by Taylor W. Wells | Branding, Strategic Planning
An old adage goes, “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the next best time is today.” You could easily say the same for strategic planning (although we certainly hope the strategic plans at your credit unions or community banks...
by Mark Arnold | Strategic Planning
Your strategic plan created last fall is more than likely in a trashcan somewhere. Thank you, COVID-19. Strategic plans are one of the many casualties left in the pandemic’s wake. While situations have certainly changed, the need for a strategic plan has not....
by Mark Arnold | Strategy
This post by Mark Arnold originally appeared on cutimes.com. COVID-19 is one of the biggest challenges of our time. The pandemic’s health threat and death rate are the likes of which we have not seen in generations. And of course we are likely to feel the...
by Taylor W. Wells | Strategic Planning
How many people attend your credit union or bank’s strategic planning session? Ten? Twelve? More? Regardless of the number of voices, have you ever paused to really consider just how many are actually heard? By “heard” I mean people that, either on...
by Elizabeth Arnold | Leadership
It’s 2020! A new year! A new decade! Get excited people! Such is the theme of many articles this week. You’ve likely read at least one of them, and yes, we’ve written a few of them ourselves. But as you’re getting set for this new year, new decade and...
by Mark Arnold | Strategic Planning
As you age, you tend to think more about your eyesight and vision. It’s only natural that the older we get the quality of how we see tends to diminish. Whether you are already wearing corrective lenses or “readers” it’s only a matter of time before your lenses get...
by Mark Arnold | Strategic Planning
Like the swallows coming back to Capistrano in the spring, the return of 100 degree days in Texas in the summer and yet another terrible Transformers movie (for Pete’s sake, Hollywood, please just stop it) sometime during the year, it will soon be time for your...
by Mark Arnold | Strategic Planning
History and tradition can serve as great comforters. They can also serve as detriments to your bank or credit union strategic planning session. Far too many financial institutions simply go through the paces when it comes to strategic planning, assuming the same...