What it Means to Have a Millennial as CEO
Over the past several months I have had the privilege to work with several people who are in the millennial generation who are already CEOs, becoming CEOS, or aspiring to be CEOS. There is a distinctive energetic pulse with the millennial when we are...
Are You Willing to Step Aside?
First published by CUInsight.com Does the threat of not being reelected discourage incumbents from shirking their duties to be a high-performing board member or engaging in empire building with other board members and the membership at large?...
Beyond SMART – Ensuring Your Projects are Relevant and Sustainable
This blog post is part of the 2016 Next Top Credit Union Executive competition originally posted August 05, 2016. Conducting the coaching calls with the Top 15 NTCUE applicants has been both a rewarding and an inspiring experience. Each one...
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...