level. At this stage, there may be a document...
Strategy or Agility: What Comes First?
Posted on CUInsight By Deedee Myers Confusing levels of strategic leadership were the focus of a post last fall, during a key season for strategic planning. Last week, strategic agility was the focus of speeches at a conference for credit union...
There’s No Second “1st” Place
Published in CUInsight By Deedee Myers Once the baton is dropped in the leadership race . . . your credit union is at risk. Strategic Succession Planning is a critical step to serving that purpose and mitigating unnecessary risk. If for any reason your CEO departs and...
Drive Sustainable High Performance Through Agility
December 3, 2015 CUInsight by DEEDEE MYERS, DDJ MYERS The cornerstone of competitive advantage and performance is the design of an organization. No matter how incisive and cunning your strategic plan is, an organization’s ability to reach its potential is jeopardized...
Culture of Engagement: Beyond Employee Satisfaction
This blog post is part of the 2015 Next Top Credit Union Executive competition originally posted November 05 2015. By: Deedee Myers A few years ago I wrote a scholarly paper on culture. The intent of the research was to define culture as how people live inside an...
Pros and Cons of Remote Work
This blog post is part of the 2015 Next Top Credit Union Executive competition originally posted November 2, 2015. By: Deedee Myers Remote working is an ideal way to be sure you are hiring the best possible talent, recruiting talent from competitors, reducing...
CONFUSING LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP: What Really Is Strategic Leadership?
Published: October 26, 2015 CUInsight by DEEDEE MYERS, DDJ MYERS The strategic planning cycle is in full swing this fall, which has me thinking about what makes strategic planning successful and what is missing when the process and outcome feel less than inspiring....
Career Failure: Repeat Offenders or Singular Episodic Event?
This blog post is part of the 2015 Next Top Credit Union Executive competition originally posted September 25, 2015.By: Deedee Myers Career failure has many twists and turns that can cause each of us to go into a deep reflective space. Questions you ask might include:...