Molly Gary is a 25-year-old Marketing Research Specialist of Ent Federal Credit Union ($4B) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The mission of the Young Political Advocates (YPA) group is to educate, involve and inspire future leaders regarding current political issues affecting the credit union industry on local and national levels.
Read MoreCandice Thiry is a 33-year-old Branch Manager of PCM Credit Union ($190M) in Marinette, Wisconsin, United States. Sharing the passion, energy and knowledge of credit unions with employees and members through a well executed, easy to remember, 4 step training program.
Read MoreKris Wanner is a 34-year-old Investment Specialist of Conexus Credit Union ($6B) in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Developing collaborative, innovative, world class leaders at Conexus Credit Union.
Read MoreLaTesha Wheeler is a 32-year-old Executive Assistant of District Government Employees Federal Credit Union ($51M) in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Helping DC Youth open accounts and establishing a one-to-one relationship with them.
Read MoreFor the last three years, we’ve received an average of 112 nominees - great numbers to be sure! This year, however, the nominations came in at a record number.We had 201 individual nominations (not including those that were nominated by more than one person).
Read MoreLast spring when I came across the opportunity to nominate a young leader in my organization, I jumped at it. Our organization is full of young, keen people making a difference at work every day and one person stood out immediately. Did I think he would win?? I don’t know…. Did I think he could win?? Absolutely!
Read MoreNoel Sanger, United Federal Credit Union’s Market Vice President for Arkansas, is many things: family man, credit union superstar, trusted peer—and during the CUES 2014 Next Top Credit Union Executive (NTCUE) competition, he was my competitor.
Read MoreThe industry’s first competition recognizing the incredible young leaders of the credit union movement is back for year number six! The search is on for the 2015 CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec. This program for the industry’s emerging leaders is powered by Currency and in partnership with DDJ Myers.
Read MoreBalance. One thing I noticed about many of the CEOs and other executives I had the opportunity to chat with, was their emphasis on work/life balance. One in particular mentioned their love for gardening/yard work and how that outlet was their escape—‘their balance’.
Read MoreSince the Next Top Credit Union Executive competition, people have asked me how to get buy-in from their executive team for some of their creative ideas. I’m lucky enough that the executive management at my Credit Union allows for creativity to flow and has given us the freedom to execute on some of the zany stuff we have done. But it wasn’t always so easy. When we made our first Banks? No Thanks! video, it was met with a certain level of skepticism from most people. The CEO was encouraging, but there was hesitation from most as YouTube and social media were not ‘things’ we had done before. To help you get your zany, innovative ideas accepted, I’ve compiled a list of four ways to get executive buy-in to your creative ideas.
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